Annie Oakley 1860-1926 - Marker # 2-19
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N 40° 05.950 W 084° 37.796
16T E 702025 N 4441456
Located in historic Greenville Oh at the corner of Martin St and State Route 49.
Waymark Code: WM24B2
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2007
Views: 57
Side A : "Annie Oakley, 1860-1926 "
One of America's best-known sport shooters and entertainers of the late 1800s, Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosey (or Mozee) north of Versailles in Darke County in 1860. She achieved local fame for her shooting ability as a hunter while still in her teens. By 1885 Oakley was a star performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West. With husband and manager Frank Butler, she refined a shooting act and image that appealed to late 19th century notions of a romanticized but vanishing West. Throughout her 30-year performing career, Oakley provided honest entertainment in a deception-prone industry while demonstrating widening opportunities for women. She retained her Ohio ties throughout her life and is interred at Brock Cemetery, eleven miles north of Greenville.
Marker Number: 2-19
County: Darke
Significance of Location: Person
Additional Coordinate: N 40° 15.626 W 080° 33.636
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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