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Emma Mays 1890 - 1984

Emma Mays of Galveston, Galveston County, Texas was born on October 16, 1890, and died at age 94 years old in November 1984.
Emma Mays
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas 77550
October 16, 1890
November 1984
Female
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    October 16, 1890
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    1984

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    November 1984
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In 1890, in the year that Emma Mays was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1914, at the age of 24 years old, Emma was alive when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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