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The Estate Golden Grove Great House, which was the residence of A.J. Blackwood who once owned Estate Adventure. Estate Golden Grove is next to Estate Adventure. In 1964, the great house became the second campus of the College of the Virgin Islands on St. Croix. This great house was built by enslaved Africans more than 200 years ago. It was used as classrooms for students in 1964, located on 130 acres of sugarcane land donated by the federal government. (Photo by Charles Edwin Taylor, MD)
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Op-Ed: Historic Estate Adventure is for Agriculture, Not Solar Farms

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Op-Ed: Remembering Harry A. Beatty, a Native Naturalist of the Virgin Islands
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Op-Ed: Remembering Harry A. Beatty, a Native Naturalist of the Virgin Islands

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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (Photo courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / New York Public Library)
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Op-Ed: As Arthur A. Schomburg Showed, Black History is Human History

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Op-Ed: Virgin Islands a Fertile Landscape for an Abundance of Fruits
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Op-Ed: Virgin Islands a Fertile Landscape for an Abundance of Fruits

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Shana, Jackies, and Lisa rest their feet at the Estate Windsor Forest Nature Trail on St. Croix. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: It’s a New Year and Time to Enjoy Our Beautiful Nature Trails!

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When I hiked with Nadia and her colleagues and friends on the east end of St. Croix, I thought of Crucian naturalist George A. Seaman when I explained to them how the rolling hills, valleys and coastal environment looked more than 150 years ago. Pictured is Jack Bay and Horse Shore Bay peninsula. (Photo by Nadia Owen-Graumond)
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Op-Ed: A Year-End Hike on St. Croix Brings the New Year into Focus

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Traditionally in the Virgin Islands, Red Grout is served on March 31, a local holiday known as Transfer Day. Nevertheless, one can eat Red Grout any time of the year, but serving it on Transfer Day ties our history with Denmark, which first introduced the tapioca dessert in the Danish West Indies. (Photo courtesy Division of Virgin Islands Cultural Education)
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Op-Ed: It’s Not Christmas Without Red Grout, an Authentic Virgin Islands Dessert

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Culturally, the Yellow Breast have been identified with the making of sugar in the Virgin Islands. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: Our National Bird and St. Croix’s Onetime Sugar Economy

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St. John’s Episcopal Church, also known as St. John’s Anglican Church, in Christiansted, St. Croix, was built by enslaved Africans and the so-called “free colored” people, who really were not free but just held to another standard of slavery in the Danish West Indies. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: St. John’s Episcopal Church on St. Croix Marks 264 Years

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A good example of planting the right tree in the right place is evident along Route 75 leading to the North Shore Road on St. Croix, where very large mahogany trees are growing. You can see utility poles are on one side of the road and the trees are planted on the opposite side of the road. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: We Need to Do a Better Job of Caring for our Roadside Trees

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