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Calamity Jane, 1895

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Martha Jane "Calamity Jane" Cannary (1852-1903) - Calamity Jane was renowned for her excellent marksmanship, preference for men's clothing, and bawdy behavior. Jane was said to have been an Army scout, a bullwhacker, a nurse, a cook, a prostitute, a prospector, a gambler, a heavy drinker and one of the most foul-mouthed people in the West.  In June of 1876, she partnered with Wild Bill Hickok as an outrider for Colorado Charlie Utter's wagon train, galloping into Deadwood with a shipment of prostitutes, fresh from Cheyenne.  For the remainder of her days, Calamity Jane claimed to have been Hickok’s lover.  But the record shows that Wild Bill had just recently married and his letters home from Deadwood indicate that he was happily wedded.  Calamity Jane requested to be buried next to Wild Bill Hickok when she died, and there she rests.

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Martha Thomas Carey (1857-1935) ­ Suffragist and educator Martha was first female college faculty member in the country to hold the title "dean."  Working at Bryn Mawr College, she also started the first graduate program at any women's school.

Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) ­ Crusader of rights for the mentally ill in North America and Europe, she founded or improved over thirty hospitals for the mentally ill and influenced government legislation with her research. In 1861, she was appointed first Superintendent of U.S. Army Nurses.

Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) ­ Pioneer of modern dance in America and Europe, she elevated dance to an art form practiced by serious artists and gained huge popularity for her innovative, expressive style.

Dora DuFran (18??-1934) - The Black Hills' Leading Madam and a friend to Calamity Jane, DuFran ran a number of baudy houses in and around Deadwood, South Dakota for decades. One of Dora’s most popular houses called "Diddlin’ Dora’s,” was in Belle Fourche on Fifth Avenue.  However, the street was so lined with saloons, with brothels on the second stories, it was more commonly referred to as "Saloon Street” by the many cowboys who frequented its businesses.  Diddlin’ Dora’s advertised itself as "Three D’s – Dining, Drinking and Dancing – a place where you can bring your mother.”  And though the cowboys frequented the popular place, most just wanted to "get down to business,” with at least one man remarking, "I wouldn’t want my mother to know I had ever been there.”  More ...

Eleanore Dumont (1829?-1879) - Better known as Madame Mustache, Eleanore was one of the first known professional blackjack players in American history and, for over three decades, made her name famous across the mining camps of the American West. See full article HERE.

Rose Dunn, aka: The Rose of Cimarron - Rose Dunn met George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, a former member of the Dalton Gang before their demise in Coffeyville, Kansas, through her outlaw brothers. In 1893, Newcomb became a member of the Doolin Gang, and it was somewhere around this time that he met Rose Dunn, often referred to as "the Rose of Cimarron," through her outlaw brothers. The Doolin Gang terrorized Indian Territory for two years as they robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

On the afternoon of September 1, 1893, while several members of the gang were holed up in George Ransom’s saloon in Ingalls, Oklahoma they were involved in a gun battle with U.S. marshals.  After the lawmen surrounded the saloon demanding that the outlaws surrender, Doolin's response was, "Go to hell." As the guns began to blast and a hail of bullets flew, the frightened townspeople ran for cover.

Dunn, who was staying at Mrs. Pierce's hotel allegedly ran through the raining bullets in order to deliver a Winchester rifle to her lover.

Rose Dunn was also known as the Rose of Cimarron.
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