Forum Title: LIZZIE BORDEN SOCIETY
Topic Area: Fall River and Its Environs
Topic Name: Places Named~~~Fall River

1. "Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-30th-02 at 5:16 PM

We have a Fall River here in my TN county, I found this
site called placesnamed.com while looking for it.

http://www.placesnamed.com/f/a/fall_river.asp


2. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by Kat on Oct-30th-02 at 10:54 PM
In response to Message #1.

Thanks Kim.
There is a "Bristol" in Florida, this says, but no Fall River.

But See item #5.  It says Fall River named in the year 1978.
I clicked there but it is Bristol County so it is our Fall River.  I don't get it?


3. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-30th-02 at 11:17 PM
In response to Message #2.

I just emailed them & asked what that meant, if I get a
reply, I'll let you know.

I also checked, Tennessee is the home of the only town
named Bugscuffle.

And there are only two towns named Fly, in TN & Ohio.

My favorite town name is Rising Fawn, Georgia.
That sounds so pretty.


4. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by Susan on Oct-30th-02 at 11:47 PM
In response to Message #1.

Theres a Swansea in California and there is also one in Arizona which I did know about already.  There is also a Fairhaven here too!  But, no Fall River. 


5. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-31st-02 at 6:41 PM
In response to Message #2.

I got a reply, the man said that there was an error & they
got the info from the US Geological Survey's Place Names database.


6. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by harry on Oct-31st-02 at 6:53 PM
In response to Message #5.

I know there's one in Wisconsin.  Whenever I do a search for Fall River items on eBay I run into a couple of Wisconsin items.

You'd think it would be River Falls instead of Fall River.


7. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-31st-02 at 7:00 PM
In response to Message #6.

The man who wrote back said he would be excluding the
error from the next version of their geographic encyclopedia,
he was pretty cool about it.

It is still fun to check on the towns, I've already checked Newmarket, and where else? Taunton, New Bedford, Marion,
and..................


8. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by harry on Oct-31st-02 at 7:07 PM
In response to Message #7.

Fairhaven.  Probably a lot of them.


9. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by harry on Oct-31st-02 at 7:12 PM
In response to Message #7.

I just did a telephone search under Yahoo for Lizzie Borden and it came up with one name.  Seems there is a Lizzie Borden residing in Gwynn Oak, Maryland.  Of course the search only covers listed numbers.

Wonder if she's happy with her name. 


10. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-31st-02 at 7:14 PM
In response to Message #8.

There are tons of Marion's, and 7 Fairhaven's.
And most of the cities are listed as having been
named in the 1970`s.


11. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-31st-02 at 7:16 PM
In response to Message #9.

I would be happy, wouldn't you?


12. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by harry on Oct-31st-02 at 7:24 PM
In response to Message #11.

Personally no, I'd have to get a new wardrobe. 

Wonder if she's ever been to Fall River. She's probably heard all the jokes a million times. 


13. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-31st-02 at 7:52 PM
In response to Message #12.

Does your wardrobe look anything like this? These "Lizzy's"
look pretty rough.
http://www.lizzyborden.com/main/index2.htm


When the download box comes up just click the X it
closes it & the page shows fine.

(Message last edited Oct-31st-02  7:54 PM.)


14. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by harry on Oct-31st-02 at 7:59 PM
In response to Message #13.

Everything but the leather pants.  also, I NEVER had that much hair!


15. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Oct-31st-02 at 8:10 PM
In response to Message #14.

Two words: hair extensions. Don't tell nobody.


oops! A word of warning, there are naked women in the
"Lizzy's Girls" section.

(Message last edited Oct-31st-02  8:13 PM.)


16. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by Doug on Nov-2nd-02 at 3:55 PM
In response to Message #1.

There is a place on the Housatonic River in northwestern Connecticut called Falls Village. In September 1973 a gruesome and notorious murder occurred a few miles away. It became known as the Peter Reilly case and remains unsolved.


17. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Nov-2nd-02 at 10:10 PM
In response to Message #16.

I had never heard of this case, so I looked it up,
it is Lizzie-ish, isn't it?


http://www.truthinjustice.org/peter-reilly.htm

(Message last edited Nov-2nd-02  10:12 PM.)


18. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by Kat on Nov-2nd-02 at 10:45 PM
In response to Message #17.

Thanks you guys!
Is this all that is known?
I wonder where this guy is now.
Reminds me of the Moxley case.


19. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Nov-3rd-02 at 1:13 AM
In response to Message #18.

I couldn't find very many sites about it, I think it
sounds like quite a story. Most of the ones I found just
used it as a reference when talking about other cases.
I didn't search much, there might be a full story somewhere.


20. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by Doug on Nov-3rd-02 at 3:22 PM
In response to Message #19.

I know of two books that were written about the Peter Reilly case. "A Death in Canaan" by Joan Barthel was published in 1976 and "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" by Donald S. Connery was published in 1977. I think a TV movie based on "A Death in Canaan" was also made, though quite a few years ago now. The reputations of the state police, who handled the official investigation, and the state's attorney who prosecuted were badly tarnished by the Reilly case. I believe Peter Reilly, who is now in his forties, still lives in Connecticut and sometimes speaks to groups about his youthful experience with the criminal justice system. And the last I knew the crime, which was the brutal murder of Barbara Gibbons, Reilly's mother, has not been solved.


21. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by kimberly on Nov-3rd-02 at 4:01 PM
In response to Message #20.

Thanks Doug, I can't figure out why some murders are
so talked about & others are somewhat unknown outside
of the area where it happened. Perhaps there will be a
Peter Reilly Society someday!


22. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by Kat on Nov-4th-02 at 2:51 AM
In response to Message #20.

OH GOSH we read that book!
We've probably traded it 10 x over by now.  Thanks for the title, Death In Canaan.  Our mom, dad, Stef and I all read that in the 70's.


23. "Re: Places Named~~~Fall River"
Posted by stefani on Nov-4th-02 at 2:27 PM
In response to Message #20.

I know quite a bit about the Peter Reilly case as it directly involves Arthur Miller, my "other" hobby. It was Miller who paid for the private detective that unearthed new evidence and got Peter a new trial. Plus, it was Miller who publicly spoke out against the police for interrigating Peter for something like 36 hours straight, which produced his one and only "confession." Miller lives in Roxbury, CT, and organized his celebrity/literary friends to help raise money for Reilly's defense.

The case has never been solved because the police stopped looking once they "had their man" and his "confession".



 

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