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	Buffalo Bill Historical Center
		Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses - called Annie by her family- on August 13, 1860 in Darke County, Ohio.
		Annie was so successful at hunting that she was able to pay the $200 mortgage on her mother's house with the money she had earned.
		Oakley proved to be especially popular with women, and Buffalo Bill made the most of her fame to demonstrate that shooting was neither detrimental nor too intense for women and children.
	www.bbhc.org /bbm/biographyAO.cfm (1328 words)

	Dorchester County Public Library: Library Information: Annie Oakley
		Because of Annie's fame as a member of the "Buffalo Bill's Wild West," as a legend of the days of the "Wild West," as a world-renowned marksman, and as an individual who continues to remain in the public domain, this house, associated with her, is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
		Annie's house was built on land that she purchased in 1912 and in 1913.
		Oakley and Butler both acknowledged that they enjoyed home ownership but that Oakley was not a housekeeper and was not happy having servants and not being in control of her domestic arrangements.
	www.dorchesterlibrary.org /library/aoakley.html (3693 words)

	American Experience \| Annie Oakley \| People & Events \| PBS
		Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses in 1860 in rural Darke County, Ohio.
		Oakley and Butler were in a train accident in late 1901, and shortly thereafter she left Cody's show for good.
		Oakley, whose "highest ambition" was "to be considered a lady," was mortified, and she ended up filing 55 lawsuits against newspapers that had libeled her, winning or settling 54 of them.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/oakley/peopleevents/p_oakley.html (808 words)

	Annie Oakley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During this time, Annie was put in the care of the superintendent of the county poor farm, where she learned to embroider and sew.
		Oakley had such good aim that, at his request, she knocked the ashes off a cigarette held by the Crown Prince of Germany, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II.
		Annie Oakley died on November 3, 1926, of pernicious anemia, at the age of 66.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annie_Oakley (1165 words)

	Annie Oakley biography
		Annie had Wilhelm hold the cigarette in his hand and not his mouth; she accomplished this challenge, as always effortlessly.
		In this period Annie Oakley was easily recognizable by the numerous shooting medals that adorned her chest.
		Annie Oakley died of pernicious anemia on Nov. 3, 1926, in Greenville, Ohio, at the age of sixty-six.
	www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/oakl-ann.htm (736 words)

	Annie Oakley
		Annie Oakley was born on August 13, 1860 in Darke County, Ohio.
		Annie's mother had remarried but the second husband died leaving her with a new child.
		Annie was an expert hunter, she proved it by the fact that she was able to pay off the entire mortgage on the family farm with the money she earned from sale of her game.
	www.geocities.com /paris/concorde/9203/annieoakley.html (648 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Wild West \| Annie Oakley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie Oakley was no Westerner, but her peerless shooting and style made her the western woman.
		Annie Oakley and Frank Butler toured with the Wild West for some 16 seasons, and the only contract they had with Cody was verbal.
		Annie said that Cody, whom she called "the Colonel," was the kindest-hearted, most loyal man she had ever met, and also the softest touch.
	www.historynet.com /we/blannieoakley (1882 words)

	Annie Oakley
		Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Mozee) was born to Quaker parents in Ohio.
		Annie taught herself to shoot a gun, and she became such a good shot she was able to hunt small animals and sell them.
		Annie Oakley was a sharpshooting, horseback-riding symbol of the Wild West.
	www.gardenofpraise.com /ibdannie.htm (1551 words)

	Annie Oakley Foundation Home Page
		The Annie Oakley Foundation, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization was created and incorporated in 1984 by her closest living family members to clarify and authenticate the life and career of this Ohio pioneer woman.
		Although Annie was not a westerner, she had always been identified as one by writers and filmmakers because of her role as the star attraction with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show.
		Annie Oakley: American Legend, the film which will finally "tell it like it was." Proceeds from the sale of this film will help fund the building of the Annie Oakley Center.
	www.annieoakleyfoundation.org (701 words)

	The Annie Oakley Show
		Five-foot-two, 95 pounds, and cute as a button, Annie was also a crack shot and the scourge of badmen around her hometown of Diablo, where she lived with her kid brother, Tagg (the rest of the immediate family was unaccounted for).
		Annie Oakley reruns were seen on ABC on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959 to 1960, and 1964 to 1965.
		Annie Oakley died at Greenville, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 1926.
	www.skypoint.com /members/schutz19/oakley.htm (559 words)

	"Little Sure Shot": The Saga of Annie Oakley
		Her father may have taught her to shoot when she was very young, and Oakley herself said that when she was barely big enough to lift her father's old Kentucky rifle, she dragged it outside, rested the barrel on the porch railing, and shot a squirrel clean through the head.
		Oakley wasn't the only woman in the show, but she was one of the few who did not need to be saved by the cowboy.
		Annie Oakley also explores aspects of Oakley little known to her audiences: her intense competitiveness and the fierceness with which she protected her reputation.
	www.neh.gov /news/humanities/2006-05/annieoakley.html (2451 words)

	Annie Oakley TV Show
		The Annie Oakley TV show was a western action series about a young woman who was 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed only 95 pounds.
		Annie Oakley, her little brother Tagg and Sheriff Craig kept their little town of Diablo safe from wandering outlaws.
		He personally "discovered" Gail Davis (Annie Oakley) and featured her in nearly 20 of his movies and 30 of the episodes on his own TV show.
	www.crazyabouttv.com /annieoakley.html (549 words)

	Annie Oakley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		They were married soon after in 1882, and toured together as the team of "Oakley and Butler" (legend says she took the name from a Cincinnati suburb) before Frank retired as a professional to become her manager and ring assistant.
		Annie and Frank reported that Annie was so traumatized by the accident that her hair turned white within seventeen hours.
		First, the ATA muffed the purchase of the Oakley homestead home in 1925, than failed to induct Frank Butler into the ATA Hall of Fame in 1968-69 and than produced flawed research on Annie's life history for her 1968-69 Hall of Fame induction.
	www.pssatrap.org /webmaster/annieoakley.htm (2340 words)

	Annie Oakley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		While still a little girl being reared in her frontier home near Greenville, Ohio, Annie Oakley would take to the field with her gun and bring in enough game so that her mail-carrier father could trade it at the country general store for ammunition, groceries and other necessities.
		Annie Oakley was born Annie Moses on Aug. 13, 1860.
		Annie broke her first 100 straight at trap in a match race in London in 1887, setting a club record.
	www.traphof.org /inductees/oakley.htm (577 words)

	Pixiepalace » Blog Archive » Woman: Annie Oakley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie managed her image carefully so that everyone could see that she was lady, demure and proper, as well as a great sharpshooter, she never appeared tomboyish at all.
		Annie was breaking barriers at the same time that she was helping to create an image of American womanhood that showed them as proper, attractive women who were practical and able to handle themselves.
		Annie may not have been a feminist, but she certainly embodied many of the qualities that feminists over the years have been fighting for.
	www.pixiepalace.com /2006/05/13/woman-annie-oakley (811 words)

	true west: annie oakley joins buffalo bill's wild west show
		Oakley was not the first woman in America to shoot a rifle, but she was the first to do it publicly and effectively in competition with men, and she was the first to get paid for it handsomely.
		Oakley's opportunity, and subsequent success, opened the doors for other women entertainers in the Wild West Show -- Lillian Smith, Della Ferrell, Georgia Duffy -- and demonstrated that the Wild West of America's frontier mythology was not an exclusively male story.
		Oakley's most impressive accomplishment, according to some male historians, was her ability to compete and excel without losing her feminine identity.
	www.webcom.com /outbooks/twannie.html (1116 words)

	Ohio Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As a youngster, Oakley learned to shoot in the woods of Darke County.
		Oakley performed throughout the United States and Europe.
		And on one famous occasion the crown prince of Germany encouraged her to shoot a cigarette from his mouth.
	ohiobio.org /oakley.htm (158 words)

	Annie Oakley (a Titles and Air Dates Guide) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		1- 1 9 Jan 54 Annie and the Brass Collar 2.
		3- 7 15 Jul 56 Annie and the Lacemaker 54.
		3-14 2 Sep 56 Annie and the Leprechauns 61.
	epguides.com /AnnieOakley (677 words)

	Annie Oakley, Little Sure Shot
		One act that always pleased the crowd was when she shot at a target behind her using the reflect in a Bowie knife as a mirror.
		The papers said it was became he wanted to be near his adopted daughter, Annie Oakley.
		She was so popular that she had a falling out with Buffalo Bill Cody, that resulted in Annie and Frank leaving the show, when Buffalo Bill returned to the states.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/AnnieOakley.htm (859 words)

	Annie Oakley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		To clarify and preserve the legend of wild west figure Annie Oakley with historical accuracy.
		Annie Oakley was born on August 13, 1860 in Darke County,
		Annie Oakley was born on 13 August 1860
	www.virtualology.com.cob-web.org:8888 /virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofwomen/ANNIE-OAKLEY.COM (267 words)

	Annie Oakley and War
		Annie Oakley was a number of things - a sharpshooter, wild west performer, advocate for women learning self defense, and also quite patriotic.
		When the United States was pulled into World War I, Annie Oakley again offered to raise a regiment of woman volunteers to fight in the war, similar to the offer during the Spanish-American War.
		Whatever the case, Annie Oakley deserves an honorable mention for her patriotism throughout two wars.
	userpages.aug.com /captbarb/oakley.html (285 words)

	The death of TV's Annie Oakley reminds the author of a visit to the grave of the real Annie
		Annie, of course, didn’t have a clue about what was going on, which, I suppose, is one of the few benefits of death.
		According to the book Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, nobody would be more surprised at the continuing romance associated with Annie Oakley’s life than Annie herself, who “endured incredible hardships on the road,” according to author Isabelle Sayers.
		Annie died in 1926, but she continued to perform nearly to the end of her life, even after being seriously injured in a car accident in 1922.
	www.outwestnewspaper.com /annieoakley.html (737 words)

	Annie Oakley Foundation: Taking Aim Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		(There are references to Annie's brothers in countless stories written about her.) The earliest record of his preference of name spelling, was found in the early vital statistics volumes in county records.
		Mosey is recorded in the family Bible that rests in the Annie Oakley Room of the county Historical Museum.
		Mosey is chiseled in granite in the tombstone of Jacob Mosey, Annie's father, and three of Annie's sisters, buried alongside with their names on the same stone.
	www.annieoakleyfoundation.org /aim.html (385 words)

	Annie Oakley
		Annie Oakley was born in Darke County on 13th August, 1860.
		Oakley was also just as accurate as a markswoman while riding on the back of a running horse.
		In 1901 Oakley was badly injured in a railway crash.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWoakleyA.htm (237 words)

	Untitled
		He and Annie, as she prefered to be called, went to work for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
		Annie took the name "Oakley" to seperate her career from her husband's, who also performed and managed Annie's contracts.
		Annie never thought of herself as a "trick shot" but as a dedicated marksman.
	www.geocities.com /spurdude/annie.htm (388 words)

	Superior Pages: Western Women- Annie Oakley
		Annie Oakley, who began life as "Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee", was born in August 1860 in Drake County, Ohio.
		Annie provided for her family early in her life by hunting not only for their own food, but also by providing for others.
		Annie was a lady as well as a fine shooter.
	www.eskie.net /superior/west/oakley.htm (161 words)

	National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
		Annie Oakley was probably the nation's finest marksman.
		Born in 1860, she was an outstanding Ohio woman who gave freely of her time, funds and energies to benefit other women.
		Oakley's shooting skills were developed early in her life and when she was age 21 she met her future husband, shooting champion, Frank Butler by defeating him in a match.
	www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=114 (241 words)

	annie oakley
		All Annie Oakley fragrances are hand blended using only the finest long lasting natural oils.
		Annie ~ Roses and lily of the valley - sentimental favorites of cowgirls everywhere-combined here in a delightful bouquet.
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	www.qcol.net /sacred1/annie_oakley.htm (353 words)

	Amazon.com: Annie Oakley: Books: Shirl Kasper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although thought of as a Westerner, Oakley was a very proper Ohioan who was determined to be the best in the very competitive world of sharpshooting.
		Kasper details Oakley's life and career, carefully documenting major points that have become lost in the legend, such as her decision to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West, her meeting with Sitting Bull, and the real reason why her hair turned white at age 41.
		Born Phoebe Ann Moses to a Quaker farming family in Ohio, Oakley (1860-1926) discovered her lifelong passion and extraordinary talent at age eight after sneaking off with her father's hunting rifle.
	www.amazon.com /Annie-Oakley-Shirl-Kasper/dp/0806132442 (1181 words)

	Annie Oakley, Sharp Shooter (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie Oakley was frequently known as Little Miss Sure Shot, Annie Oakley was her most notable handle in life.
		Annie Oakley make money for her family with her sharp Shooter skills bagging game and selling it to the local general store
		It wasn't until Annie Oakley beat Frank Butler, a expert sharp shooter, in a shooting match on Thanksgiving of 1875 that the world began to discover the expert sharp shooter Annie Oakley
	www.linecamp.com.cob-web.org:8888 /museums/americanwest/western_names/oakley_annie/oakley_annie.html (225 words)

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