Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 and lived on her grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas with her sister Muriel. They both went to private schools and Amelia graduated from Hyde Park School in 1916. In the fall of 1919 Amelia enrolled as a pre-med student at Columbia University. In 1920, she decided to join her mother and her father in California. But her sisters did not want to join them. Several months after her arrival in California Amelia …showed first 75 words of 1350 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1350 total…no trace has ever been found the raft. Some experts felt that the empty fuel tanks could keep the plane afloat for a period of time. President Roosevelt authorized a search of 9 naval ships and 66 aircraft at an estimated cost of over $4 million. On July 18 the search was abandoned by ships in the Howland area. George continued to seek help in the search, but by October he too abandoned all hope of finding them alive.