Rachel Milner Fell Treakle

…Pontiac, Lexington, Towanda, LeRoy, El Paso, Larchwood, Decatur, Joliet, and Dwight. Fell also made several additions to Bloomington and founded the Town of Normal which had originally been known as…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

…cubensis. The genus name is derived from the Greek and means “bare head,” while the specific epithet means “coming from Cuba” and refers to the type locality where Franklin Sumner…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…which over 100 sailors from several ice-bound whaling ships were forced to spend the winter at this northernmost North American outpost. The cotton which McIlhenny had taken with him for…

Preserves and Natural Areas

…1836, are located on the eastern border of the Preserve. The Preserve also provides an excellent site for individuals wishing to explore a natural and historic landscape.   Gordon Butler…

Paul Wilson Titman

…were Paul Abram Titman, a depot agent for the Southern Railroad, and Mary Elsie Wilson Titman. He grew up in Lowell, Gaston County, North Carolina.1 In 1940 Titman was an…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For University updates and advisories on the Coronavirus, please visit www.unc.edu/coronavirus. Check for our most recent Garden-specific updates at ncbg.unc.edu/coronavirus. Many…

Duane Francis Houck

…Iowa State University in 1973. Duane Francis Houck taught at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee for 21 years. Photograph courtesy of Alumni Relations, Southern Adventist University Houck taught in…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…investigate UNC’s discriminatory practices in wages, hiring and admission. This investigation resulted in positive changes for female students, faculty and employees. In 1980 she was inducted into the Order of…