Wife of Orson Horton Wilcox. First woman president of The Society of Black Hills Pioneers (1955). Started the concession stand during the carving of Mount Rushmore and hostessed for ten years. D/O Gale Hill b. MO, d. CO, legendary gold coach messenger, and Nettie Winn b. Maine, d. SD. Orphaned young, raised by grandparents. Grandfather George Winn (wife Susan Jane Reed) reached The Hills in 1876. Mother of Marian, Gale, Elizabeth and George. Gale, Forest Ranger Teton National Forest died in line of duty 1960. Orson died Nov. 1969 in CA was buried in SD. Betty died Dec. 1969 in MA. Marian brought her home with her to Ohio. She died in Ohio.
Wife of Orson Horton Wilcox. First woman president of The Society of Black Hills Pioneers (1955). Started the concession stand during the carving of Mount Rushmore and hostessed for ten years. D/O Gale Hill b. MO, d. CO, legendary gold coach messenger, and Nettie Winn b. Maine, d. SD. Orphaned young, raised by grandparents. Grandfather George Winn (wife Susan Jane Reed) reached The Hills in 1876. Mother of Marian, Gale, Elizabeth and George. Gale, Forest Ranger Teton National Forest died in line of duty 1960. Orson died Nov. 1969 in CA was buried in SD. Betty died Dec. 1969 in MA. Marian brought her home with her to Ohio. She died in Ohio.
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