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Myrtle Petersen 1890 - 1978

Myrtle Petersen of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa was born on December 28, 1890, and died at age 87 years old in October 1978.
Myrtle Petersen
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa 51501
December 28, 1890
October 1978
Female
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    December 28, 1890
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    1978

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    Myrtle Petersen lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1890, in the year that Myrtle Petersen 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 1913, Myrtle was 23 years old when the 17th Amendment, establishing the direct election of U.S. Senators, was adopted. Previously, Senators were elected by state legislatures. As early as 1826, a call to elect senators through popular vote was championed and previous to the 17th amendment, two states had already changed their process. Governors are still able to appoint senators to vacant seats until an election can be held.
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