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  • Annie Oakley and the gun club
      • Linda Rice Miller
      Posted Jun 7, 2006 8:28 PM

      Annie Oakley actually was born and died in Ohio. BUT, she toured for many years with the Bill Hickock's Wild West Show and they would perform in various places in and around Newark. Much like the traveling carnivals that pop up in parking lots with rides etc. My great-uncle, (who was like a grandpa to me) used to tell stories of seeing her perform on an empty lot on First Street. So I have no doubt that at the very least competitions were staged in other places in Newark and obviously a gun shop would have been a perfect venue for everyone involved.
      I remember the Annie Oakley TV show which is where I got hooked on Annie, and when I moved to Ohio I made it my business to find out more about her.
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