WHO WAS
CALAMITY JANE?
CALAMITY JANE
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Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, February 1867.
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Wild Bill Hickok Grave
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Calamity Jane in her kitchen 1901 LR Freeman
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Calamity Jane, Gen. Crook’s Scout by HR Locke 1895 LOC
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Calamity Jane, 1885 and 1901. LR Freeman
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Prospectors in Butte, Montana c. 1860s H.C. Freeman
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Wyoming Opened 1896 Map IABI
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Princeton Missouri sign
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Calamity Jane c.1885-1890 Postcard
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Photograph supposed to portray “Calamity Jane” c.1880s
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Calamity Jane, from Burton Holmes travelogues (1908)
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Calamity Jane, frontierswoman. Unknown date.
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Martha Canary, 1852-1903, (“Calamity Jane”) seated with rifle as General Crook’s scout 1895 LOC
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“ Deadwood in 1876” S.J. Morrow NARA
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Deadwood South Dakota 1876
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Deadwood Gem Theater
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Calamity Peak Near Custer, named after “Calamity Jane” the most noted character in the Black Hills 1890 LOC
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Calamity Jane drinks with Teddy Blue Abbott. Gilt Edge, Montana c. 1887 by Mrs. E.G. Worden, photographer. Montana Historical Society Archives 941-409
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Calamity Jane at Wild Bill Hickok’s grave 1890s
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Calamity Jane in 1885 (top) and 1901 in her kitchen L.R. Freeman
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Calamity Jane by CE Finn, c1880s
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Calamity Jane, Gen. Crook’s Scout H.R. Locke 1895LOC
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Calamity Jane, C.D. Arnold LOC
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Calamity Jane by CE Finn, Livingston, Montana
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“Calamnity (ie Calamity) Peak” Near Custer City 1891 LOC
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS
“Infamous Deadwood: Calamity Jane” Deadwood.com. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://www.deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/calamity-jane/
Williams, Joseph A. “7 Intriguing Facts that Reveal the Truth about Calamity Jane”. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://www.oldwest.org/calamity-jane/
Davidson, Lucy. “10 Facts about Calamity Jane”. History Hit 12 Jan 2022. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-calamity-jane/
Weiser, Kathy. “Calamity Jane – Rowdy Woman of the West” Legends of America Updated November 2019 Accessed 9 February 2023. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-calamityjane/
Fraga, Kaleena “Inside The Life Of Calamity Jane, The Wild West’s Most Notorious Frontierswoman”. All That’s Interesting. July 28, 2022. Updated 14 August 2022. Accessed 9 February 2023 https://allthatsinteresting.com/calamity-jane
“This Day in History: Adventurer and performer Calamity Jane is Born” History.com. November 16, 2009 Updated 11 January 2023. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calamity-jane-is-born
“Calamity Jane: Legend or Myth?” Black Hills Visitor Magazine. 15 March 2021. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://blackhillsvisitor.com/learn/calamity-jane/
Hartman, Forest. “Myth Versus Truth in the Life of Calamity Jane: Ask Glenda Bell”. National Endowment For The Humanities July/August 2015 Vol 36, Number 4. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2015/julyaugust/statement/myth-versus-truth-in-the-life-calamity-jane-ask-glenda-bell
“Copies of Calamity Jane’s diary and letters: taken from the originals now on exhibit at the Western Trails Museum, Billings, Montana”. Google Digitized Public Domain. Original from University of California. Accessed 9 February 2023. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035077288&view=1up&seq=1
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