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Pilgrimage an
emotional experience for many
BROCK – “When Annie ran away a man paid her fare home… she always
regretted not asking his name,” said Laura Francis, Miss Annie Oakley
2011 and Annie Oakley Committee Member. Francis spoke to about three
dozen people who made the Pilgrimage to Brock Cemetery July 24 to pay
tribute to the famous Darke County native and Wild West performer.
Annie is buried alongside her husband, Frank Butler.
She had been asked to say a few words at the annual Pilgrimage where
Hayley Maher, Miss Annie Oakley 2014, had just paid tribute to Annie by
placing a wreath at her grave.
“My grandpa, John Baumgardner, made the gun they (Miss Annie
Oakleys) carry with them throughout the year. His wish was, someday, a
granddaughter would carry it. He got that wish in 2011.” Francis talked
– sometimes emotionally –about her history and experiences…
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