Martha Jane Cannary-"Calamity Jane" 1852-1903
Princeton, Missouri
As a young girl, Martha was orphaned and forced to move out West to Wyoming, South Dakota, and eventually, Montana. There are many stories about Calamity Jane, most of which involve her as a generous, gun-slinging, drinking, wild-west type of woman. Some stories are true, others exaggerated by writers of the time. What we do know about her was her can do attitude and force during the Gold Rush in the West allowed her to be extremely successful.
References
(2011). Calamity Jane Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://www.biography.com/people/calamity-jane-9234950.
(2003). Calamity Jane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity_Jane.
Image retrieved from the Library of Congress, with no known restrictions. Web page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/91483145/. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.
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