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Oleta Westcott 1890 - 1970

Oleta Westcott of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa was born on October 7, 1890, and died at age 79 years old in August 1970.
Oleta Westcott
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 52404
October 7, 1890
August 1970
Female
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Oleta Westcott's History: 1890 - 1970

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    1890

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    October 7, 1890
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  • 08/dd
    1970

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    August 1970
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    Oleta Westcott lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1890, in the year that Oleta Westcott 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 1912, Oleta was 22 years old when the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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