This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Wild Flowers and Rare Plants Recaptured Along the Cross Road
The article lists star shaped yellow flowers and wild petunias with similarities to cultivated varieties. It describes Samson Roof with drooping rose colored rays, yellow daisies along Cross Road to Walnut Springs, Basket flower or sweet sultan resembling a shaving brush, and a rare plant found by Booker Youngans and Lorena in a cedar-shaded hillside pasture. The plant has a jointed stalk, orchid colored tubes, and lily family hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Walnut Springs Road
Booker Youngans
Lorena