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Bettie Contreras 1890 - 1978

Bettie Contreras of Laredo, Webb County, Texas was born on February 26, 1890, and died at age 88 years old in October 1978.
Bettie Contreras
Laredo, Webb County, Texas 78040
February 26, 1890
October 1978
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Bettie Contreras' History: 1890 - 1978

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  • 02/26
    1890

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    February 26, 1890
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  • 10/dd
    1978

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    October 1978
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    Bettie Contreras lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1890, in the year that Bettie Contreras 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 1920, she was 30 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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