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Mar 29, 2024 · Calamity Jane (born May 1, 1852?, near Princeton, Mo.?, U.S.—died Aug. 1, 1903, Terry, near Deadwood, S.D.) 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.
Jun 13, 2019 · Calamity Jane (born Martha Jane Cannary; 1852–August 1, 1903) was a controversial figure in the Wild West whose adventures and exploits are shrouded in mystery, legend, and self-promotion. She is known to have dressed and worked as a man, to have been a hard drinker, and to been skilled with guns and horses.
Jan 29, 2020 · The years of research might have taken more than a decade off the author’s own life, but his dedication and/or obsession has provided us with Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend (University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2005, $29.95), a 355-page biography that filters through more than 100 years of legend-making and gets to the heart of the ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Calamity Jane—born Martha Jane Canary—is a legend of the American West. But was she a gunslinger? An Army scout? A rider for the Pony Express? After a century of half-truths...
Jun 11, 2018 · Martha Jane Cannary, known as Calamity Jane (1852-1903), was a notorious American frontier woman in the days of the Wild West. As unconventional and wild as the territory she roamed, she has become a legend. The most likely date of Jane Cannary's birth is May 1, 1852, probably at Princeton, Mo.
Aug 1, 2014 · Calamity Jane, the famous frontierswoman who claimed to have worked with the famous gunfighter and stagecoach driver, Wild Bill Hickok, was born as Martha Jane Canary. She was a very brave and courageous woman who had been fighting hardships from a young age to become the legendary gunslinger that she was.
Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903), was a frontiers woman and professional scout. She gained fame fighting Native Americans. Many legends and stories have been told about her.
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