August 13, 1860 - Greenville, Darke County, Ohio - Phoebe Ann Mosey is born
March 1(?), 1866 - Greenville - Phoebe's father, Jakob Mosey, dies of pneumonia, aged 66
January(?) 1(?), 1867 - Greenville - Phoebe's sister dies of tuberculosis. She begins trapping at the age of 7
January(?) 1(?), 1868 - Greenville - Phoebe begins shooting and hunting at the age of eight
March 15, 1870 - Greenville - 9-year-old Phoebe is admitted to the Darke County Infirmary along with her sister Sarah Ellen. She is put in the care of the infirmary's superintendent, Samuel Crawford Edington and his wife Nancy
April(?) 1(?), 1872 - Greenville - After two years of near slavery, Phoebe runs away from Samuel Crawford Edington's house
October 25, 1874 - Greenville - Phoebe's mother marries for the third time, to Joseph Shaw
November 25, 1875 - Cincinnati - Performance of the Baughman & Butler shooting act. Traveling show marksman and former dog trainer Frank E. Butler (1847–1926), an Irish immigrant, places a $100 bet per side with hotel owner Jack Frost that Butler could beat any local fancy shooter. The hotelier arranges a shooting match between Butler and the 15-year-old Annie." After missing on his 25th shot, Butler looses the match and the bet =(START)
August 23, 1876 - Cincinnati - Annie Oakley marries Frank Butler, the traveling marksman against whom she competed
March 6, 1882 - New York - Frank Butler performs at the Volksgarten, New York (it is not mentioned if Annie participated)
May 1, 1882 - Springfield - Butler's partner is too ill to perform. Annie takes his place. Now calling herself Annie Oakley, the two begin to perform together regularly. Oakley soon becomes the star, while Butler handles promotions and management
June 20, 1882 - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler are married (maybe an official marriage)
March 19, 1884 - St.Paul, Minnesota - The Sioux (Lakota) spiritual leader and medicine man Sitting Bull, who had beaten Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn, attends a show that Annie was in in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. Annie snuffs a burning candle with a bullet from her rifle. Sitting Bull asks to see her after the show. Annie gives him a signed picture of herself; Sitting Bull gave her the moccasins he had worn at Little Bighorn and the nickname “Watanya Cicilla,” Little Sure Shot
April(?) 1(?), 1884 - Ohio - The Butlers join the Sells Brothers Circus
December 4, 1884 - New Orleans - A local newspaper reports that Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show will be in town in a few days
December 13, 1884 - New Orleans - The circus is closed due to persistent rain in Louisiana. Annie and Butler are left without a job
March 9, 1885 - Cincinnati(?) - Annie Oakley writes to Buffalo Bill after knowing that Captain Bogardus and his sons had left the show
April 1(?), 1885 - Cincinnati - Spends most of April at a Cincinnati gun club, practicing at the trapshooting range
April 25(?), 1885 - Louisville, Kentucky - Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for a 3-day tryout
August 1(?), 1885 - Ottawa | Hamilton | Kingston, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances in Ontario, Canada
August 9, 1885 - Montreal, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (August 9th to 17th)
August 24, 1885 - Toronto, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 1, 1887 - New York(?) - The entire show, including horses and buffalo, depart to London in the steamship "State of Nebraska" to perform at the London American Exposition.
April 14, 1887 - Gravesend, England - The steamship "State of Nebraska" enters the River Thames and anchors at Gravesend.
May 6, 1887 - London - Private performance of the Wild West Show to members of the nobility including the Princes of Wales, the Crown Prince of Denmark and members of the royal household
May 9, 1887 - London - Official opening of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
May 11, 1887 - Windsor Castle - Private performance of Buffalo Bill's "Wild West Show" to Queen Victoria
June 20, 1887 - Windsor Castle - Performance for the Queen and her guests on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee
October 1(?), 1887 - London - End of the London Run of the show after more than 300 performances
November(?) 1(?), 1887 - Birmingham - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
November(?) 30(?), 1887 - Manchester - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (From November 30th(?) to April 30th)
May 1(?), 1888 - New York(?) - The Wild West Show returns to the United States after stops in Birmingham and Manchester
October 6, 1888 - Philadelphia - Successful match with the champion Miles Johnson
December 24, 1888 - Philadelphia - Oakley's debut as an actress in a play called "Deadwood Dick" at the New Standard Theater
May 18, 1889 - Paris - The Wild West Show returns to Europe as part of the Exposition Universelle in Paris (performances until November 14th)
November 17, 1889 - Lyon, France - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from November 17th to 28th)
December 1, 1889 - Marseille, France - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (March 4th and 5th)
December 27, 1889 - Barcelona - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until January 19, 1890
January 26, 1890 - Naples, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (January 26th to February 17th)
February 20, 1890 - Rome, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (February 20th to March 9th)
March 12, 1890 - Florence, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (March 12th to 20th)
March 23, 1890 - Bologna, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (March 23rd to 31th)
April 2, 1890 - Milan, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 2nd to 13th)
April 14, 1890 - Verenci, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 14th to 16th)
April 19, 1890 - Munich - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 19th to May 5th)
May 8, 1890 - Vienna, Austria - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until May 29th
June 1, 1890 - Dresden - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (June 1st to 16th)
June 17, 1890 - Leipzig - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (June 17th to 22nd)
July 1, 1890 - Hannover - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (July 1st to 14th)
July 15, 1890 - Braunschweig - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (July 15th to 20th)
July 23, 1890 - Berlin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 24, 1890 - Hamburg - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (August 24th to 31st)
September 2, 1890 - Bremen - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 2nd to 11th)
September 16, 1890 - Cologne - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 16th to 22nd)
September 23, 1890 - Dusseldorf - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 23rd to 29th)
September 30, 1890 - Frankfurt - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 30th to October 13th)
October 14, 1890 - Stuttgart - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (October 14th to 19th)
October 21, 1890 - Strassburg (Strasbourg, today France) - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (October 21st to 26th)
April 19, 1891 - Strassburg (Strasbourg, today France) - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 19th to 22nd)
April 23, 1891 - Karlsruhe - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 23rd to 26th)
April 27, 1891 - Mannheim - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 27th to 30th)
May 1, 1891 - Darmstadt - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 1st to 3rd)
May 4, 1891 - Mainz - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 4th to 7th)
May 8, 1891 - Cologne - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 8th to 12th)
May 13, 1891 - Dortmund - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 13th to 16th)
May 17, 1891 - Duisburg - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 17th to 19th)
May 20, 1891 - Krefeld - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 20th to 23rd)
May 24, 1891 - Aachen, Germany - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 24th to 27th)
May 28, 1891 - Antwerp | Brussels - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show enters in Belgium. First of the Antwerp and Brussels performances
June 1, 1891 - Antwerp | Brussels - The King and Queen of Belgium, Leopold II and Marie-Henriette, attend a performance of the show
June 2, 1891 - Waterloo - Visit to the Waterloo monument in company of 41 Lakotas
June 3, 1891 - Antwerp | Brussels - Back to the performances in Brussels and Antwerp
June 11, 1891 - Antwerp - Back to perform only in Antwerp
June 17, 1891 - Antwerp - Last performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Antwerp
June 20, 1891 - Leeds, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from June 20th to July 4th)
July 5, 1891 - Liverpool, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from July 5th to 18th)
July 19, 1891 - Manchester, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from July 19th to August 8th)
August 8, 1891 - Sheffield, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 8th to 15th)
August 16, 1891 - Stoke-on-Trent, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 16th to 22nd)
August 23, 1891 - Nottingham, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 23rd to 29th)
August 30, 1891 - Leicester, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 30th to September 5th)
September 6, 1891 - Birmingham, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from September 6th to 19th)
September 20, 1891 - Cardiff, Wales - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from September 20th to 26th)
September 27, 1891 - Bristol, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from September 27th to October 2nd)
October 3, 1891 - Portsmouth, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (October 3rd to 10th)
October 11, 1891 - Brighton, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from October 11th to 17th)
October 18, 1891 - Croydon, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from October 18th to 24th)
November 16, 1891 - Glasgow, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from November 16th to February 27th, 1892)
February 29, 1892 - Greenock, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (February 29th to March 1st)
March 2, 1892 - Coatbridge, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 3, 1892 - Hamilton, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 4, 1892 - Govan, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 5, 1892 - Paisley, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 7, 1892 - London, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from May 7th to October 12th)
November(?) 1(?), 1892 - Nutley, New Jersey - Oakley and Butler go living to Nutley (until 1904)
May 1, 1893 - Chicago - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show 1893 season start. While not part of the official "White City," the show drew record crowds at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois
May 4, 1894 - Chicago(?) - Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill, along with several sioux, are filmed in a mock battle and shooting targets
November 1, 1894 - West Orange, New Jersey - Annie Oakley's first appearance on film. During 21 seconds, the film shows Oakley shooting targets with a rifle, at Edison's Black Maria Studio
May 9, 1895 - Allentown, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 11, 1895 - Scranton, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 31, 1895 - New Haven, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 3, 1895 - Hartford, Connecticut - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 8, 1895 - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 10, 1895 - Boston - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until June 22nd
June 26, 1895 - Newport, Rhode Island - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 1, 1895 - Lowell, Massachusetts - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (1st and 2nd)
July 23, 1895 - White River Junction, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 24, 1895 - Montpelier, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 27, 1895 - Rutland, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 8, 1895 - Auburn, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 13, 1895 - Olean, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 28, 1895 - Youngstown, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 6, 1895 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 7, 1895 - Altoona, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 10, 1895 - York, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 14, 1895 - Ithaca, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 16, 1895 - Cortland, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 21, 1895 - Newburgh, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 23, 1895 - Paterson, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 25, 1895 - Newark, New Jersey - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (25th and 26th)
September 30, 1895 - Baltimore, Maryland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance (September 30th and October 1st)
October 4, 1895 - Richmond, Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 16, 1895 - Charleston, South Carolina - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 19, 1895 - Macon, Georgia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 28, 1895 - Atlanta - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until November 2nd (during the run of the Cotton States and International Atlanta Exposition)
November 3, 1895 - Bridgeport, Connecticut - Buffalo Bill's Wild West show occupies its winter quarters until their opening in Philadelphia on April 1896
April 18, 1896 - Philadelphia - Opening of the 1896 season of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
April 27, 1896 - Cumberland, Maryland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 28, 1896 - Clarksburg, West Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 4, 1896 - Cincinnati, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (4th and 5th)
May 7, 1896 - Richmond, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 8, 1896 - Indianapolis, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 11, 1896 - Anderson, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 12, 1896 - Columbus, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 13, 1896 - Louisville, Kentucky - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (13th and 14th)
May 18, 1896 - St.Louis, Missouri - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (until May 23
May 25, 1896 - Litchfield, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 29, 1896 - Bloomington, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 5, 1896 - Dayton, Ohio - Arrives in Dayton. Performance on July 6th
July 7, 1896 - Springfield, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 8, 1896 - Kenton, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 14, 1896 - Newark, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 1, 1896 - Owosso, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 11, 1896 - Muskegon, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 14, 1896 - South Bend, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 17, 1896 - Joliet, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 26, 1896 - Madison, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 29, 1896 - Racine, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 31, 1896 - Sheboygan, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 1, 1896 - Appleton, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 3, 1896 - Green Bay, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 4, 1896 - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 7, 1896 - La Crosse, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 14, 1896 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (14th and 15th)
September 18, 1896 - Mankato, Minnesota - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 19, 1896 - Sheldon, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 20, 1896 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Arrives in Sioux Falls. Performance on September 21st
September 22, 1896 - Sioux, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 28, 1896 - Dubuque, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 1, 1896 - Muscatine, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 2, 1896 - Ottumwa, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 3, 1896 - Oskaloosa, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 7, 1896 - Boone, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 8, 1896 - Carroll, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 14, 1897 - Woodstock, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 17, 1897 - St.Albans, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 18, 1897 - Sherbrooke, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 19, 1897 - Saint Hyacinth, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 21, 1897 - Montreal, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (June 21st to 23rd)
April 24, 1897 - Trois-Rivières, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 25, 1897 - Quebec, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (25th and 26th)
April 28, 1897 - Ottawa, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (28th and 29th)
June 30, 1897 - Brockville, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 1, 1897 - Kingston, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 2, 1897 - Belleville, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 3, 1897 - Peterborough, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (5th and 6th)
July 7, 1897 - Barrie, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 8, 1897 - Guelph, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 9, 1897 - Stratford, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 10, 1897 - London, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 12, 1897 - Chatham, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 13, 1897 - Saint Thomas, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 15, 1897 - Brantford, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 16, 1897 - Hamilton, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 17, 1897 - Saint Catherines, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 31, 1897 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 4, 1897 - Memphis, Tennessee - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 29, 1898 - New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until April 23rd
April 5, 1898 - New York - Letter to President William McKinley, "offering the government the services of a company of 50 'lady sharpshooters' who would provide their own arms and ammunition should the U.S. go to war with Spain."
April 24, 1898 - Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 25, 1898 - Brooklyn, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until April 30rd
May 30, 1898 - Boston - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until June 4th
July 9, 1898 - Erie, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 19, 1898 - Traverse City, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 20, 1898 - Big Rapids, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 25, 1898 - Chicago - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until July 30th
August 3, 1898 - Wausau, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 12, 1898 - Dubuque, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 17, 1898 - Burlington, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 20, 1898 - Hannibal, Missouri - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 10, 1898 - New Albany, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 24, 1899 - Lynchburg, Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 30, 1899 - Nashville, Tennessee - Arrives in Tennessee. Performance on May 1st
May 29, 1899 - Philadelphia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until June 3rd
June 28, 1899 - New Haven, Connecticut - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 18, 1899 - Binghamton, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 6, 1899 - Aberdeen, South Dakota - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 19, 1899 - Jefferson, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 14, 1899 - Urbana, Ohio - Closing performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show of the 1899 season
July 25, 1900 - Greenville, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance - Annie Oakley is presented with a silver-loving cup on behalf of the townspeople
August 16, 1900 - Charles City, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 24, 1900 - Lafayette, Louisiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 2, 1901 - New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until April 20th
April 27, 1901 - Norfolk, Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 10, 1901 - Owensboro, Kentucky - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 13, 1901 - St.Louis, Missouri - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until May 18th
May 28, 1901 - Pittsburgh - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 28th and 29th)
June 3, 1901 - Pottsville, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 11, 1901 - Oneonta, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 10, 1901 - Newton, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 24, 1901 - Olney, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 21, 1901 - Atlanta - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 26, 1901 - Columbia, South Carolina - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 29, 1901 - outside Lexington, North Carolina - Southern Railway Engine 75 collides with the train carrying Buffalo Bill's show from Charlotte, North Carolina to Danville, Virginia. 110 horses are killed (or had to be killed later) and Annie is badly injured. She is told she would never walk again. Annie and Butler leave the Wild West Show (until she recovers)
October 30(?), 1901 - Newark, New Jersey - Oakley is transported to St.Michael's hospital in New Jersey where she undergoes several surgeries
January 17, 1902 - Interstate Park, Queens, Long Island - Match against Steve Van Allen - 25-bird draw. They both sell the gold watch they had won
March 30, 1902 - Kansas City, Missouri - Oakley accepts to participate in the 10th annual Grand American Handicapped Tournament at Blue River Park in Kansas City, Missouri
April 6, 1902 - (While in Kansas City, Missouri?) - Nebraska State Journal: Annie and Frank retire from "professional life forever"
November 6, 1902 - Paterson, New Jersey - Opening of "The Western Girl"
November 13, 1902 - Atlantic City, New Jersey - During a performance of "The Western Girl", Oakley is thrown off the horse against the projecting scenery
August 11, 1903 - Chicago - Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst publishes a false story that Oakley had been arrested for stealing to support a cocaine habit. The woman actually arrested was a burlesque performer who told Chicago police that her name was Annie Oakley.
August 17, 1903 - (While in Chicago?) - The "Cincinnati Enquirer" issues a retraction and denounces as false the story sent out from Chicago
January(?) 1(?), 1912 - Cambridge, Maryland - The Butlers build a ranch-style house in Cambridge, Maryland
October 4, 1913 - Cambridge, Maryland - Annie Oakley retires to the house in Cambridge, Maryland
January(?) 1(?), 1915 - Pinehurst, North Carolina - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler are hired to work in Pinehurst at the skeet and trap shoot range
March 5, 1922 - Pinehurst, North Carolina - Shoots 98 out of 100 clay targets in a shooting demonstration
April 16, 1922 - Pinehurst, North Carolina - Shoots 100 clay targets in a row from 15 meters in a shooting contest
October 5, 1922 - Brockton, Massachusetts - Oakley is paid $700 for five exhibitions lasting 5 minutes each
November 9, 1922 - Jacksonville | near Daytona Beach, Florida - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler arrive in Jacksonville by boat. Shortly later, The Butlers suffer a car accident on their way to Leesburg, that forces Annie to wear a steel brace on her right leg
October 8, 1923 - Leesburg, Florida - 10 months after the accident, Oakley stuns the crowds with her rifle
November 3, 1926 - Greenville, Ohio - Annie Oakley dies of pernicious anemia, aged 66 =(END)
Bibliography
KASPER, Shirl - Annie Oakley
August 23, 1876 - Cincinnati - Annie Oakley marries Frank Butler, the traveling marksman against whom she competed
March 6, 1882 - New York - Frank Butler performs at the Volksgarten, New York (it is not mentioned if Annie participated)
May 1, 1882 - Springfield - Butler's partner is too ill to perform. Annie takes his place. Now calling herself Annie Oakley, the two begin to perform together regularly. Oakley soon becomes the star, while Butler handles promotions and management
June 20, 1882 - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler are married (maybe an official marriage)
March 19, 1884 - St.Paul, Minnesota - The Sioux (Lakota) spiritual leader and medicine man Sitting Bull, who had beaten Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn, attends a show that Annie was in in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. Annie snuffs a burning candle with a bullet from her rifle. Sitting Bull asks to see her after the show. Annie gives him a signed picture of herself; Sitting Bull gave her the moccasins he had worn at Little Bighorn and the nickname “Watanya Cicilla,” Little Sure Shot
April(?) 1(?), 1884 - Ohio - The Butlers join the Sells Brothers Circus
December 4, 1884 - New Orleans - A local newspaper reports that Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show will be in town in a few days
December 13, 1884 - New Orleans - The circus is closed due to persistent rain in Louisiana. Annie and Butler are left without a job
March 9, 1885 - Cincinnati(?) - Annie Oakley writes to Buffalo Bill after knowing that Captain Bogardus and his sons had left the show
April 1(?), 1885 - Cincinnati - Spends most of April at a Cincinnati gun club, practicing at the trapshooting range
April 25(?), 1885 - Louisville, Kentucky - Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for a 3-day tryout
August 1(?), 1885 - Ottawa | Hamilton | Kingston, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances in Ontario, Canada
August 9, 1885 - Montreal, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (August 9th to 17th)
August 24, 1885 - Toronto, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 1, 1887 - New York(?) - The entire show, including horses and buffalo, depart to London in the steamship "State of Nebraska" to perform at the London American Exposition.
April 14, 1887 - Gravesend, England - The steamship "State of Nebraska" enters the River Thames and anchors at Gravesend.
May 6, 1887 - London - Private performance of the Wild West Show to members of the nobility including the Princes of Wales, the Crown Prince of Denmark and members of the royal household
May 9, 1887 - London - Official opening of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
May 11, 1887 - Windsor Castle - Private performance of Buffalo Bill's "Wild West Show" to Queen Victoria
June 20, 1887 - Windsor Castle - Performance for the Queen and her guests on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee
October 1(?), 1887 - London - End of the London Run of the show after more than 300 performances
November(?) 1(?), 1887 - Birmingham - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
November(?) 30(?), 1887 - Manchester - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (From November 30th(?) to April 30th)
May 1(?), 1888 - New York(?) - The Wild West Show returns to the United States after stops in Birmingham and Manchester
October 6, 1888 - Philadelphia - Successful match with the champion Miles Johnson
December 24, 1888 - Philadelphia - Oakley's debut as an actress in a play called "Deadwood Dick" at the New Standard Theater
May 18, 1889 - Paris - The Wild West Show returns to Europe as part of the Exposition Universelle in Paris (performances until November 14th)
November 17, 1889 - Lyon, France - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from November 17th to 28th)
December 1, 1889 - Marseille, France - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (March 4th and 5th)
December 27, 1889 - Barcelona - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until January 19, 1890
January 26, 1890 - Naples, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (January 26th to February 17th)
February 20, 1890 - Rome, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (February 20th to March 9th)
March 12, 1890 - Florence, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (March 12th to 20th)
March 23, 1890 - Bologna, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (March 23rd to 31th)
April 2, 1890 - Milan, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 2nd to 13th)
April 14, 1890 - Verenci, Italy - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 14th to 16th)
April 19, 1890 - Munich - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 19th to May 5th)
May 8, 1890 - Vienna, Austria - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until May 29th
June 1, 1890 - Dresden - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (June 1st to 16th)
June 17, 1890 - Leipzig - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (June 17th to 22nd)
July 1, 1890 - Hannover - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (July 1st to 14th)
July 15, 1890 - Braunschweig - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (July 15th to 20th)
July 23, 1890 - Berlin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 24, 1890 - Hamburg - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (August 24th to 31st)
September 2, 1890 - Bremen - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 2nd to 11th)
September 16, 1890 - Cologne - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 16th to 22nd)
September 23, 1890 - Dusseldorf - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 23rd to 29th)
September 30, 1890 - Frankfurt - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (September 30th to October 13th)
October 14, 1890 - Stuttgart - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (October 14th to 19th)
October 21, 1890 - Strassburg (Strasbourg, today France) - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (October 21st to 26th)
April 19, 1891 - Strassburg (Strasbourg, today France) - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 19th to 22nd)
April 23, 1891 - Karlsruhe - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 23rd to 26th)
April 27, 1891 - Mannheim - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (April 27th to 30th)
May 1, 1891 - Darmstadt - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 1st to 3rd)
May 4, 1891 - Mainz - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 4th to 7th)
May 8, 1891 - Cologne - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 8th to 12th)
May 13, 1891 - Dortmund - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 13th to 16th)
May 17, 1891 - Duisburg - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 17th to 19th)
May 20, 1891 - Krefeld - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 20th to 23rd)
May 24, 1891 - Aachen, Germany - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 24th to 27th)
May 28, 1891 - Antwerp | Brussels - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show enters in Belgium. First of the Antwerp and Brussels performances
June 1, 1891 - Antwerp | Brussels - The King and Queen of Belgium, Leopold II and Marie-Henriette, attend a performance of the show
June 2, 1891 - Waterloo - Visit to the Waterloo monument in company of 41 Lakotas
June 3, 1891 - Antwerp | Brussels - Back to the performances in Brussels and Antwerp
June 11, 1891 - Antwerp - Back to perform only in Antwerp
June 17, 1891 - Antwerp - Last performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Antwerp
June 20, 1891 - Leeds, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from June 20th to July 4th)
July 5, 1891 - Liverpool, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from July 5th to 18th)
July 19, 1891 - Manchester, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from July 19th to August 8th)
August 8, 1891 - Sheffield, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 8th to 15th)
August 16, 1891 - Stoke-on-Trent, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 16th to 22nd)
August 23, 1891 - Nottingham, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 23rd to 29th)
August 30, 1891 - Leicester, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from August 30th to September 5th)
September 6, 1891 - Birmingham, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from September 6th to 19th)
September 20, 1891 - Cardiff, Wales - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from September 20th to 26th)
September 27, 1891 - Bristol, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from September 27th to October 2nd)
October 3, 1891 - Portsmouth, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (October 3rd to 10th)
October 11, 1891 - Brighton, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from October 11th to 17th)
October 18, 1891 - Croydon, England - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from October 18th to 24th)
November 16, 1891 - Glasgow, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (from November 16th to February 27th, 1892)
February 29, 1892 - Greenock, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (February 29th to March 1st)
March 2, 1892 - Coatbridge, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 3, 1892 - Hamilton, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 4, 1892 - Govan, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 5, 1892 - Paisley, Scotland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
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| Annie Oakley shooting, Earl's Court, England, 1892 (photo credit:Denver Public Library) |
November(?) 1(?), 1892 - Nutley, New Jersey - Oakley and Butler go living to Nutley (until 1904)
May 1, 1893 - Chicago - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show 1893 season start. While not part of the official "White City," the show drew record crowds at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois
May 4, 1894 - Chicago(?) - Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill, along with several sioux, are filmed in a mock battle and shooting targets
November 1, 1894 - West Orange, New Jersey - Annie Oakley's first appearance on film. During 21 seconds, the film shows Oakley shooting targets with a rifle, at Edison's Black Maria Studio
May 9, 1895 - Allentown, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 11, 1895 - Scranton, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 31, 1895 - New Haven, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 3, 1895 - Hartford, Connecticut - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 8, 1895 - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 10, 1895 - Boston - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until June 22nd
June 26, 1895 - Newport, Rhode Island - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 1, 1895 - Lowell, Massachusetts - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (1st and 2nd)
July 23, 1895 - White River Junction, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 24, 1895 - Montpelier, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 27, 1895 - Rutland, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 8, 1895 - Auburn, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 13, 1895 - Olean, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 28, 1895 - Youngstown, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 6, 1895 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 7, 1895 - Altoona, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 10, 1895 - York, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 14, 1895 - Ithaca, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 16, 1895 - Cortland, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 21, 1895 - Newburgh, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 23, 1895 - Paterson, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 25, 1895 - Newark, New Jersey - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (25th and 26th)
September 30, 1895 - Baltimore, Maryland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance (September 30th and October 1st)
October 4, 1895 - Richmond, Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 16, 1895 - Charleston, South Carolina - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 19, 1895 - Macon, Georgia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 28, 1895 - Atlanta - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until November 2nd (during the run of the Cotton States and International Atlanta Exposition)
November 3, 1895 - Bridgeport, Connecticut - Buffalo Bill's Wild West show occupies its winter quarters until their opening in Philadelphia on April 1896
April 18, 1896 - Philadelphia - Opening of the 1896 season of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
April 27, 1896 - Cumberland, Maryland - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 28, 1896 - Clarksburg, West Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 4, 1896 - Cincinnati, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (4th and 5th)
May 7, 1896 - Richmond, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 8, 1896 - Indianapolis, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 11, 1896 - Anderson, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 12, 1896 - Columbus, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 13, 1896 - Louisville, Kentucky - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (13th and 14th)
May 18, 1896 - St.Louis, Missouri - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (until May 23
May 25, 1896 - Litchfield, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 29, 1896 - Bloomington, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 5, 1896 - Dayton, Ohio - Arrives in Dayton. Performance on July 6th
July 7, 1896 - Springfield, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 8, 1896 - Kenton, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 14, 1896 - Newark, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 1, 1896 - Owosso, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 11, 1896 - Muskegon, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 14, 1896 - South Bend, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 17, 1896 - Joliet, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 26, 1896 - Madison, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 29, 1896 - Racine, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 31, 1896 - Sheboygan, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 1, 1896 - Appleton, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 3, 1896 - Green Bay, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 4, 1896 - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 7, 1896 - La Crosse, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 14, 1896 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (14th and 15th)
September 18, 1896 - Mankato, Minnesota - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 19, 1896 - Sheldon, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 20, 1896 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Arrives in Sioux Falls. Performance on September 21st
September 22, 1896 - Sioux, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 28, 1896 - Dubuque, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 1, 1896 - Muscatine, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 2, 1896 - Ottumwa, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 3, 1896 - Oskaloosa, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 7, 1896 - Boone, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 8, 1896 - Carroll, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 14, 1897 - Woodstock, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 17, 1897 - St.Albans, Vermont - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 18, 1897 - Sherbrooke, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 19, 1897 - Saint Hyacinth, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 21, 1897 - Montreal, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (June 21st to 23rd)
April 24, 1897 - Trois-Rivières, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 25, 1897 - Quebec, Quebec - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (25th and 26th)
April 28, 1897 - Ottawa, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (28th and 29th)
June 30, 1897 - Brockville, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 1, 1897 - Kingston, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 2, 1897 - Belleville, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 3, 1897 - Peterborough, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (5th and 6th)
July 7, 1897 - Barrie, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 8, 1897 - Guelph, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 9, 1897 - Stratford, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 10, 1897 - London, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 12, 1897 - Chatham, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 13, 1897 - Saint Thomas, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 15, 1897 - Brantford, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 16, 1897 - Hamilton, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 17, 1897 - Saint Catherines, Ontario - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 31, 1897 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 4, 1897 - Memphis, Tennessee - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
March 29, 1898 - New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until April 23rd
April 5, 1898 - New York - Letter to President William McKinley, "offering the government the services of a company of 50 'lady sharpshooters' who would provide their own arms and ammunition should the U.S. go to war with Spain."
April 24, 1898 - Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 25, 1898 - Brooklyn, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until April 30rd
May 30, 1898 - Boston - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until June 4th
July 9, 1898 - Erie, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 19, 1898 - Traverse City, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 20, 1898 - Big Rapids, Michigan - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 25, 1898 - Chicago - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until July 30th
August 3, 1898 - Wausau, Wisconsin - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 12, 1898 - Dubuque, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 17, 1898 - Burlington, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 20, 1898 - Hannibal, Missouri - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 10, 1898 - New Albany, Indiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 24, 1899 - Lynchburg, Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 30, 1899 - Nashville, Tennessee - Arrives in Tennessee. Performance on May 1st
May 29, 1899 - Philadelphia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until June 3rd
June 28, 1899 - New Haven, Connecticut - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
July 18, 1899 - Binghamton, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
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| Annie Oakley performing with dog "Dave" |
September 19, 1899 - Jefferson, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 14, 1899 - Urbana, Ohio - Closing performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show of the 1899 season
July 25, 1900 - Greenville, Ohio - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance - Annie Oakley is presented with a silver-loving cup on behalf of the townspeople
August 16, 1900 - Charles City, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 24, 1900 - Lafayette, Louisiana - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
April 2, 1901 - New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until April 20th
April 27, 1901 - Norfolk, Virginia - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 10, 1901 - Owensboro, Kentucky - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
May 13, 1901 - St.Louis, Missouri - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances until May 18th
May 28, 1901 - Pittsburgh - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performances (May 28th and 29th)
June 3, 1901 - Pottsville, Pennsylvania - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
June 11, 1901 - Oneonta, New York - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
August 10, 1901 - Newton, Iowa - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
September 24, 1901 - Olney, Illinois - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 21, 1901 - Atlanta - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 26, 1901 - Columbia, South Carolina - Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance
October 29, 1901 - outside Lexington, North Carolina - Southern Railway Engine 75 collides with the train carrying Buffalo Bill's show from Charlotte, North Carolina to Danville, Virginia. 110 horses are killed (or had to be killed later) and Annie is badly injured. She is told she would never walk again. Annie and Butler leave the Wild West Show (until she recovers)
October 30(?), 1901 - Newark, New Jersey - Oakley is transported to St.Michael's hospital in New Jersey where she undergoes several surgeries
January 17, 1902 - Interstate Park, Queens, Long Island - Match against Steve Van Allen - 25-bird draw. They both sell the gold watch they had won
March 30, 1902 - Kansas City, Missouri - Oakley accepts to participate in the 10th annual Grand American Handicapped Tournament at Blue River Park in Kansas City, Missouri
April 6, 1902 - (While in Kansas City, Missouri?) - Nebraska State Journal: Annie and Frank retire from "professional life forever"
November 6, 1902 - Paterson, New Jersey - Opening of "The Western Girl"
November 13, 1902 - Atlantic City, New Jersey - During a performance of "The Western Girl", Oakley is thrown off the horse against the projecting scenery
August 11, 1903 - Chicago - Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst publishes a false story that Oakley had been arrested for stealing to support a cocaine habit. The woman actually arrested was a burlesque performer who told Chicago police that her name was Annie Oakley.
August 17, 1903 - (While in Chicago?) - The "Cincinnati Enquirer" issues a retraction and denounces as false the story sent out from Chicago
January(?) 1(?), 1912 - Cambridge, Maryland - The Butlers build a ranch-style house in Cambridge, Maryland
October 4, 1913 - Cambridge, Maryland - Annie Oakley retires to the house in Cambridge, Maryland
January(?) 1(?), 1915 - Pinehurst, North Carolina - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler are hired to work in Pinehurst at the skeet and trap shoot range
March 5, 1922 - Pinehurst, North Carolina - Shoots 98 out of 100 clay targets in a shooting demonstration
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| Annie Oakley, 1922 |
October 5, 1922 - Brockton, Massachusetts - Oakley is paid $700 for five exhibitions lasting 5 minutes each
November 9, 1922 - Jacksonville | near Daytona Beach, Florida - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler arrive in Jacksonville by boat. Shortly later, The Butlers suffer a car accident on their way to Leesburg, that forces Annie to wear a steel brace on her right leg
October 8, 1923 - Leesburg, Florida - 10 months after the accident, Oakley stuns the crowds with her rifle
November 3, 1926 - Greenville, Ohio - Annie Oakley dies of pernicious anemia, aged 66 =(END)
Bibliography
KASPER, Shirl - Annie Oakley
Incredible work of compilation! Thanks from the bottom of my heart
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