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Martha "Calamity Jane" Cannary
Calamity Jane was a professional Indian Scout, marksman, showman, and personal friend of Wild Bill Hickok who broke through the gender barriers of her time.
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Calamity Jane
There are many legends in the American West. One of the greatest is that of Calamity Jane. Here we see how she got her name in the process of saving an Army Hero.
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Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane was born Martha Jane Calamity. She was a tough-talking woman who drank, swore, and spit tobacco. Probably her greatest claim to fame was that she was once married to Wild Bill Hickok and mourned him when he was shot down in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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Calamity Jane: Heroine of the Plains
"Calamity Jane" played many roles in life, from nurse to soldier, and mother to marksman. She accomplished many things in her life and has many claims to fame. In this short biography of her life, you read about this outstanding woman of the West.
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Deadwood: Calamity Jane
Deadwood breaks out with same-sex storylines in season three
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Martha Jane Canary - Calamity Jane
Despite the many rumors surrounding her life, Calamity Jane's fame will always be connected with Wild Bill Hickok.
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Martha Jane Cannary – “Calamity Jane”
Article about Martha Jane Cannary, more commonly known as "Calamity Jane" - one of the women legends of the Wild West.
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Buffalo Bill: Old West Legend
Buffalo Bill is buried on Lookout Mountain, west of Denver, and the Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum attract fans of the Old West from all over the world
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Deadly Daring Deadwood Dick
Deadwood Dick of Deadwood, South Dakota did not really exist except in the printed imagination of Edward L. Wheeler. Not until 1927 was Dick Clarke, stable hand, asked to impersonate the fictitious character, and then came to believe that he was the real Deadwood Dick.
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Still Kicking
Talk about a nice place to see history come alive. While once-boom towns of the West are ghost towns now, Deadwood, South Dakota is thriving.
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The Wild Women of the West
Ever wonder what the real story of Calamity Jane was? What about Annie Oakley? Or Big Nose Kate? What exactly were the women of the west like? Were all women evil to the core in the early settlements, or were some 'legit'?
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GOOD-BYE BILL
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was murdered by Jack McCall while playing cards in a saloon on August 2, 1876. His death was mourned by many including Martha “Calamity Jane” Canary.
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Western Outlaws at the Suite 3
The Outlaws continue with Jack McCall, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Joe Scott and Joaquin Murrietta.
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Deadwood's Back, and More Accessible
Deadwood exploded onto premium priced TV in 2004, forcing people aching for near-extinct fine film-making to write bad checks to their satellite providers to get HBO.
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Death Race
Death Race 2000: Prime for revisit or best left alone?
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Celebrate Halloween with Tour of a U.S. Cemetery
Sounds ghoulish, but cemeteries can be interesting for their beautiful landscaping and history of the people buried there. You don't even need a Halloween costume.
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Dogs and Presidents of the United States
Dogs have been cared about or owned by Presidents of the United States since 1850 and continues in the 21st century.
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Doris Day, Singer, Actress, Animal Activist
Doris Days' real life existence belied the sunny, free spirited girl she portrayed on the screen.
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Outlaws
Call them outlaws, gangsters, crooks, gunslingers, desperados, or any other name, they are still famous for the deeds they did that changed the course of history.
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SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI: Where the American West Began
In 1763 Pierre Laclede, with the help of Auguste Chouteau the son of Laclede's mistress Marie Chouteau, established a fur trading post in the wilderness along the west bank of the Mississippi River. Today, that location is the site of Saint Louis, Missouri. This was the beginning of the fur trade in the west, as well as the settlement of the Great American Plains.
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Take a Black Hills of South Dakota Vacation
The Black Hills of South Dakota. The Lakota Sioux named the area Paha Sapa or Black Hills. A place where history began, legends were born and gold was discovered.
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Skin Deep: An Inspirational Ode Sung In The Vast Grandeur On The Western American Plains
The Beat Generation sprang from the deserts and oceans encompassing a sprawling American Western Plain. Americans have always shared and drawn from a commonly held vision of the West, but how much of this vision is reality and how much legend ? Karol Griffen seeks to answer this question through her description of the art of producing tatoos in Nevada. Take a drive into the Western ethos in "Skin Deep".
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FIRST PETS, PART II
The conclusion of last week's article about Presidential pets. We start with the greatest animal keeper in White House history, Calvin Coolidge, and finish with President Bill Clinton.
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Tributes, Previews and Recommendations
A tribute to two tv legends, summer series previews and viewing recommendations for the week of August 4, 1998.
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