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Hole-in-the-Wall
Located in Johnson
County, Wyoming, Hole-in-the-Wall is perhaps the most famous of the three
major hideouts that formed the Outlaw Trail.
Brown’s Hole (later Brown's Park), a canyon area located near the borders of Utah, Colorado
and Wyoming along the Green River, was another. Utah's notorious Robbers Roost
was the third hideout along the trail.
Hole-in-the-Wall is
approximately sixteen miles from Kaycee, Wyoming-the area west of Kaycee
is referred to as Hole-in-the-Wall country. As many as forty outlaws,
including the Wild Bunch and Jesse James,
called the hideout home. Six log cabins were built to accommodate the
outlaws; the remains of which can still be seen today.
The
actual hole in Hole-in-the-Wall is a V-shaped wedge near the top of a
sandstone
cliff that leads into a fertile valley; the notch serves as the only access from the east. The valley proved an excellent location to allow stolen livestock
to graze. Hole-in-the-Wall offered vantage points where the outlaws could
see for miles and it has been said that a small number of men could hold off
an army from the hideout.
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