The Son of the Sundance Kid.

Robert Harvey Longabaugh claimed to be the son of the Sundance Kid and Etta Place.  He lectured at libraries, dropped in on newspaper offices and talked to anyone who would listen in the Western United States during 1970 and 1971.

There are a few transcripts of his lectures available but only one known lecture that is preserved as an audio file.  Robert gave a lecture in Ellensburg, Washington on July 17, 1971 that was recorded and is now available as a .wma audio file.

Continuing Research on Etta Place.

Yesterday I talked to a relative, a nephew, of Etta Place who did not know that this relative was rumored to be Etta Place.  Now he has accepted it wholeheartedly.

The day before I talked to a lady who wrote an article in 1970 for the Price, Utah newspaper about a man, Robert Harvey Longabaugh, who claimed to be the son of the Sundance Kid.  Sometimes he went by the name of Harry Thayne Longabaugh.  This woman wrote more articles for the Price paper that I need to find.

This is in preparation for possibly writing a book.  I feel I still have some research to do before a book would be complete.  I have found Etta Place before South America, but not much after South America. 

Etta Place Research

Summary of recent research on Etta Place.  On the 2nd of this month I went to my home town and visited an LDS Family History Library.  I was looking for local history on the family of Etta Place.  One of the workers there is best friends with a family member.  The worker called the family member on the phone and I was able to talk to the family member for about 20 minutes.  We exchanged contact information for contact later. 

I was able to meet the family member at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  We exchanged information on Etta Place.  She had some important information that I had been looking for.  I had a lot of information as well that they didn't have.  Marriage licenses, census data  and military records included.

I also visited the mother of another family member and exchanged contact information.  That family member just called me the other day and we exchanged information through email.  This is so wonderful that we can do this exchange of information for the people who have died.  We will meet those people after we die.  What a glorious reunion.

I have also contacted some descendants of Etta Place and befriended them on facebook.  I'm waiting for feedback from them.  It has been fun to read their posts on facebook and get to know them in that way.  They post some really good information.  All of this has happened this month.  In my research for the last few months I have found what researchers have been looking for for over 50 years and have not been able to find. 

The research for Etta Place has been very rewarding.  One of many hobbies as I have also been doing fantasy baseball, prospecting for gold, tending my granddaughter and other business of life.