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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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Montpellier, Prince’s Quarter, St. Croix, whose owners were Francis Crecque, Christopher Mac Evoy, and Mathew Farrild, 1758; and John O' Farrild, 1780. (Image courtesy St. Croix Landmark Society Archives)
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Op-Ed: Emancipation and Shedding Light on the True Price Paid

By Olasee Davis -
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Op-Ed: Thank You, Michael Connors and Others Trying to Save Whim Great House
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Op-Ed: Thank You, Michael Connors and Others Trying to Save Whim Great House

By Olasee Davis -
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A view of the Magens Bay watershed in 1962, including the Peterborg peninsula, as seen from the Drake's Seat lookout. (Photo by Ray Miles)
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Op-Ed: The Real History of Indigenous People in the Virgin Islands, Part 2

By Olasee Davis -
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You could always find Papa Boula there in the evening time, sitting on his stool, his back against the soursop tree, as if he gained strength from it. (Shutterstock image)
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Op-Ed: The Calabash Workshop

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STX Historic Preservation Committee Meets on Progress of Alexander Theater
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STX Historic Preservation Committee Meets on Progress of Alexander Theater

By Diana Dias -
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The new book “A Closer Look” by Kathleen D. Dowling, a native Crucian, sheds new light on the Danish West Indies Emancipation. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: St. Croix Author Sheds New Light on Emancipation in the Danish West Indies

By Olasee Davis -
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This is on the backside of Estate Whim great house hurricane damaged. “ How can I approach this situation whereby an historic building is deteriorating every second of the day due to the natural elements of nature that have been compounded by the impact of a hurricane over 5 years ago? (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: Let’s Give the Whim Museum the Same Attention as J’ouvert

By Olasee Davis -
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On St. Thomas, both women and men worked for the steamship companies. However, it was the women who gained recognition as the “coaling ladies.” (Image courtesy Valerie Sims)
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Op-Ed: Many Brave Women Have Shaped Virgin Islands History

By Olasee Davis -
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Despite the Danish government dropping the ball on investing in the infrastructure on St. Croix, Jacob Lachmann went ahead and used his own money and modernized the Bethlehem Sugar Factory. (Photo courtesy St. Croix Landmarks Society)
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Op-Ed: The Modernization of Estate Bethlehem’s Sugar Industry, Part 2

By Olasee Davis -
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