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May 2, 2024 · Calamity Jane’s Early Life Growing Up On The Frontier. Calamity Jane was born Martha Jane Canary (sometimes written as “Cannary”) in 1856 — though she claimed she was born in 1852 — near Princeton, Missouri, right on the Iowa border. It was nine years before the outbreak of the Civil War. Her father, Robert, was a farmer.
Feb 2, 2024 · Calamity Jane: Directed by Terry Miles. With Emily Bett Rickards, Stephen Amell, Primo Allon, Jana Berengel. After Wild Bill is killed in a poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and seek revenge.
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Martha Canary (Calamity Jane), the famous frontierswoman, was born in 1856 in the vicinity of Princeton, Missouri, the eldest daughter of Robert and Charlotte Canary. In 1864 the Canary family joined the gold rush to Montana. Martha's parents died in the West a few years later, and Martha was reported alone in the 1869 census of Piedmont, Wyoming.
Calamity Jane. American Folk Figure, Frontierswoman. She is best remembered for her association with famous Western lawman, scout, and gunfighter, James Butler Wild Bill Hickok. Born the oldest of six children to parents who were farmers, she received little to no formal education and was illiterate.
Nov 8, 2014 · McLaird, James D. Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005, 7, 22-23, 28-29, 271. Illustrations . The two photos of an armed Calamity Jane in western garb and the photo of her in a dress are from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. Used with permission and thanks.
May 17, 2022 · Calamity Jane was born Martha Jane Canary in 1852 in Princeton, Missouri. (The spelling is sometimes found as Martha Jane Cannary.) According to a ghost-written 1896 autobiography, Canary was born ...
Calamity Jane (A Musical Western) is a stage musical based on the historical figure of frontierswoman Calamity Jane.The non-historical, somewhat farcical plot involves the authentic Calamity Jane's professional associate Wild Bill Hickok, and presents the two as having a contentious relationship that ultimately proves to be a facade for mutually amorous feelings.
