When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men’s clothes. Calamity Jane Read Quote
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark. Calamity Jane Read Quote
Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884. Calamity Jane Read Quote
While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885. Calamity Jane Read Quote
On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother. Calamity Jane Read Quote
By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age. Calamity Jane Read Quote
As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points. Calamity Jane Read Quote
I was in Deadwood at the time and on hearing of the killing made my way at once to the scene of the shooting and found that my friend had been killed by McCall. Calamity Jane Read Quote
