Annie Oakley, born Phoebe Ann Moses in Darke County, Ohio, became America's shooting superstar at a time when shooting was the nation's second most popular spectator sport after horse racing. Raised in extreme poverty, she learned to shoot game to help support her family. At age 15, she met sharpshooter Frank Butler by defeating him in a shooting match, and when he made her part of his act, she took the stage name Annie Oakley. Sitting Bull adopted her, Buffalo Bill made her famous, and Queen Victoria of England called her "a clever little girl." She starred in the Wild West show for 17 years, from 1885 through 1901. Passionate about the outdoors, she was a bicyclist, a superb horsewoman, and an enthusiastic hunter with her bird dog, Dave. With a shotgun, she proved that women could compete successfully in a man's sport and turned that example into a crusade to teach women and girls to shoot.