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One
would wonder what the elegant and fastidious Wild Bill would have had to
say of MARTHA "Calamity Jane" CANARY's (1850? - 1903) dying wish - which
as you can see was granted - that she be buried next to him.
In
her short 53 years, Calamity Jane lived more than most. She worked on a
bull
train, performed in a wild west shows and was a prostitute of little
repute - we assume because of her appearance. One story most historians
claim to be strictly a figment of Calamity Jane's imagination was her claim
to have been Wild Bill Hickok's sweetheart. Her acts of charity and
her willingness to nurse the sick attest to the warm, soft side of this
rough and ready denizen of the Old West. In 1903 Calamity Jane died
in the mining camp of Terry from a variety of ailments, chief among which
was acute alcoholism.
from: CEMETERY
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