THREE CREEK

NAME: Three Creek COUNTY: Owyhee ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, warm in Summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: The town has died and diappeared. The Stone General Store still stands. Three Creek is 29.5 miles north of Jarbidge, NV. Two hours travel time. REMAINS: Stone General Store

On the days prior to September 19, 1900, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid along with Will Carver, traveled from their hideout at Power Springs, on the Wyoming Colorado border, through Three Creek, ID, on their way to rob the bank at Winnemucca, NV. In Three Creek (pop.32) there was a General Store made out of rocks quarried from nearby creeks, that was owned by Jim Duncan and his wife Lizzie. According to Sundance, they got Jim out of bed, and at gun point he filled their order, loading two pack horses with grub. The grub, along with horses, were cached along the 200+ miles to Winnemucca, and used in their escape after the bank robbery. Butch Cassidy had promised to pay Jim Duncan for the grub, and as they passed through Three Creek late at night on their return trip, they figured up the bill for the grub, and doubling it, they left it in a sack by the store. Submitted by: Duane V. Peterson

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