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Attorney David Bornn, left, along with his three associates standing by the UVI Tech Park on St. Croix. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: A Territorial Park Tour for the Attorney Who Helped Make it Happen

By Olasee Davis -
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Dr. Chenzira Davis Kahina, from left, Bush Professor Olasee Davis and Dr. Jacqueline C. Adonis, UVI colleagues and family numbers of the Davis or Davies clans. (Photo by DaraMonifah Cooper)
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Op-Ed: Remembering the Fertile Past of Estate Anguilla on St. Croix

By Olasee Davis -
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In the old days of St. Croix a riding party, as it was called locally, was common around the island. This is Estate Prosperity in the 1920s with a local riding party in front of the great house. (Photo courtesy the late Erik Lawaetz)
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Op-Ed: St. Croix’s Estate Prosperity Has a Storied History and is Worth a Visit Today

By Olasee Davis -
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The great house of Whim Estate is no longer a shining example of an architectural wonder built by some of the best builders during the era of the Danish West Indies. It is now being taken over by the elements of nature, where plants, and other living organisms like fungi are destroying the structure of the house. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: Government Inaction Allowing Whim Museum, Other Historic Sites to Go to Waste

By Olasee Davis -
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Residents Invited to Learn About V.I. History and Wood Working From Experts and Apprentices
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Residents Invited to Learn About V.I. History and Wood Working From Experts and Apprentices

By Susan Elllis -
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Olasee Davis on an early January morning at the summit of Mt. Eagle, where the fog covered the entire mountain. “Believe me, it was a spiritual experience of Mt. Eagle in the fog where runaway slaves once hid,” he said. (Photo courtesy Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: Exploring the V.I.’s Maroon Country, Part 2

By Olasee Davis -
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The series of scenic ridges that run the length of the Maroon Sanctuary Territorial Park in remote northwest St. Croix contain several distinct watersheds and are home to the island's largest contiguous forest, providing vast intact habitat for a variety of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna. (Photo courtesy DPNR)
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Sacred Geography, Ancestral Memory and the Restoration of Meaning

By Joshua Grant Canning -
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The beautiful Annaly Bay tidepool is within the Maroon Park, northwest of the historic lighthouse. This pool has a cave opening to the Caribbean Sea. The pool is difficult to hike, involving rock climbing and swimming a large pool from four to 14 feet deep. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: How Maroon Country Became a Territorial Park

By Olasee Davis -
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A map shows Maroon Country land that will be preserved as part of the Territorial Parks system. (Photo by Trust for Public Land and DPNR, Division of Territorial Parks & Protected Areas)
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Op-Ed: At Long Last, St. Croix’s Sacred Maroon Country Now a Territorial Park

By Olasee Davis -
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A mural paying tribute to Ludvig E. Harrigan on Building 9 of the housing community that bore his name. (Photo by Jorge Rodriguez)
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Op-Ed: The Beautiful Ludvig E. Harrigan Court 65 Years Ago

By Jorge Rodríguez -
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