Good morning, now for something a little different. We are going to look at a pair of legends from the Wild, Wild West. David Adams is on the trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It is called the Last Trail of Butch and Sundance. The run time for this episode is 50:23.
David Adams follows the trail of two American outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids in the deserts of Bolivia. They had moved out of the US and settled in South America for a time. In 1908, these two outlaws disappeared south of Bolivia, not far from Argentina. Did they fake their deaths? Or were they killed by the Bolivian Calvary? Why do these outlaws continue to capture the public imagination? David Adams learns more about this mystery and tries to discover the true story of what happened in their final hours. Bolivia was the perfect place for outlaws to settle. Its remoteness provided a hiding place for people running from the law. David Adams starts at the foot of the Andes and ends in San Vincente. Tracing the path of Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid will be a challenge. Adams has to find someone who will take him up a winding road. He finds a truck that is making the trip. Thousands of people have been killed on these roads. It is a bouncy ride for David Adams. Adams sees why Butch and Sundance would have settled in this area. The winding and dangerous roads in the craggy mountains would have been excellent for them to hide in. Adams arrives at La Paz, the Bolivian capital. It is the highest capital city in the world. He takes in the remains of its colonial history. La Paz is also famous for its revolutions and there is a witchcraft market. There is a market where you can buy and sell stolen goods. Butch and Sundance would have fled to Bolivia to escape the law and a changing world. These outlaws were running out of time. Adams meets up with his travel guide. He is a member of the Bolivian cavalry, the same soldiers that would have chased down the pair. They meet at a restaurant where Butch would have frequented. The next day, Adams and his travel guide are off-tracing the outlaws’ steps. The outlaws would have continued their wily ways robbing mining camps. Adams notes that both Butch and Sundance would have stood out to the locals and with a big reward for them it would have been tempting for a farmer to turn them in. Butch and Sundance worked in a mining town as payroll guards. Which is funny considering they were bank robbers. However, they would never rob the people they worked for. The steady work did not stop them from taking time and performing a train robbery. David Adams tries to board a moving train using his horse and finds it a challenge. He concludes that Butch Cassidy and Sundance were expert horsemen. David Adams tries his own experiment but nobody warned him about slippery riding boots. This section is rather amusing with David Adams trying to perform the same feet that Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid. Adams goes to a post office and explores how important the post office was for Sundance and Butch. Butch Cassidy would write home frequently. After the trip to the post office, they would often go out to party. However, they stuck out among people and the law would soon close in on them. Adams continues to follow the trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, learning about the harsh realities people face every day. Where did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid go on their sojourn in Bolivia? What else does David Adams learn about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? How did they get caught? Or did they get caught? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out more. This was a very nice change of pace for the blog. David is really good with his narration exploring Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It was funny that he would try to recreate their trail. This would be a good series for a geography class instead of a history class.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Author
The reviews I do are my opinion and my opinion only. My opinions should always be taken with a grain of salt. I just want to help teachers out selecting documentaries. Worksheets
My Teachers Pay Teachers Store! Worksheets available as a Word Document.
Lulu Store
I am also on Lulu! If you're interested in genealogy I have several books available!
Archives
May 2024
Categories
All
Privacy Policy
HistoryDocTube will not collect any personal information and will not sell any personal information to a third party. We will not request any personal information.
The purpose of this blog is to share information on what can be used in a classroom, private school, or home school setting as well as serve as a portfolio of my personal and professional work. The reviews are my opinions and should be treated as such. I just want to provide a tool for teachers to select documentaries for their classrooms. |