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Calamity 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.
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.
Jan 12, 2022 · Better known by her nickname ‘Calamity Jane’, the legendary Martha Jane Canary was famed as a sharp-shooting, tobacco-spitting, whisky-guzzling and foul-mouthed reprobate who regularly wore men’s clothes and engaged in fearsome gunfights in mid-19th century America’s Wild West. As ever, the truth is more nuanced.
Feb 2, 2024 · Calamity Jane: Directed by Terry Miles. With Emily Bett Rickards, Tim Rozon, Stephen Amell, Primo Allon. After her husband-to-be Wild Bill Hickok is killed in an infamous poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and find his murderers before the Deadwood's Sheriff can arrest him.
Jun 16, 2024 · Library of Congress Better known as Calamity Jane, frontierswoman Martha Jane Canary became legendary for her sharpshooting exploits in Deadwood and across the Wild West. In the hyper-masculine world of the Wild West, Calamity Jane could shoot, ride, and drink with the toughest cowboys of her day.
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...
Dec 3, 2010 · “She’s me, Short Pants—Martha Canary—Martha Burke, better known as ‘Calamity Jane.’” Calamity, arguably the most famous female character of the Wild West, had arrived from Cody, Wyo., that afternoon, rented a room over a saloon, gone out on the town and then promptly forgotten where she was staying.
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.
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.
Calamity Jane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western musical film starring Doris Day and Howard Keel, and directed by David Butler. The musical numbers were staged and directed by Jack Donohue, who a year later would direct the Day musical Lucky Me (1954).
