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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Subject File, Calamity Jane "Calamity Jane and other lady wildcats"
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Subject 46a Calamity Jane
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Item Description:
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Calamity Jane - "Calamity Jane and Other Lady Wildcats", no published source; n.d.
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Date:
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Undated
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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Canary, Martha Jane - aka "Calamity Jane" - two sisters
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Notes:
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scouted for Sioux on the Rosebud
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Notes:
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Hickok, James B. "Wild Bill" - last love
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Notes:
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Somers, Lieut.
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Notes:
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McCall, Jack - shot & killed Hickok
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Notes:
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Canary, Bob - "unambitious father
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Canary, Charlotte - "daring and roistering mother"
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Notes:
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laundress work
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Notes:
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last week of 1864 - parents failed to return home
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Notes:
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Fergus & Castner families took Canary girls into their homes
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Notes:
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Montana Post newspaper
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Notes:
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Fort Sanders (Albany Co. - winter, 1871- spring, 1872)
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Notes:
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Alder Gulch through 1865 and part of 1866
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"Madam Canary" invested in "Bird Cage" dance hall
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Notes:
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Salt Lake City (Utah - 1867)
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transcontinental railroad complete (1869) - golden spike at Promontory Point (Utah)
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Bannock (Utah)
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Madame Moustache - woman gambler
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Fort Steele (Carbon Co.) & Fort Bridger (Uinta Co.) - soldiers
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Notes:
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Piedmont, South Pass City, Rawlins & Green River - railroad construction towns (Wyo. Terr.)
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". . . harum-scarum origin on the social fringes of Princeton, Mo."
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Cheyenne & Fort Laramie (Laramie Co. - 1869-1870)
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Muscle Shells war
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Army campaign vs. Arizona Apache (1870-1871)
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Abiliene & Hayes City - Kansas cow towns
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Allegheny Dick - companion
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Mackay, Bob
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Blackfoot mining camp - now ghost town
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Egan, Capt. "Pat" - joined his company - named her "Calamity Jane"
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Siechrist, Sgt. Frank - Infantry
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"married" a railroad brakeman in Rawlins (Carbon Co. - 1874)
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Notes:
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moved to Virginia City (Mont.)
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Notes:
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worked in Green River (Sweetwater Co.) & South Pass City (Fremont Co.)
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Filename:
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WPA Sub 46A CALAMITY JANE.pdf
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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