Topic: Calamity Jane

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Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane (born Martha Jane Cannary) was an American Frontierswoman of the 19th century . She is often linked with Wild Bill Hickock , and according to her autobiography, was during her lifetime a United States Army scout and pony express rider among other ...

Wild Bill Hickok

Hickok(James Butler Hickok) (1837-1876), a United States scout, frontier lawman, and gambler. “Wild Bill,” with his long flowing hair and buckskin...

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane (1852--1903), the nickname of Martha Jane Canary, also known as Mrs. M. Burke, a United States woman who became famous for her...
Other people were here first, of course, but early European immigrants thought of North America as their God-given land, and thought of it as empty, waiting to be used. There probably was a John Henry, and we know nothing definite about him ...

Biography: Calamity Jane

In search of this pursuit, and following the death of her parents, at the age of sixteen Jane became the head of the family and moved them to Wyoming. Jane herself states that it resulted from her rescue of the injured Captain ...

Mythical persons: Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane was not a myth. She was born Martha Jane Canary on May 1, 1852? Some of the simple and documented facts of the life of Ms. Canary are: There are numerous other facts concerning the life of Ms. Canary. It ...

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