Finding the Walls of the Fort. All that remains of the palisade fence at James Fort are stains in the soil. In the spring of 1607, the fort walls were constructed of logs set upright into a narrow slot trench. The areas where the slot trench disturbed the natural clay subsoil showed up as a dark stain in the clay.
Largely known for her work with skin pigment, or melanin, cell biologist and cell physiologist Jewel Plummer Cobb (born 1924) has encouraged women and ethnic minorities to enter the sciences. An educator and researcher, she contributed to the field of chemotherapy with her research on how drugs affected cancer cells.
âThe Swede was a Hard Guyâ in âThe Last Carouselâ. George Daniel âBuckâ Weaver is one of the Dead Ball eraâs most renowned ballplayers. Known for his entanglement in the infamous 1919 World Series Black Sox scandal, his legacy mimics an immortal Shakespearian tragic figure.