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RE: TODAY in HISTORY (25 September): 'Wild Bill' Hickok married 'Calamity Jane' in 1873 – or so it is claimed...
I live in Spearfish SD. We are about 15 miles from Deadwood. Jane is a folk hero in this area. She was obsessed With Bill but word has it he didn't share the obsession. I would say the marriage thing was not true. Though I have heard that story before.
Hi @andre-ager. Thanks for the information. I am glad to see she is regarded as a folk hero, because what I have read, she deserves it! I also think it is not true, but it looks like her daughter did get the old age grant based on a marriage.