In 1852, the month of May started off seeing the birth of Martha Jane Canary, who became Calamity Jane. Fittingly, she shared her birth month with James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok, who was born May 27, 1837. May 1st is also the date in 1880 that the first issue of the Tombstone Epitaph was published by John Clum, who said “every tombstone should have its epitaph", and it's the day in 1883 that William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody staged his first Wild West Show. It was a May day in 1875—the
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