ANNIE OAKLEY'S WILD WEST ATTRACTION

ANNIE AND HER HUSBAND FRANK BUTLER LEFT BUFFRALO BILL'S SHOW IN 1887. THEY TRAVELED ON A TOUR OF EUROPE INCLUDING LONDON. THEY RETURNED TO THE WILD BILL SHOW IN 1889 AND LEFT IN 1991. 1N 1886 THE WILD WEST WENT TO STATEN ISLAND TO PERFORM FOR THE SUMMER. ANNIE WAS CONSIDERED VERY CONSERVATIVE COMPARED TO CALAMITY JANE WHO DROVE THE DEADWOOD COACH IN SHOW PROGRAMS. SHE DESIGNED HER OWN COSTUMES AND DID HER OWN NEEDLEPOINT ON HER DRESSES. THE JOURNALISTS TO WHOM SHE SERVED TEA SHE WAS KNOWN AS LADYLIKE AND QUIET, AS WELL AS AN AVID BICYCLIST.