Kitty Canutt
Cowboy, Deceased Person
1894 –
Who is Kitty Canutt?
Kitty Canutt, stage name Kitty Wilks, was a professional bronc rider, and the All-Around Champion Cowgirl at the 1916 Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon, for her bucking horse and relay race events. It was at this rodeo that she met Yakima Canutt, a winner of the title of All-Around Cowboy at the Pendleton Roundup in 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1923. They were married at Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana on July 20, 1917, and were residents of Los Angeles in 1920. They divorced about 1922.
She was known as the "Diamond Girl" or "Diamond Kitty" because she had a diamond set in her front tooth. She would occasionally remove and pawn the diamond when she needed contest entry money.
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- Born
- 1894
New York City - Also known as
- Katherine Derre
- Catherine "Kitty" Wilks
- Diamond Girl
- Diamond Kitty
- Kitty Wilks
- Catherine Wilks
- Spouses
- Yakima Canutt
(1917/07/20 - 1922)
- Yakima Canutt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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