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Dorothy Rae Peterson 1923 - 2011

Dorothy Rae Peterson of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California was born on June 2, 1923, and died at age 88 years old on June 17, 2011.
Dorothy Rae Peterson
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California 94596
June 2, 1923
June 17, 2011
Female
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    1923

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    June 2, 1923
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  • 06/17
    2011

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    June 17, 2011
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    Dorothy Rae Peterson lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1923, in the year that Dorothy Rae Peterson was born, the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".
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In 1934, Dorothy was just 11 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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