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…

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…

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…

Clyde Ritchie Bell

…1967-1971. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 90. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published by Oosthoek’s Uitgevermaatschappij for the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. ii, 539 pp. 1973 (with J. Edison Adams, Victor A….

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…

What is Therapeutic Horticulture?

…Hydroponics/aquaponics/vertical gardening systems Indoor & outdoor plant propagation Plant-based arts and crafts Creation of value-added products- Pressed flower cards, salsa, dried herb blends, etc. Cut flower gardening & bouquets Nature…

Plan a Guided Field Trip

…students. A maximum of 8 accompanying adults (chaperones and teachers) per program are permitted. FEES See field trip descriptions for cost per student. There is no charge for teachers or…

Charles Fuller Baker

…of tuberculosis had neither money nor friends to care for him. Baker took the money he had put aside for the trip and sent the lad to the mountains. For…