So Now You Know

During the spring of 1881, the Baughman and Butler shooting act was being performed in Cincinnati. Traveling show marksman and former dog trainer Francis "Frank" E. Butler, an Irish immigrant, placed a $100 bet ($2,000 adjusted for inflation) with Cincinnati hotel owner Jack Frost, that Frank, age 31, could beat any local fancy shooter. The hotelier arranged a shooting match with Annie Oakley, age 21, to be held in ten days in a small town near Greenville, Ohio. After missing his 25th shot, Frank lost the match and the bet. Frank began courting Annie, and they married on June 20, 1882.

Frank was so crushed by Annie's death in 1926 that he stopped eating. He died just 18 days later.