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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8227393, member: 20201"]1997 Calamity JaneBuffalo Bills Primm Nevada10 Dollar Silver Strike [ATTACH=full]1445897[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1445898[/ATTACH] Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman and professional scout known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok's.She was compassionate to others, especially to the sick and needy. This facet of her character contrasted with her daredevil ways and helped to make her a noted frontier figure.She also wore men's clothing.Much of what she claimed to have witnessed and participated in could not be proven.She lacked formal education and suffered from alcoholism. 1975 circa Calamity JaneDeadwood SD - Mt Rushmore.999 silver round25 gr. [ATTACH=full]1445913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1445914[/ATTACH] Born in Princeton, Missouri on May 1, 1852 as Martha Jane Cannarybecame the legendary Calamity Jane and died on August 1, 1903. Rather than copy and paste conflicting accounts I have found, I write my own short bio from what I gathered.With her parents dead and her siblings in need, she did whatever she could to support them.She only lived to be about 51 years old and probably died from a combination of hard drinking and hard living. She did wear mens clothing, doing what the men did. I think she probably could hold her own in any fight with a man, and probably did.They say she was a good hearted person. She liked to have a rowdy good time and had a great sense of humor.I would think she could have dressed up as a lady, as it is told that she worked in a brothel, doing more than the dishes and was a dance hall girl. [ATTACH=full]1445906[/ATTACH] They say that she was good looking as a girl and young woman, despite the images we have of her today.There are stories of her driving a mule team, as a rider on the Pony Express, swimming the Platt River and carrying a dispatch 90 miles for the Cavalry to an outpost where she then became seriously ill, probably with pneumonia. A pair of Bowman Non Sports Cards that made use of the same card in two different series which I have. 1949 Bowman Wild West Calamity Jane C5 on left1953 Bowman Frontier Days Calamity Jane No60 on right [ATTACH=full]1445916[/ATTACH] Calamity also did some prospecting around Deadwood S.D.There is a story of her meeting up with and taking the reins on a stage coach from a wounded driver under indian attack and saving 6 passengers and perhaps the driver as well. She met Wild Bill Hickok in Fort Laramie Wyoming, and rode a wagon train together to Deadwood S.D. and became at least great friends but probably fought like cats and dogs at times.Later in her life after Wild Bill Hickok was killed, she joined Buffalo Bills Wild West Show and told tall tales and exaggerated stories.She probably displayed some handy shooting as well, but it was her stories and reputation she gained from them made her a legend. In 1901 she was hired by the Pan American Exposition but her drinking caught up with her.As per her wishes ...She is buried next to Wild Bill Hickok on "Boot Hill" atop Mt. Moriah overlooking the town of Deadwood.So how did Calamity Jane get her name? Perhaps in the end, it is that alcohol gave it to her. [ATTACH=full]1445901[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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