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The great American Indian Chief Sitting Bull, called her Little Sure Shot.

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We know her as Annie Oakley, but to her parents she was Phoebe. Born in Darke County Ohio on August 13,1860 to Quakers Jacob and Susan Mozee, her given name was Phoebe Ann Moses. To her Mother she was always Phoebe, but to her sisters she was affectionately known as Annie.

Her father died in 1866 and the family fell on hard times.

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Early in Annie’s life she was able to use her father's rifle to always bring food home for the family. She became so well know for her ability to kill game without leaving shot inside the animal, a local restaurant began asking her to supply their wild game. By age 15 she had made enough money to pay off her mother's home mortgage.

One of Annie’s customers lived in Cincinnati and he persuaded her to enter into a shooting contest against well-known sharpshooter Frank E. Butler. This was unheard of in that day— a woman competi