Calamity Jane - Princeton, Missouri - Missouri Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

County of Marker: Mercer County
Location of Marker: Town Square, next to gazebo, Princeton
Broadway St. & Main St.
Marker Text:

CALAMITY JANE
1852 --- 1903 Born Martha Jane Canary, on a farm east of Princeton. She became a symbol of the wild west. Calamity Jane was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood S.D.

Ed Note: Her real name is Martha Jane Cannary

Princeton is the birthplace and childhood home of Calamity Jane. In recognition of this Princeton hosts Calamity Jane Days Fall Festival each September. Martha Jane Cannary (aka Calamity Jane) was born May 1, 1852 in Princeton, Missouri, the oldest of six children. She had two brothers and three sisters. Parents Robert W. and Charlotte Cannary are listed in the 1860 census living nearby in Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri. The Cannary family moved to Montana in 1865, then on to Salt Lake City, UT where Robert Cannary died.

Some Links to who she was:
Missouri Women   Calamity Jane Bio   Line Camp

Web link: [Web Link] History of Mark: please see above. Additional point: Not Listed

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