Checking out your podcast now, Any one have any photos of the wells Fargo money bags how they may have looked or what was printed on them when he robbed the Idaho bank hi I live here in Montpelier on what would have been the land he rode across to get away this property is full of suprises. Of the five girls in Fannies boarding house, all were born in or around 1878-80. Little is really known about what really happened to Etta Place. A February 2, 1901, article in the Vernal Express noted that Miss Annie Bassett left on this mornings stage for Texas. Again, using the alias Etta Place, Bassett met Cassidy and Sundance, this time as a companion of the latter, and the trio journeyed to New York and then sailed to South America. February 1901: Longabaugh and Place visit New York City and Tiffany's Jewelers. But what of the young women we see with Butch Cassidy and Sundance? Ann Bassett was no different; she spent much of her life as a rancher in Browns Park, and there she met and forged a friendship with Cassidy and Sundance. . The "real" party for which Etta is rousing her has yet to take place, and we never get to hear how it turns out. Perhaps we can help each other. Some say he and his fellow bandits went on a robbery spree in southeastern Bolivia. The first name she used, as I think you know, was actually Ethel. From bridles, headstalls, hackamore sets, and more, we have you and your horse's needs covered. In 1901, Place accompanied Longabaugh to New York where this portrait was made. But researchers have recovered photos of Eunice that, when compared with known photos of Etta, prove definitively that Eunice was not Etta Place. Posted on . After that, the fate of Etta Place is completely unknown, although many have speculated about her later life under another name many names, in fact. I believe the truth is still out there somewhere, maybe in a dusty old attic in Denver or antique shop in San Antonio. Other claims, none substantiated, make her a music or school teacher. The theater was no longer in operation in the late 50s. American Made is not just a sales slogan! The last recorded appearance by Etta was in summer of 1909 in San Francisco, the year after Butch and Sundance were reportedly killed in a gun battle with Argentinian soldiers. Meanwhile, the Wild Bunch left Utah and congregated in Texas in the fall of 1900. A Pinkerton report states that a woman matching Place's description was killed in a shootout resulting from a domestic dispute with a man named Mateo Gebhart in Chubut, Argentina, in March 1922. He had previously performed many such comparisons for government intelligence agencies. Occams Razor is designed to avoid stretching. President Obama won re-election with 51.06 percent of the vote against Romney who came away with 47.20 percent. Etta Place is mostly a cipher to history, except for the well-documented period between 1900 and 1907. She was able to start fresh in South America; not surprizing that she could do the same once she came back to The States. I too, know who Etta Place was. Without ever saying anything explicit, she indicated that she hailed from the East Coast. We know from her photo she was a beautiful gal. Bassett was born in 1878, the same year Place was thought to have been born. Im not sure youre allowed to dig up the remains of random women and DNA test them just out of random curiosity. Considerable debate still remains over when Place's relationship with Longabaugh ended. like to talk, I think we could meet in person. Jesse James Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James-Younger Gang. Place was believed to have once been married to a schoolteacher, and at least one person claimed Place herself was a teacher who abandoned her husband and two children to be with Longabaugh. [2], Place's real name has been suggested to be Ethel Bishop. The mysterious Etta Place, AKA Mrs. Sundance on some wanted postersWhat makes her story doubly mysterious is that we know neither her real name or from whence she came. Beyonce's message for Etta James explored. Birthplace: Mont Clare, Montgomery County, Pennslyvania. Or to Judge Joseph Force Crater, who disappeared in the summer of 1930? Apparently the lovers shared a cabin at Robbers Roost, the famous outlaw hideout in southeastern Utah, with Elzy Lay and his new bride, Maude Davis, and other gang members. What would you compare them to? It was a civilised society in so many ways, yet so benighted and backward in others. Brewster Place. To get your photograph taken was expensive back then. All accounts place here in San Francisco in 1909, aftter which she disappears. Sometime in the late 1890s, the Sundance Kid met Etta Place. One girl in the household intrigued me beyond the others. Headstall and Bitless Sidepull Sizing Diagrams. Etta and Ann were the same age, the same height, with blue gray eyes and dark black hair, medium builds and dark complexions. Mount Etna, Latin Aetna, Sicilian Mongibello, active volcano on the east coast of Sicily. Etta Place (1878-unknown) was almost certainly not her real name, but no one knows for sure what name she was born under. What refuses to die is the legend that they survived that . Perhaps the historical evidence suggesting that Bassett and Place were the same person is purely coincidental, but when surviving photographs of each are factored in the results seem indisputable. How do you know for certain she was not murdered by the two men and buried near their homestead in Argentina? All of you pretend historians /writers you are all wrong Etta (never Ethel) died July 19, 1963 Leeds, Utah. Cassidy was seen in Bariloche a number of times. He married there and moved to Spokane, Wash., in 1910. Pursued by armed lawmen, they crossed the Pampas and the Andes and again into Chile. Etta Place: "Harry's always talking about taking me away from all of this some fine morning. ?) I would never claim to be a true Etta Place aficionado; I happened on the conundrum she poses quite by accident. But the story of Etta Place is rather more mysterious because it would appear that she chose to disappear, not long after the reported deaths of her lover, Harry Longabaugh and his friend, Robert Leroy Parker, better known to posterity as the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. Still, given modern DNA analysis, it would be possible to test the remains of those women supposed to be here-has anyone done this? No such certificate was issued, and the woman's identity was never ascertained.[8]. ''They have their own version, based on the skimpiest evidence, that (he) died in a shootout with the Uruguayan police in 1911.''. They also claimed she was an excellent shot with a rifle. After only a year the nuns asked the uncontrollable Ann to leave, and she returned to Browns Park. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. Steve showed us a $5.00 dollar bill that was in the. Part 2: In February 1901, two of America's most notorious outlaws, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and a companion, Etta Place, left the country under assum. Records show that George (Butch) Cassidy--real name Robert LeRoy Parker. Sometime around 1905, it is believed, the trio resumed their bandit ways. Longabaugh's alleged son Robert Harvey Longabaugh (February 21, 1901-December 18, 1972), who claimed years later to be the son of Longabaugh, claimed that Etta Place was actually Hazel Tyrone, a half-sister to his mother, Annie Marie Thayne. According to a memorandum from the Pinkerton Detective Agency, dated July 29, 1902, she was "said to be from Texas", and in another Pinkerton document dated 1906, she is described as being, "27 to 28 years old", placing her birth in 1877, 1878 or 1879. Her father, who also worked as a reporter for the Associated Press, was a commander in the US Navy when she was born. Once again Pinkerton detectives discover she is homesick, but cannot discover the identity of her family. I dont suppose prostitutes had their photos frequently taken. This also occurred to Doris Karren Burton, who investigated the lives of both women and published a book in 1992 claiming they were one and the same. pictures were stored after her death. that, at the time, knew she was with Sundance and Butch. Sebastians jacket is shoved into one of Marins shopping totes, but still, hes, The name Brach conjures up thoughts of candy corn, caramels, chocolate nougats, and various other delicious bagged confections. Bottom Of Feet Peeling After Beach, We use cookies to enhance your experience while using our website. Author Donna Ernst, whose husband is kin to the Sundance Kid, says she was called Ethel, but it's unlikely Etta, Ethel or Place was her real name. As you indicate, we often dont know even a real name. Pointer says Cassidy survived the shootout in Bolivia, made his way to Pernambuco and then to Europe before he surfaced in Michigan in 1908 as William T. Phillips. Went to South America for a few years until things settled down." At the time I didnt know Etta Place from Logans Goat but the uniqueness of the incident stuck. Left to right: The Sundance Kid, News Carver, The Tall Texan, Kid Curry, Butch CassidyFannie, herself little more than a girl in 1900, claimed to be of British extraction. When there, he often stayed at the home of Jared Jones, according to several who have researched the stories. Both women were known to be very capable with guns and horses. Now, twelve years later, her father is hoping for some closure. I also keep my eyes open for what I think I see. We are proud to have met so many horse folks who still live, as we do, by American Made. It is one of only two known images of her. The Pinkertons knew her as "Ethel," "Ethal," "Eva," and "Rita" before finally settling on "Etta . ?) She is Mattie Michael's childhood friend from Tennessee, but her journey to Brewster Place is quite different from Mattie's. Some believe she met the gang in a brothel and started dating Parker, then became involved with Longabaugh later. Ann Bassett. Your posts are good teasers. Nevertheless, later that day, a fleet of cop cars pulled up to Long Beach's Polytechnic . Please note, comments must be approved before they are published. Not even Pinkerton's Detective Agency knew her real name, although they could describe her, according to Legends of America - "classic good looks, 27 or 28 years old, 5'4 to 5'5 in height, weighing between 110 and 115 pounds, with a medium build and brown hair." Etta, Gerald Kolpan, 2009. That was Etta Place!. Ann Bassett was born in Browns Park on May 25, 1878, to Herb and Elizabeth Bassett and experienced a childhood filled with every aspect of ranch life, including horse riding, calf roping, and a large dose of wild freedom. Brewster Place is at once a warm, loving community and a desolate and blighted neighborhood on the verge of collapsing. Harry Alonzo Longabaugh. Then again, maybe he wasn`t killed at all. Moreover, both women were noted for their classic good looks, intelligence, expert horsemanship, prowess with guns, and reputations as loose ladies. She was the wife of "The Sundance Kid", the famous bank robber who may (or may not) have been killed in Bolivia in 1906. I hope if you reply, the system will let me know. and stories. And, when they broke out, he went along and joined the gang. The trio sold the Cholila ranch in 1907 and headed north. Little is known about her; both her origin and her fate remain unknown. The Argentine most knowledgeable about Cassidy is Francisco Juarez, a radio broadcaster who recently moved to Bariloche from Buenos Aires. Almost. Ann married Frank Willis, a cowboy and prospector, in 1923 and eventually settled in the small southwestern Utah town of Leeds where she died in 1956. Separating facts from legend is nearly impossible, making Place the true mystery woman of the notorious Wild Bunch. That is until Doris Karren Burton, a worker at the Outlaw Trail History Center at the Uintah County Library, instigated a series of computer photograph analyses of Place that she published in 1992. After that, the fate of etta place is completely unknown, although. Katherine Ross as Etta Place . Etta is a "short, chestnut woman" in her early 50s. There are so many historical figures that we believe we know well, but actually we know very little about them. She was the wife of The Sundance Kid, the famous bank robber who may (or may not) have been killed in Bolivia in 1906. One claim is that she returned to her life as a schoolteacher, living the remainder of her life in Denver, Colorado, and another story says she lived the remainder of her life teaching in Marion, Oregon. But too many documented elements of Annies life conflict with the documented elements of Ettas life. This comment is for Doc.The last post I found from you was in March 2013. Others believe that the two remained romantically involved, and that she simply tired of life in South America. The fire was here in San Francisco, and the shooting was in Argentina. At one point a woman named Eunice Gray, who appeared in Ft. Worth, Texas, running a brothel in the mid 20th century, was a candidate for Etta Place. Eunice once told a friend that she had been in Ft. Worth since 1901 except for a trip to South America. In classical music you sort your library by the name of the composer - Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak and in pretty much everything else the name of the performer - Beatles, Glenn MIller, Etta James. Hope that you are well and will contact me. what happened to sohrab? He was ready to remove the photos from his screen when he noticed something unusual he had somehow overlooked. Author Chatwin says that from 1915 on hundreds of people saw, or thought they saw, Cassidy in the United States. Few years ago I phoned up the hospital where Etta was admitted, (about abortion?) Credit: Getty What happened to Hetty on NCIS: Los Angeles? Etta Place (1878-unknown) was almost certainly not her real name, but no one knows for sure what name she was born under. 3 reviews. Ask the Marshall, P.O. Doc, From the origins of his famous name to the mystery surrounding his death, the legendary American outlaw. The difficulty with the theory is that Etta Place was in New York with Sundance in January of 1901 and, thus, could not have departed on the stage in February 1901. The author offers many suppositions but ultimately can't say conclusively what exactly happened to her. Etta Place was involved with the Sundance Kid and was a "member" of the Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. The three were members of the outlaw gang known as Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. Feb 11, 2023, Rough Out Saddles and Tack His latest book isWyatt Earp: Showdown at Tombstone. Etta Place (1878-unknown) was almost certainly not her real name, but no one knows for sure what name she was born under. Eunice died in a fire in 1962. Unfortunately its no longer the 70s or 80s and everything has changed so much. Fringe is a modern classic of science fiction TV. The popular vote totals came to 65,915,796 to 60,933,500, and the electoral count . The descriptions of each woman by the Pinkerton Agency were almost identical. Both Bassett and Place were attractive women, with similar facial features, body frame, and hair color. The June issue shows Doc Hollidays tombstone in the Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. That may be why she was reportedly only one of 5 women to have ever been allowed into the Wild Bunch hideout at Robbers Roost in southern Utah. Butch Cassidy , Etta Place , and The Sundance Kid sit on a carriage. He recorded each lead in his 1977 book, The Identity of Harry Longabaugh's Mysterious Lover. Who are those guys? Both were well known members of the gang "The Wild Bunch". Like Etta Places history, her name is somewhat ambiguous. The United States census is a marvelous thing. This biography portrays the beautiful, enigmatic, and most elusive member of the Wild Bunch Gang -- Etta Place. Butch Cassidy, said Vallmijana, died in 1935 on the Chilean side of the Rio Manso. February 2023; January 2023; December 2022; November 2022; October 2022; September 2022; August 2022; July 2022; June 2022; May 2022; Very little is known about the mysterious Place, mysterious to the point that even her Christian name is alternatively noted as Eva, Rita, and Ethel. Just Who Was the Outlaw Queen Etta Place. Odds are that Etta or Ethel Place was not her actual name. setTimeout(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.setAttribute("src","https://sample.dragonforms.com/getEmbeddedClientScript.do?embeddedsite=TW_dispatch_nl"),t.setAttribute("type","text/javascript"),document.body.appendChild(t)},5); Become a subscriber today and youll recieve a new issue every month plus unlimited access to our full archive of backlogged issues. Shortly afterward, Bernard was fired from his job and Bassett was arrested for cattle rustling (she was acquitted). Martin Sheffield went on to achieve wide notoriety by claiming to have seen a live pleisosaurus in Lake Nahuel Huapi. Chaps and Chinks I probably have no direct connection to any of this but I do live in the west, in Idaho. Etta Place (born c. 1878, date of death unknown) was a companion of the American outlaws Butch Cassidy (real name Robert LeRoy Parker) and the Sundance Kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh), both members of the outlaw gang known as the Wild Bunch. Most people called her Ethel, but that name might be as fake as the surname "Place" which she almost definitely wasn't born with. But who Etta Place was and what happened to her is one of history's unsolved mysteries. The book actually is more about her two male companions and theories on if they really died when they supposedly . On Wednesday, Dave Holloway and Private Investigator T.J. Ward announced on TODAY the discovery of human remains that are being DNA tested to confirm if they are Natalee's. Theories about her real identity have her as a runaway mother from Texas who was a schoolteacher, or a prostitute at Fannie Porter's place in San Antonio. Steve showed us a $5.00 dollar bill that was in the Wilcox train robbery that got blown up by dynamite when they blew the safe open. intriguing. Etta Jones, a great and permanently underrated jazz singer who for three decades toured constantly with her musical partner, the saxophonist Houston Person, died on Tuesday at her home in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She was 72. At that point, she disappeared. Born in about 1878, nothing is known of Etta's life before she met Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid. Little is known about her; both her origin and her fate . Although both men served time in Wyoming jails for horse stealing early in their careers Sundance in 1884 and Cassidy in 1894 authorities flat out failed to put a hand on the outlaws after they met in . Any luck finding new details of Etta Place? With the tenacity of Pinkerton agents, the couple tracks the outlaws and the enigmatic Etta Place through South America, where they fled in 1901. Dan. Wild Bunch female gang member Laura Bullion is believed to have worked at the brothel from time to time. To fulfill her wish to have her cremated remains scattered in her beloved Browns Park, Frank drove there but didnt have the heart to throw Ann out. Her ashes remained in the trunk of his car until he died in 1963. My goal is to produce a documentary about Etta that would include interviews with researchers, historians and descendants. In fact, I was a little surprised that the world had simply swallowed Etta up. If you get your picture taken its not like today where it goes viral. Take your pick. The way most people remember Etta Place: Katharine Ross with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid/ Douglas Kirkland, CORBISEverybody loves a good vanishing act. If you have a question, write: Lo and behold, there was Fannie Porter, running a boarding house. Euphemisms are great things. The person who answered the phone said they had no records. Just another site what happened to etta place Etta Place (b. c.1878, d. But a woman of Etta's description attempted to secure documents declaring Sundance dead. They never wrote it down, but their descendants sing those songs now. Please contact me through my e-mail. Other articles where Etta Place is discussed: Butch Cassidy: and Sundance (with Sundance's girlfriend, Etta Place) escaped first to New York City and then to South America (1901). According to Boyer, he "dragged" her into the motel room, pinned her onto the bed and began to tear off her clothes. In the summer of 1904, she made another visit with Longabaugh to the United States, where the Pinkerton Detective Agency traced them to Fort Worth, Texas, and to the St. Louis World Fair, but failed to arrest them before they returned to Argentina. Just another site what happened to etta place Like Fannie, she is listed as of English birth, immigrating to the United States in 1884 when she was six. It is unconfirmed if their marriage was . Im a documentary filmmaker doing research on Etta Place, and I would love to speak to anyone who has VALID and VERIFIABLE information regarding the life and death of Etta/Ethel. And the other was Harry Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid. Jones` descendants still occupy his ranch home on the outskirts of town. Another report claims she committed suicide in 1924 in Argentina, and yet another states that she died of natural causes in 1966. The, What happened to Chuck Connors? Down here, they tell different stories. Or maybe, they say, he was killed after a. Etta Place. Etta Place Would have been in her 70s. Also various claims contend that she returned to prostitution, living the remainder of her life in Texas, California, or New York, but these claims are mere speculation, without any supporting evidence. Many (descendants of the robbers) live here now, but I can`t name them because they are good people now. Other chroniclers question the identity of those men. Principally the companion of Longabaugh, little is known about her; both her origins and her fate remain . Etta Place was the girlfriend of the Sundance Kid, n Harry Alonzo Longabaugh. Even if you could, given that Ettas at best, a very minor footnote in history, why would anyone commit the money and time towards doing so? The two had their make-out session, but no intercourse was involved with the interaction. Events suggest parallels too numerous to be coincidental between her and Etta Place, the cryptic outlaw companion of the Wild Bunch. 2019 is a long time after your original comment. I have always found this woman, Ms. Etta Place (Ethel?) I cant even find out how my friend back east died unless I find someone who attended her funeral. There has been all kinds of speculation in the 100+ years since Etta's association with the outlaw duo ended (no one knows for . The Pinkerton Detective Agency described her, in 1906, as having, "classic good looks, 27 or 28 years old, 5'4" to 5'5" [163165cm] in height, weighing between 110 and 115lb[50 and 52kg], with a medium build and brown hair.". Residential areas and hill soundin juliaetta juliaetta nme came after two white first gilrs were born in the ara and name wa given after Julia and. Why Katharine Ross (Etta Place) was banned from the set of BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID! What happened to Etta Place? Comparing those photos to Place's, both agreed that Eunice Gray was definitely not Etta Place.[7]. . What really happened to Etta Place? Feb 19, 2023, The War Knot The post was quickly shared by other fans of the . For the next five years the trio traveled around South America until Place decided she no longer wanted to live life on the run. Could the historical record be wrong? Under a new 1884 law, they were granted 15,000 acres (61km) of adjacent land to develop, 2,500 of which belonged to Place, who has the distinction of being the first woman in Argentina to acquire land under the new act, as land ownership had previously been denied to women. Others say they were running contraband cattle over the Andes passes into Chile. Sometime in the late 1890s, the Sundance Kid met Etta Place. A tiny elongated area at the top center of Anns forehead seemed to be missing hair. August 9, 1902: Place registers them at the Hotel Europa in Buenos Aires. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Etta Place have become the stuff of legend for their robberies in both North and South America. I grew up in the same county Gray was described as a beautiful woman, and Willis believed that Place and Gray held a striking resemblance to one another, but no photographs of Gray from that period are available to compare with Place's. The last recorded appearance by Etta was in summer of 1909 in San Francisco, the year after Butch and Sundance were reportedly killed in a gun battle with Argentinian soldiers. Together they would pass into legend as the last outlaws of the Wild West. These places generally dont keep records that are 100+ years old. She was born around 1878, we know that for sure. what happened to etta placeclove cigarettes online. aisle planner wedding website example. Kolpan's imaginative first novel fills in the blanks while shooting a few blanks in the process. . I recall during one of my afternoon trips to that seedy area I walked East on 11th or 12th on the block ending in Commerce intending to turn North and visit the Majestic. Those who met Etta claimed the first thing they noticed about her was her striking beauty. One of them, Mrs. Connolly, felt quite concerned and asked a local religious worker, Etta Angell Wheeler, to check on the family. Here are 10 of the most famous and notorious of these outlaws of the Wild West. [1] Her name may have become "Etta" after she moved to South America, where Spanish speakers had trouble pronouncing "Ethel". History Mystery Solved? Did you ever manage to find a photo? Is that his real burial spot? Or maybe, they say, he was killed after a bank robbery in Rio Pico, farther south in the Argentine Pampas. She earned the nickname "Queen Ann" for her efforts. Rumors said she married Longabaugh, before traveling with he and Parker on their "adventures" to New York City . Some say they went into cattle rustling, if indeed they were not already into it. Not much is known about Place, including who she really was, what she did, and where or why she . 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