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Waltus L. Watkins established the 80-acre livestock farm he called Bethany Plantation in 1839. [8] Watkins Mill was built in 1859-1860. Watkins built housing for the mill workers nearby, creating one of the first planned communities in North America. The community was effectively self-sufficient, the mill producing yarn and wool cloth.
Ali Watkins [3] (born 27 October 1991) is an American journalist who writes for The New York Times. [4] Along with two colleagues, she was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for a body of work consisting 10 articles spanning from March 3, 2014, to July 14, 2014.
New Madrid Bend Youth Center - New Madrid; Northwest Regional Youth Center - Kansas City; Rich Hill Youth Development Center - Rich Hill; Riverbend Treatment Center - St. Joseph; Sierra-Osage Treatment Center - Poplar Bluff; W. E. Sears Youth Center - Poplar Bluff; Watkins Mill Park Camp - Lawson; Waverly Regional Youth Center - Waverly; Girls ...
Watkins Glen State Park is in the village of Watkins Glen, south of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County in New York's Finger Lakes region. The park's lower part is near the village, while the upper part is open woodland. It was opened to the public in 1863 and was privately run as a tourist resort until 1906, when it was purchased by New York State.
Watkins Mill may refer to three things in the United States: Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site in Missouri; Watkins Mill High School in ...
Hollis Watkins, who started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his native Mississippi when he was a teenager and toiled alongside civil rights icons including Medgar Evers and Bob ...
The main building of this institution was built in 1872 by Judge George G. Freer, who was born in Marbletown, New York, in January 1809.A lawyer in nearby Ithaca, New York at the time, he first became involved with the history of the area when he came to Watkins in 1851 to defend the Last Will of Dr. Samuel Watkins, the founder of the village.
Watkins joined the New York Times in 1964 and, in 1966, became the first African-American editor at the Times Sunday Book Review, where he worked until 1985. He contributed numerous book reviews and articles on literature, sports, and entertainment as well as obituaries of artists and writers ranging from George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Rodney Dangerfield to Gwendolyn Brooks.