CCGS Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

CCGS Scavenger Hunt Day 2: Nellie Davis (née Tayloe) Ross (1876 – 1977)

CCGS Scavenger Hunt Day 2: Nellie Davis (née Tayloe) Ross (1876 – 1977)

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This scavenger hunt focuses on the life and family of the 14th Governor of the State of Wyoming. Serving from 1925 to 1927, Governor Ross was the first female governor of any state, followed two weeks later by the second female governor, Miriam Amanda (née Wallace) Ferguson of Texas. From 1933 to 1953 she served as the 28th Director, and first female Director, of the United States Mint under Presidents Franklin D.Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

QUESTION 1: When Nellie Davis Tayloe was young, what relationship was Sarah Wallace to her family?

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QUESTION 2: How many children did William Bradford Ross and Nellie Tayloe Ross have?

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QUESTION 3: Which sons of Nellie Tayloe Ross were photographed with her when the Oath of Office for governor was administered?

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QUESTION 4: In August 1925 at the Frontier Days celebration in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Governor Nellie Ross and U.S. Vice President Charles Gates Dawes were initiated as tribal members. Which tribal nation honored them?

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QUESTION 5: What foreign country did Nellie Ross and her youngest son visit in April 1929?

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QUESTION 6: At what address did Nellie Ross live in 1935?

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QUESTION 7: Although Nellie Tayloe Ross lived to 101, she never met two of her siblings. Why, and what were their names?

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Scavenger Hunt Notes:

Scoring (Answer) 2 points – Correct answer
Scoring (URL where the answer was found) – Sliding scale:
3 points – URL of a digitized contemporary account of an event (Primary or Original source)
2 points – URL of a digitized record created later (Secondary or Derivative source)
1 point – URL of a digitized account further removed from the event (Tertiary source or Authored Work)
0 points – URL of overview, index, or similar document/webpage (a pointer to an actual source)
All players submitting the most correct answers for each quiz will be eligible for the daily prize drawing.
A player may only win one daily prize, but may still be eligible for the grand prize.
Players submitting the most correct answers (total throughout all daily quizzes) will be eligible for the grand prize drawing.
Players who submit answers after midnight on the day of a quiz will only be considered for the grand prize drawing.