In March 1938, preparations were underway for the annual Scout Cooking School. The four day event was a fundraiser that helped send local Boy and Girl Scouts to summer camp at Pine Mountain Boy Scout Camp, located just beyond the city limits of West Point. The 1938 Cooking School promised to be different than previous […]Read Post ›

On March 16, 1938, more than 200 people crowded into the General Tyler Hotel on a Wednesday afternoon to hear one of the most distinguished scientists of the day – Dr. George Washington Carver. His audience included local civic clubs, prominent businessmen, including George Lanier and Fuller and Cason Callaway, and many others in the […]Read Post ›