Annie Oakley joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1884 and was an instant sensation. Soon she was an international star. Her repertoire included shooting from a running horse; shooting over her back, using mirrors and even from a bicycle. She could split cards, snuff out candles, and shoot the cork off the top of a bottle. Chief Sitting Bull, one of her greatest admirers gave her a name that would define her for rest of her life, “Little Miss Sureshot.”
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