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Martin Ledesma Sr 1920 - 1997

Martin Ledesma Sr of Lamar, Prowers County, CO was born on January 2, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on March 30, 1997. Martin Ledesma was buried at Ft. Lyon National Cemetery Section H Row 43 Site E 15700 County Road Hh, in Las Animas.
Martin Ledesma Sr
Lamar, Prowers County, CO 81052
January 2, 1920
March 30, 1997
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  • 01/2
    1920

    Birthday

    January 2, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/30
    1997

    Death

    March 30, 1997
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Lyon National Cemetery Section H Row 43 Site E 15700 County Road Hh, in Las Animas, Co 81054
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In 1920, in the year that Martin Ledesma Sr was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1934, he was merely 14 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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