Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane

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My maiden name was Marthy Cannary.  I was born in Princeton, Missourri, May 1st, 1852.  Father and mother were natives of Ohio.  I had two brothers and three sisters, I being the oldest of the children.  As a child I always had a fondness for adventure and out-door exercise and especial fondness for horses which I began to ride at an early age and continued to do so until I became an expert rider being able to ride the most vicious and stubborn of horses, in fact the greater portion of my life in early times was spent in this manner.