I had to write a report in elementary and did it on this super cool woman, glad to see she is still getting some acknowledgement. This is a true heroine, not the crap on TV today.
@@spankthemonkey3437 times were different. None of these people who are always "offended." At my school guys brought the trucks w gun racks and beer. 18 was drinking age, and sometimes kids who failed would be 19 or 20. They would buy beer and bunches of us would go across the street off campus at lunch and drink beer. NOBODY acted crazy or disrespectful. Corporal punishment
@@jeanoboyle2439 I never said she did but she does have a descendant named Maryann Oakley, who was my friend in childhood....I was at her house where I saw with my own eyes family pictures of their relative, Annie Oakley.
No one spoke of her record that stands to this day she shot 56 dimes that were thrown up in the air it's on a film she was the best there ever was and her record still stands to this day
Doesn't sound like tragedy to me! She actually LIVED a life!!!!!! And it also sounds as if she lived a life that was " well pleasing to God." No, not tragic at all.
I don't know how I stumbled onto this channel but I had no idea that her last name was from a neighborhood in Cincinnati. I lived in Oakley about 25 years ago for a couple years. It wasn't far from where I used to work.
The German Girl over here thanks you for the informatic Video 🙂 Though from what ive seen i wouldnt call her life tragic. Yes, losing family members is horrible, but sadly this was Standard for their Time. She met her husband at a Shooting contest and dont we all want a Partner who chares our Interest? And she freakin recoverd from her injury! Considering the status of medicine in her time, thats impressive!
Believe it or not, my uncle has her rifle. He is a huge collector of Marlin rifles, the company that sponsored her and gave her the gold plated rifle. He has an entire barn where he stores *every* marlin firearm, with doubles. He even has all of the original patents for the guns.
My great, great grandparents traveled with Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill doing side shows which one was my great grandmother reading people's palms telling them their future.
Buffalo Bill liked and protected her. He was a fascinating guy himself; you need to visit the Cody Museum in nortnern Wyoming. These days it's fashionable in some quarters to run down the western legends as "not what they were cracked up to be" -- but in Annie's case (as in Bill's), that would be inaccurate. Oh, BTW: Cody never called what he presented a "Show" -- it was always just "Buffalo Bill's Wild West", as if what you were seeing was a little slice of the actual Wild West. He was right -- the vehicles and weapons were all authentic, and the Indians he hired had been fighting the US not 10 years before. At most his publicists used the words, "Exposition", "Pageant", or "Spectacular" -- but they weren't allowed to call it a show. FUN FACT: In 1910, German agents got low-level jobs with BBWW so that they could study how he moved the equivalent of an entire Prussian cavalry regiment across Euorpe so much more efficiently than the German cavalry arm itself was able to do -- i.e., how his "packing" of horses, tack, and feed was superior to theirs.
I think it was 'American Experience' ( PBS.org ) that did an episode on her......not quite 10 years ago. Annie was AWESOME. I think there were 4 separate episodes that focused on different historical figures of the old west. Annie was one of them. I live in Reno, NV......and I noticed a few months ago, that nearby Boomtown Casino has one of her pistols & a pair of her gloves on display in the front lobby.....nicely framed under glass.
I grew up in Amityville, New York. Between Amityville and the next town to the east called Copaigue there is a swampy area on the North side of Merrick Road which is the southernmost east-west road on Long Island. In the swampy area there is a island, pretty much made of mud with some bushes on it. The long-standing rumor in school was that Annie Oakley was buried there.
I really dislike that film "Annie Get Your Gun". It misrepresented so much of her story. In reality, Oakley and Frank Butler fell in love after just one match against each other. Their rivalry was REALLY exaggerated in the movie, her biggest rivalry in reality was Lillian Smith, another female sharpshooter who was a cocky, mouthy girl less than 20. "Anything you can do, I can do better" fits Smith FAR more than Oakley, who from all I've read was a true young lady.
From all the Annie Oakley's I've seen is the one on Deadwood , it was the closest and the best , I believe she won best supporting actress for that whole series
@@MikeKalnitzky thanks well that explains why they didn't show the Doris Day version LOL that was Calamity Jane that I was thinking the whole time they were saying Annie Oakley
I met her relatives at the Grand AMERICAN in Vandalia Ohio. The hundreth Grand and at the last Grand in Ohio 2005. They had books pictures and other items . Most of her trophies were sold to survive hard times. She and Frank passed if i remember within 6 months of each other. As it should be with life partners. There are many good female shooters but we all know she could never be replaced or Frank either. Like the Topperweins a couple who did trick shooting all over the USA. Ck them out too
There was a tragedy to her childhood that this video doesn't mention, which is odd, considering its title. For a few years, as a child, she was kept as a slave to a horrible family that abused her. She stayed because they led her to believe that they were sending her wages to her extremely impoverished family, and she was also relieving them of an extra mouth to feed. They stole her childhood.
the train wreck was tragic but she still made the best of her life the best she could she was a winner. A super hero LOL She was great The gun she had was so heavy sheesh. She was tough and amazing.
Thanks for that story I always wonder about her it’s to bad about the train wreck i Appreciate any sharp shooting being I am one I make this people around here look stupid when I use iron sights against there scope rifles
At least i appreciate when the world made good movies without the computer generated nonsense they have these days and a woman that can shoot much better than most men these days yeah Annie Oakley was and always will be a legend. And yes Calamity Jane was a real American woman also and lastly wow at the comments section very mature, if Miss Oakley was still here today i bet she'd shoot most of you all. God bless you Annie Oakley!
Very few people ever learn to shoot a gun... indoor shooting range doesn't do much for you... the Army and Marines have trained fire... you learned to shoot at a long distance... 300 meters... you have to learn how to use windage!
I always get a hearty chuckle out of Hollywood portrayals of Calamity Jane. In some she's at the very least pretty and attractive and in some drop dead gorgeous. Look at a photo of the real CJ. "Butt ugly" doesn't begin to do her justice. It's a testament to the scarcity of women in her time and place that she was able to make a living through prostitution for a time.
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Good video. I like Annie Oakley and I am also related to her and her husband as well. Would you do a video about Deborah Sampson/Robert Shurtleff? She was my relative too and is a heroine of Massachusetts. There was a made for TV movie in the 1970's about Deborah Sampson, but it did not do very well and I don't think that it would today either if it came out for TV or DVD. Hopefully, there will be a movie about her because there has been some corrections made about her life and there is always new information in History. Annie Oakley had a few things that were tragic like her dad's death when she was growing up, her first husband dying young, her dying young from Pernicious Anemia, and other things from her life, but other than that, she lived a pretty good life.
Not gonna bring up how she was raised in a physically abusive household, but still loved her family enough that when her father died, she left the house so her siblings would have enough to eat, and had to fight *_ACTUAL_* wolves for her food.
wait....someone please correct me if i'm wrong. Micheal Jackson's song - Smooth Criminal (around the 80"s), which was based on a Western Musical from the 1930's, with Michael being a gunslinger. you know the song....."Annie, are you okay? So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?" is there a link?
I dated her in High School. I was a smoker back then. Had to stop seeing her because she would shoot at my head every time I lit a cigarette. I kind of miss that now.
I was driving thru northern Indiana and came upon her grave site and stopped to visit it. But this article referenced that she lived in the area of Cincinnati. So maybe it wasn't Indiana where I saw her grave. Does anybody know where she's buried?
It's been a long time since an Annie Oakley biopic was made - who would you pick to play her today?
Rosie O'Donnell
Liz Wheeler is no actress but she shoots straight, with words.
Angelina Jolie
Emily Deschanel
Charlize Theron
Thank you! We here in Greenville OH are pretty proud of our native daughter and honor her every year with a parade and festivities.
She isn't from Greenville!
@@jamessullivan1348 We know that but she was born very near here that is why we "claim" her and she also died here.
#OhioStrong
The Great Darke County!
Am Sri lankan, Annie Oakley and William Cody (B. B) are my real heroes of the west, and of course Daniel Boone together with Wyatt Earp
I had to write a report in elementary and did it on this super cool woman, glad to see she is still getting some acknowledgement. This is a true heroine, not the crap on TV today.
I did, too. In 6th grade.
Im MTS
That’s sure is a true statement
Im MTS surprised they let you talk about a famous person with a gun
@@spankthemonkey3437 Don't hold your breathe, I will be executed in my sleep in a few days if I am caught.
@@spankthemonkey3437 times were different. None of these people who are always "offended." At my school guys brought the trucks w gun racks and beer. 18 was drinking age, and sometimes kids who failed would be 19 or 20. They would buy beer and bunches of us would go across the street off campus at lunch and drink beer. NOBODY acted crazy or disrespectful. Corporal punishment
Wow...a true pioneer in every aspect of her life
When I was a teenager, I was good friends with her great great granddaughter Mary Ann Oakley......she looked just like Annie.
Annie Oakley never had children.
@@jeanoboyle2439 I never said she did but she does have a descendant named Maryann Oakley, who was my friend in childhood....I was at her house where I saw with my own eyes family pictures of their relative, Annie Oakley.
Cindy Young fun fact she’s my great great great aunt maybe there’s more greats
@@elmo328 so did you ever know MaryAnn?
@@cindyyoung3994 But You said that it was her great great great grandaughter
Paid the land the cabin was on with the wild game she shot wow. This woman was more than tough.
No one spoke of her record that stands to this day she shot 56 dimes that were thrown up in the air it's on a film she was the best there ever was and her record still stands to this day
Doesn't sound like tragedy to me! She actually LIVED a life!!!!!! And it also sounds as if she lived a life that was " well pleasing to God." No, not tragic at all.
I didn’t know she was so beautiful.
There is a current radio show called Our American Stories. The episode on Annie Oakley is an excellent listen.
I don't know how I stumbled onto this channel but I had no idea that her last name was from a neighborhood in Cincinnati. I lived in Oakley about 25 years ago for a couple years. It wasn't far from where I used to work.
One of the few nice neighborhoods in Cincinnati.
Wow an amazing person through and through
Lorraine Hughes that’s what I came here to say...
@@jp1870
That means it's true
You can say woman. That’s what she was.
family lowe No doubt. The left fiddle with facts. Ha.
The German Girl over here thanks you for the informatic Video 🙂
Though from what ive seen i wouldnt call her life tragic. Yes, losing family members is horrible, but sadly this was Standard for their Time.
She met her husband at a Shooting contest and dont we all want a Partner who chares our Interest?
And she freakin recoverd from her injury! Considering the status of medicine in her time, thats impressive!
Believe it or not, my uncle has her rifle. He is a huge collector of Marlin rifles, the company that sponsored her and gave her the gold plated rifle. He has an entire barn where he stores *every* marlin firearm, with doubles. He even has all of the original patents for the guns.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
My great, great grandparents traveled with Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill doing side shows which one was my great grandmother reading people's palms telling them their future.
Buffalo Bill liked and protected her. He was a fascinating guy himself; you need to visit the Cody Museum in nortnern Wyoming. These days it's fashionable in some quarters to run down the western legends as "not what they were cracked up to be" -- but in Annie's case (as in Bill's), that would be inaccurate. Oh, BTW: Cody never called what he presented a "Show" -- it was always just "Buffalo Bill's Wild West", as if what you were seeing was a little slice of the actual Wild West. He was right -- the vehicles and weapons were all authentic, and the Indians he hired had been fighting the US not 10 years before. At most his publicists used the words, "Exposition", "Pageant", or "Spectacular" -- but they weren't allowed to call it a show. FUN FACT: In 1910, German agents got low-level jobs with BBWW so that they could study how he moved the equivalent of an entire Prussian cavalry regiment across Euorpe so much more efficiently than the German cavalry arm itself was able to do -- i.e., how his "packing" of horses, tack, and feed was superior to theirs.
Not boring at all, great job.
"Annie Get Your Gun" is one of my favorite musical: doin' what comes naturally! 🎵🙂
One of my favorite ladies that I always admired
Basically saved her family after her dad died. As a fairly young girl. Probably all downhill from there
My good friend nick named me Annie Oakley- proud and honored to carry it.
Certified Gold!!!!!
AWESOME story !!!
I think it was 'American Experience' ( PBS.org ) that did an episode on her......not quite 10 years ago. Annie was AWESOME. I think there were 4 separate episodes that focused on different historical figures of the old west. Annie was one of them. I live in Reno, NV......and I noticed a few months ago, that nearby Boomtown Casino has one of her pistols & a pair of her gloves on display in the front lobby.....nicely framed under glass.
not at all tragic.i think she was an amazing woman, an inspiration and a true role model. the world needs more women like her.
Meanwhile in Neverland:
Annie are you Oakley, so Annie are you Oakley
LMAO
Annie The Trailblazer..!! The lady that started it all..!! 👍❤🇺🇲
Why didn't they mention that show before WWI where she shot a cigarette out of the Kaiser's mouth!
Wow!!
I grew up in Amityville, New York. Between Amityville and the next town to the east called Copaigue there is a swampy area on the North side of Merrick Road which is the southernmost east-west road on Long Island. In the swampy area there is a island, pretty much made of mud with some bushes on it. The long-standing rumor in school was that Annie Oakley was buried there.
She is buried in brock ohio in darke county near Greenville
She did what she had to to help feed her family because she took it upon himself to do what needed to be done.
Himself???
Gail Davis played her in the tv series, greatest smile ever!
Annie and I have the same hometown. My grandmother has worked at her museum in Greenville for many years.
2:32 - “Chestnut hair” yet she is ALWAYS portrayed as a blonde!
I really dislike that film "Annie Get Your Gun". It misrepresented so much of her story. In reality, Oakley and Frank Butler fell in love after just one match against each other. Their rivalry was REALLY exaggerated in the movie, her biggest rivalry in reality was Lillian Smith, another female sharpshooter who was a cocky, mouthy girl less than 20. "Anything you can do, I can do better" fits Smith FAR more than Oakley, who from all I've read was a true young lady.
From all the Annie Oakley's I've seen is the one on Deadwood , it was the closest and the best , I believe she won best supporting actress for that whole series
That wasn’t Annie Oakley. That was Calamity Jane.
@@MikeKalnitzky thanks well that explains why they didn't show the Doris Day version LOL that was Calamity Jane that I was thinking the whole time they were saying Annie Oakley
Nothing tragic about it. Fascinating and adventurous. Would love to see a movie about her real life. Not the musical.
Outstanding video.
Back in the day, she was fine too!
Amazing woman!
I met her relatives at the Grand AMERICAN in Vandalia Ohio. The hundreth Grand and at the last Grand in Ohio 2005. They had books pictures and other items . Most of her trophies were sold to survive hard times. She and Frank passed if i remember within 6 months of each other. As it should be with life partners. There are many good female shooters but we all know she could never be replaced or Frank either. Like the Topperweins a couple who did trick shooting all over the USA. Ck them out too
There was a tragedy to her childhood that this video doesn't mention, which is odd, considering its title. For a few years, as a child, she was kept as a slave to a horrible family that abused her. She stayed because they led her to believe that they were sending her wages to her extremely impoverished family, and she was also relieving them of an extra mouth to feed. They stole her childhood.
You did not mention that Annie and her husband lived and worked in Pinehurst, NC at the resort at the gunclub. Great history there!
Never miss the 50's series
🎵Anything you can be, I can be greater.
Sooner or later I'm greater than you. 🎵
Thanks for the Information I found it very entertaining She was outstanding I watched your 1 I was a kid on TV and the
What a woman. Fascinating stuff.🇬🇧🇺🇸
Been on my own since i was one, came out
my momma with a gun. NO ONE COULD BEAT ME!
the train wreck was tragic but she still made the best of her life the best she could she was a winner. A super hero LOL She was great The gun she had was so heavy sheesh. She was tough and amazing.
She was amazing!!
i only came here because of mention of annie oakley in morgan wallen song outlaw
I have the honor of being the thousandth person to give this video a thumbs up. It's the first time I ever clicked a round number for a thumbs up.
Who gives a shit
Annie are you oakley? Are you oakley annie?
You've been hit by
You've been hit by
A smooth criminal.
God how funny you are.
@@jamessim1858 God how funny you are.
😂
What a great story! A true Wild Woman!! : )
Thanks for that story I always wonder about her it’s to bad about the train wreck i Appreciate any sharp shooting being I am one I make this people around here look stupid when I use iron sights against there scope rifles
I would much rather use iron sights as well. I dont know why, just makes me feel more comfortable than all these fancy scopes and what not.
@@bradsully6620 I’ve had to resight every scope I’ve ever had before hunting season never iron sights
Annie was a beautiful lady in her day.
At least i appreciate when the world made good movies without the computer generated nonsense they have these days and a woman that can shoot much better than most men these days yeah Annie Oakley was and always will be a legend. And yes Calamity Jane was a real American woman also and lastly wow at the comments section very mature, if Miss Oakley was still here today i bet she'd shoot most of you all.
God bless you Annie Oakley!
Very few people ever learn to shoot a gun... indoor shooting range doesn't do much for you... the Army and Marines have trained fire... you learned to shoot at a long distance... 300 meters... you have to learn how to use windage!
I always get a hearty chuckle out of Hollywood portrayals of Calamity Jane. In some she's at the very least pretty and attractive and in some drop dead gorgeous. Look at a photo of the real CJ. "Butt ugly" doesn't begin to do her justice. It's a testament to the scarcity of women in her time and place that she was able to make a living through prostitution for a time.
dude, this is cool
She would have been called a "Gangsta" now :D
So wher were the tragic details?
I've seen Annie shooting on Huntly Archives from 1894😀
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Whenever I see The name annie oakley i can only think of alyssa edwards going “BANG BANG!!”
Good video. I like Annie Oakley and I am also related to her and her husband as well. Would you do a video about Deborah Sampson/Robert Shurtleff? She was my relative too and is a heroine of Massachusetts. There was a made for TV movie in the 1970's about Deborah Sampson, but it did not do very well and I don't think that it would today either if it came out for TV or DVD. Hopefully, there will be a movie about her because there has been some corrections made about her life and there is always new information in History.
Annie Oakley had a few things that were tragic like her dad's death when she was growing up, her first husband dying young, her dying young from Pernicious Anemia, and other things from her life, but other than that, she lived a pretty good life.
title must be
THE BADASS ANNIE OAKLEY
Very good stuff
ANNIE ARE YOU OAKLEY ARE YOU OAKLEY ANNIE?!
Better days of TV
Not gonna bring up how she was raised in a physically abusive household, but still loved her family enough that when her father died, she left the house so her siblings would have enough to eat, and had to fight *_ACTUAL_* wolves for her food.
DEMI MOORE ...would play her perfect ..........
She was a true patriot🇺🇸
She was underrated because she could shoot better then a man
Great day to be born in Darke County
I don't see tragedy here! She was amazing I wish you would have lived in a different age my dear.....
Please do more videos on famous people
Im born and raised in Cincy I never knew any of this
Seems like she lived a good life
She was a Genius surrounded by Buffoons ..
wait....someone please correct me if i'm wrong. Micheal Jackson's song - Smooth Criminal (around the 80"s), which was based on a Western Musical from the 1930's, with Michael being a gunslinger. you know the song....."Annie, are you okay?
So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?"
is there a link?
What’s so tragic? It’s called life
You beat me to it
Amen!!!
Life is a tragedy
@@gilbertg7 - no shit. i'm still on dial-up.
@@gilbertg7 she lived a 66 years old that's quite old in that time she had a good life grow up welcome to life dude.
I always thought she was an outlaw like Billy the Kid!
I live in Oakley
Dad died in a blizzard on his way to town. Damn. And punks these days think shite is hard.
See woman can be sharpshooter Annie Oakley prove it
Checkmate people lol
Good lord acting, directing, production, everything about movies from the middle of the last century was just terrible
I dated her in High School. I was a smoker back then. Had to stop seeing her because she would shoot at my head every time I lit a cigarette. I kind of miss that now.
I was driving thru northern Indiana and came upon her grave site and stopped to visit it. But this article referenced that she lived in the area of Cincinnati. So maybe it wasn't Indiana where I saw her grave. Does anybody know where she's buried?
She is buried in brock ohio near Greenville
@@kevinstollar3043 Thank you so much!!
Remind me to one song
Annie...
Annie got a gun...
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow best
Two things I liked about her along with her skill: 1) she read the Bible regularly; 2) she maintained femininity.
The former leads to the latter.
You lost me at "She read the Bible.."
No...this is why no one respects religious zealots
She loved and feared God now that's a rare gem indeed.
@@jjthomas2297 - likewise
@@jjthomas2297 you are lost without it.
And why are all the movies have blondes when she had chestnut hair
Let's not forget Wrangler Jane from F Troop....
Annie are you OAKLEY ?
Annie Oakley has my Birthday August 13
What a Girl
Hospitals are empty all over the country. Please drive to your local hospital and see for yourself.
Annie Oakley used her grandmother's name witch is Annie Oakley. Not from a Cincinnati's neighborhood.
i am going to be annie oakley for halllowen
Ofcoarse she fearleas she a leo we leaen pratice and never give up and we like to do the impossible but we know we not perfect.
That’s where billy ray got the idea for the most epic haircut ever !
what are the "tragic" details mentioned in the title???