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      • However, given the mix of tall tales and exaggerations that make up the story of Calamity Jane, verified facts are as rare as nuggets of gold. She herself published an autobiography in 1896 that most historians peg as trumped-up fiction, and most accounts of her life weave together myth and truth.
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      Calamity Jane, The Rowdy Sharpshooting Legend Of The Wild West

  2. www.biography.com › history-culture › calamity-janeCalamity Jane - Movie, Death & Facts - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · Early Life. Few substantiated facts are known about Calamity Jane’s life, but much is known about the legend. It seems her biography is a mix of wild tales — many promoted by Jane herself — and...

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  4. www.historynet.com › calamity-jane-and-wild-billUncovering the Real Story of Calamity Jane - HistoryNet

    Jan 29, 2020 · Perhaps most important is the evidence proving that the claim by Jean McCormick in 1941 that she was the daughter of Calamity and Wild Bill is false. McCormick tried to prove her story by producing a diary and letters purportedly written by Calamity Jane.

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  6. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleWho was the real Calamity Jane? Historians search for an answer.

    Mar 12, 2024 · It’s true the woman behind the fictional heroine—born Martha Jane Canary—was a buckskin-clad, gun-slinging, foulmouthed cowgirl whose affinity for alcohol was legendary, even among men....

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Calamity_JaneCalamity Jane - Wikipedia

    Martha Jane Canary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. [2] [3] [4] In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.

  8. www.historyhit.com › facts-about-calamity-jane10 Facts About Calamity Jane | History Hit

    • She was one of six children. Calamity Jane was born Martha Jane Cannary on 1 May 1852, in Princeton, Missouri. She was the eldest of six children born to Robert and Charlotte Cannary, who were reportedly unsavoury figures involved in petty crime.
    • She was orphaned aged 12. In 1865, the family moved by wagon train to Montana, perhaps to try and make their fortune in the goldfields. Jane’s mother Charlotte died of pneumonia en route.
    • She worked a variety of jobs. In Piedmont, Jane took jobs as a dishwasher, cook, waitress, dance hall girl, nurse, ox-team driver and from 1874 was an on-and-off sex worker at the Fort Laramie Three-Mile Hog Ranch.
    • The origins of her nickname are disputed. It was claimed that Jane earned the nickname ‘Calamity Jane’ during her time as a sex worker. It is also claimed that the name was a result of her warnings to men that to offend her was to ‘court calamity’.

  9. www.britannica.com › biography › Calamity-JaneCalamity Jane | Biography, Wild West & Deadwood | Britannica

    May 23, 2024 · Calamity Jane was a legendary American frontierswoman whose name was often linked with that of Wild Bill Hickok. The facts of her life are confused by her own inventions and by the successive stories and legends that accumulated in later years.

  10. allthatsinteresting.com › calamity-janeCalamity Jane, The Rowdy Sharpshooting Legend Of The Wild West

    Jun 16, 2024 · Her life story, which Calamity Jane herself happily muddled with fiction, may never be fully known. Even still, she’ll rightfully remain, for decades if not centuries to come, a true legend of the Wild West.

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