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Historical Art

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Martha Jane Burke, popularly known as Calamity Jane, standing by the grave of Wild Bill Hickok in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, South Dakota. Photogrpahed by J.A. Kumpf, 1903. Martha Jane Canary or Cannary (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman and professional scout. Martha Jane received little to no formal education and was illiterate. She worked as a dishwasher, a cook, a waitress, a dance-hall girl, a nurse, and an ox team driver. In 1874, she found work as a scout at Fort Russell. In 1876, she settled in the area of Deadwood, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. There, she became friendly with Wild Bill Hickok and Charlie Utter. She greatly admired Hickok (much later, others alleged to the point of infatuation and claimed she was obsessed with his personality and his life). After Hickok's death she continued living in the Deadwood area for some time, and in late 1876 or 1878, she nursed the victims of a smallpox epidemic. In 188...