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Annie Oakley is born
Annie Oakleys real name is Phoebe Ann Moses -
Annie's father dies
Annie's father died when she was five -
Annie got sent to work at The Darke County infermary
The Darke Country Infirmary was a poorhouse. A place for orphans and homeless poor people. She did house work for rooms and board. She made little money. She was not happy about working and living there. -
Annie met Frank Butler in shooting match
They met in a shooting match. They were almost tie, but Frank missed a last shot and Annie hitted. -
Annie and Frank joined the circus.
Annie and Frank wanted to be in a circus. So they signed 40 weeks contracts the circus of Sells Brothers and arranged to meet Sells Brothers in Apirl. -
Annie and Frank join Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
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The Wild West shows performs in New York
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Annie sailed to England for Queen Victoria's Golden Jublee
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Wild West show traveled to Paris
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Annie rejoined the Wild West show
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Wild West show train crashed
In early morning, Wild West show was traveling North California to VIrginia by a train. It was the final show of the season, So all the show people were ready for long winter break and excited. But then a loud crashing sound appeared. The Wild West show's train was crashed by another train. Then people went to animal room to check that animals are ok. But 119 horses were killed and dozens of people got injured. -
Newspaper said Annie was eating drug.
In 1903, a newspaper said that Annie was eating drug. It was a mistake. Annie was not eating drug. So the newspaper company appolized to Annie. But the story spread so quickly. Alot of newspaper were writing lies about her. Her image was damaged. She appeared in the court more than 25 times. -
Annie and Frank started to raise money for soldiers that were involved in World War 1.
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Annie Okaley died. 3 Nov 1926
When she was 62 years old, she got hurt by a big car acciedent in Florida. She couldn't recover entirely. So she died. -
Annie's husband Frank died.
After Annie died, her husband Frank, died 18 days later.. They were buried side by side in peaceful place in Ohio, just a few miles away from where Annie was born.