Lawson Edwin Yocum

…August, 1890, had two brothers, Nelson C., born in October, 1893, and Myron C., born in March 1899. The family had a farm in Roaring Creek, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.3 In…

Allen Hierome Curtiss

…D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 8. Wikipedia contributors. “Peaks of…

Effie Boon

…Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com…

Luther Stanford Beard

…Beard (1914- 1944 ; died in France) and Houston Wendell Beard (1917- 1943; died in Italy). Other siblings included Bradwell McCrackan Beard (1915-1990), Edith Pamela Beard (1917- 1960), Edna Ruth…

Saving the Crystal Skipper

…plants in the barrier island dune system that provide nectar. The state parks at either end of the skipper’s range have an adequate supply of seaside little bluestem and will…

William Willard Ashe

…ward, Hannah Emerson Willard, daughter of William H. Willard, a Massachusetts manufacturer who had settled in North Carolina before the Civil War. The widowed Willard had placed his daughter in…

APPLES interns grow in garden

…brings students to nonprofit & governmental agencies and enrolls them in an online service-course that counts toward graduation. “It was a very valuable experience,” said Becca Beechold, a senior environmental…

Hiden Toy Cox, Jr.

…and Space Administration. His role at NASA was “[to develop] NASA policies to insure that the character, the intent and the results of America’s space effort are correctly and adequately…

New Lichens in The Old North State

…broad base of public support for their preservation. Addressing these two needs are the most important goals of our project.” 1 Lichens are found in every county in North Carolina….