- Calamity Jane Martha Jane Canary (1848-1903) was born in Princeton, Missouri. This hard drinking woman wore men's clothing, used their bawdy language, chewed tobacco and was handy with a gun. She traveled from Arizona through the Dakota territories during her rough life. At her death, the White Devil of the Yellowstone was remembered as a saint by the citizens of Deadwood, where she helped nurse ...www.cowgirls.com/dream/cowgals/calamity.htm