Oleta Adams Albums
Oleta, a name coming from Old English meaning "winged one", may refer to: People * Oleta Kirk Abrams, one of the three founders of Bay Area Women Against Rape, the first rape crisis center in the U.S. *Oleta Adams, American soul, jazz, and gospel singer and pianist *Oleta Crain (1913–2007), African-American military officer and federal civil servant Places *Oleta River, river situated north of Miami that drains the northern Everglades into Biscayne Bay * Oleta River State Park, largest urban park in the Florida State Park system *Fiddletown, California Fiddletown (from 1878 to 1932, Oleta) is a census-designated place in Amador County, California, Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1683 feet (513 m). It is located at . The town is registered as a California Historical Landmark ...

Oleta Kirk Abrams
Oleta Kirk Abrams, known to many as Lee (June 12, 1927 – January 8, 2005) was one of the three founders of Bay Area Women Against Rape, the first rape crisis center in the U.S., and the first victim-witness advocate for the Alameda County district attorney's office. She became involved after her 15-year-old daughter was raped at her high school. Abrams was appalled at the treatment her daughter received both from the school and the hospital to which she was taken. Rather than merely protest, she enlisted two friends to found the center. Early life Oleta Margaret Kirk was born July 12, 1927 in Bozeman, Montana to Howard Manning Kirk, who was a geologist, and Margaret Maxey. Because of her father’s job, she and her family traveled to many places around the world such as Turkey and Haiti. Education She graduated from Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los An ...
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Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears's international chart-topping album ''The Seeds of Love'' (1989). Her albums ''Circle of One'' (1991) and ''Evolution (Oleta Adams album), Evolution'' (1993) were top 10 hits in the UK; the former yielded a Grammy Awards, Grammy-nominated cover version, cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here", which was a top 5 hit in both the UK and the US. Adams has been nominated for four total Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul Train Music Awards. Biography Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised listening to gospel music. In her adolescence, youth, her family moved to Yakima, Washington, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth. She got her musical start in the church (sociology of religion), church. Before gaining her opportunity to perform, Adams faced a great deal of rejection. In the 1970s, she ...
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Oleta Crain
Oleta Lawanda Crain (September 8, 1913 – November 7, 2007) was an African-American military officer, federal civil servant, and advocate for black women's rights and desegregation. Out of 300 women nationwide who entered officer training in the U.S. military in 1943, she was one of the three African Americans. She served in the United States Air Force for 20 years, retiring with the rank of major. In 1964 she began working for the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., becoming regional administrator of its Women's Bureau in Denver, Colorado, in 1984. She traveled and spoke extensively to women about employment rights, wages, and career opportunities. She received numerous awards and honors, and was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1988. Early life and education Oleta Lawanda Crain was born to V. Paula Crain in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, and grew up in Wewoka. She graduated from Douglass High School and studied at Langston University for three years ...
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Oleta River
The Oleta River, situated north of Miami, drains the northern Everglades into Biscayne Bay, allowing freshwater to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Today, it is the only natural river in Miami-Dade County that has not been dredged and channelized. Its seven miles (11 km) of shoreline are largely undeveloped, making the Oleta River Corridor a vestige of wilderness in a matrix of urbanization. Between the Everglades and Biscayne Bay, over six miles (10 km) of trail have been developed for use by off-road vehicles: slightly more than a mile of expert singletrack, a half-mile of intermediate singletrack, almost three miles (5 km) of novice singletrack, and more than two miles (3 km) of paved pathway. They all connect in what is essentially an out-and-back, but various loops of different lengths and difficulties can be ridden off the main out-and-back. The extinct Tequesta Indians canoed the waters of the Oleta River over 400 years ago and today, a Tequesta village and ...
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Oleta River State Park
The Oleta River State Park is a state park on Biscayne Bay in the municipal suburb of North Miami in metropolitan Miami, Florida. Adjoining the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, the park contains one of the largest concentrations of Casuarina trees (Australian 'pine'), an invasive species in the state park system. Facilities The central feature of this park is the mouth of the Oleta River, for which it is named. The river has drawn human inhabitants to the area since about 500 B.C, when its shores served as a campground for Tequesta Indians. It was used by U.S. troops (who called it Big Snake Creek) in 1841 during the Second Seminole War, and further explored in 1881 by Naval Captain William Hawkins Fulford, whose ventured inland to what is now the city of North Miami Beach. The area became more heavily settled in the 1890s and in 1922, developers changed the name from Big Snake Creek to the Oleta River. The river itself no longer flows to the Evergla ...
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