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What do most people think of when they hear the word west? Do they think of cowboys, sharpshooters, booze or prostitutes? There has been a lot of the myths told about the west. One of those myths is Annie Oakley, the best sharp shooting, root-tootin’ lady of the wild, wild west. She could shoot an ant 150 yards away with her eyes closed, and on horse back blind-folded shoot a pheasant 50 feet in the air…well that’s what they say.
Her real name was Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozze. Born in Darke, County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin Annie began shooting game at age nine to support her widowed mother and siblings. Word soon got around when she was sixteen that she was and amazing shot, so she entered a shooting contest with Frank E. Butler. Annie won the match by one point and took Frank E Butler with her. They soon married and Oakley became his assistant in his traveling shooting act. In 1885 they both joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show ran by showman Buffalo Bill Cody. At 90 feet Annie shot a dime tossed in midair. Annie would shoot the ashes off of a cigarette held in Frank’s mouth. She traveled the world shooting cigarettes out of Princes mouths. She held many medals on her chest.
In a train wreck in 1901, Annie received a spinal injury that led to 5 operations, leaving her partially paralyzed for a while. She recovered quickly and then set a few more sharp shooting records. 25 years later she died of pernicious anemia in Greenville, Ohio at the age of 66. In 1946 her life was celebrated through a musical called “Annie Get Your Gun”.
Myths could be lies, or extremely exaggerated legends. But most of what you hear about Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozze is purely accurate. She was the “Little Sure Shot’ of the wild west. The best sharp shooting lady of all time, Annie Oakley “Was doin’ What comes Naturally.”
What do most people think of when they hear the word west? Do they think of cowboys, sharpshooters, booze or prostitutes? There has been a lot of the myths told about the west. One of those myths is Annie Oakley, the best sharp shooting, root-tootin’ lady of the wild, wild west. She could shoot an ant 150 yards away with her eyes closed, and on horse back blind-folded shoot a pheasant 50 feet in the air…well that’s what they say.
Her real name was Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozze. Born in Darke, County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin Annie began shooting game at age nine to support her widowed mother and siblings. Word soon got around when she was sixteen that she was and amazing shot, so she entered a shooting contest with Frank E. Butler. Annie won the match by one point and took Frank E Butler with her. They soon married and Oakley became his assistant in his traveling shooting act. In 1885 they both joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show ran by showman Buffalo Bill Cody. At 90 feet Annie shot a dime tossed in midair. Annie would shoot the ashes off of a cigarette held in Frank’s mouth. She traveled the world shooting cigarettes out of Princes mouths. She held many medals on her chest.
In a train wreck in 1901, Annie received a spinal injury that led to 5 operations, leaving her partially paralyzed for a while. She recovered quickly and then set a few more sharp shooting records. 25 years later she died of pernicious anemia in Greenville, Ohio at the age of 66. In 1946 her life was celebrated through a musical called “Annie Get Your Gun”.
Myths could be lies, or extremely exaggerated legends. But most of what you hear about Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozze is purely accurate. She was the “Little Sure Shot’ of the wild west. The best sharp shooting lady of all time, Annie Oakley “Was doin’ What comes Naturally.”