– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Stonington Harbor Light Stonington Harbor Light was once the beacon for the many vessels approaching Stonington’s harbor from Long Island Sound. The original 30-foot stone tower, which was built at the southern most point of land in Stonington to mark the harbor entrance in 1823, supported a lantern...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Mount Carmel Monastery On the summit of Mount Carmel, Maryland, overlooking the Port Tobacco river valley, the first convent of religious women was established in the original thirteen colonies in 1790 by four Carmelite nuns. Religious freedom had been denied to Catholics until the laws disenfranchising...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia) Wild Oats or Sessile-Leaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia) is a member of the Liliaceae or Lily family. The plant also goes by many other lesser used names: Spreading Bellwort, Straw Lily, Merrybells and Sessile Bellwort. It is a smooth erect perennial from 4- to 12-inches tall...
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Jackson Mill, West Virginia (Part 2) In Part 1, we looked at Jackson Mill itself and heard the story of the young Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who lived on the Jackson Estate from age 6 in 1831 until he left for West Point in 1842. – Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Cummins Jackson left Jackson’s Mill in 1847 to search for gold in...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Jackson Mill, West Virginia (Part 1) Jackson Mill, located near Weston in Lewis County, West Virginia, was originally constructed by Col. Edward Jackson prior to 1800. The center of the Jackson estate stood in the peninsula formed by the confluence of Freeman’s Creek and the West Fork River. Edward Jackson...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) is a member of the Liliaceae or Lily Family. Like most lilies, it is a perennial, but in this case it grows from a poisonous bulb. The leaves, from 6- to 18-inches long and 0.08- to 0.25-inches wide, are all basal, have a...
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