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Wild Women Of The West: Calamity Jane

February 11, 2020
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota Territory, in 1876, was a mixture of makeshift-tents erected by enthusiastic gold seekers, timber collectors, freight wagon owners, and owners of bawdy houses operated by some of the area’s most notorious madams. Ribbed by thick, tree-filled mountain chains and bleak valleys, the popular mining camp was the ideal destination...

Books We Love: Calamity Jane: The Life and Legend of Martha Jane Cannary

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July 18, 2018
Take one rambunctious woman who enjoyed lying about herself to confuse her detractors.  Add, many years after her death, the discovery of a collection of letters she wrote to her daughter, even though nobody was sure she had a daughter and the woman was thought to be illiterate.  Muddy the water by telling the truth,...

Wild Women Of The West: Calamity Jane

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June 20, 2018
The sun dropped below the rim of the mountains surrounding a canvas-covered arena set up in the heart of the business district in Denver, Colorado.   The ringing notes of a six-piece band playing “Camptown Races” washed over the packed crowd. It was 1875 and an eager audience was on its feet cheering when Buffalo Bill’s...

How Calamity Jane Stole The Dead Man's Hand

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November 10, 2017
Her real name is Martha Canary, but everyone today knows her as Calamity Jane. There are many myths about this wild woman who sometimes passed as a man and may, or may not, have been a Soiled Dove. For one thing, she is thought to be the most written about Western American woman of the...

Iconic Women In Western Film & Television

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June 15, 2017
There’s nothing quite like a classic western. From Tombstone to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, there’s no lack of choices for the Wild West loving cowgirl. While the men of popular western movies and television are often discussed, the women are not talked about as frequently, which is why I have made a list...

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