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Miss Oakley’s Legacy as the Wild West’s Queen of Shooting
The article chronicles Miss Oakley’s wartime service offering instruction in arms to soldiers at camps with no government pay, her steadfast refusal of lavish offers, and her travels with husband Mr. Butler. It highlights her feats in 1888 matches, long career with Buffalo Bill, and honors from European royalty and U.S. presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Oakley
Buffalo Bill
United States
Secretary of War
War Department
Butler
Jess Willard
Jess
Fred Stone
Dave
Oakley
Pinehurst
South Carolina
Langdon McCormack
Gloucester
Trenton
N. J
Miles Johnson
Johnson
England
London
Prince of Wales
King Edward
America
Victoria
Alexandria
Mark Twain
Diana
Bavaria
Baroness Rothschild
Baroness de Molesticks
Vienna
Francis Joseph of
Austria