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Website. Official website. Jenny Wiley State Resort Park was founded as Dewey Lake State Park on January 1, 1954, with Dewey Lake near Prestonsburg, Kentucky as its centerpiece. It was renamed in the early 1950s for Virginia "Jenny" Wiley, a pioneer woman who is remembered as a survivor of captivity by Native Americans.
Wiley University (formerly Wiley College) is a private historically black college in Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church 's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society , it is one of the oldest predominantly black colleges west of the Mississippi River .
Jenny Wiley, born Jean "Jenny" Sellards (1760–1831), in British Colonial America, was a pioneer woman who was taken captive by Native Americans in 1789, where she witnessed the death of her brother and children. She escaped after 11 months of captivity. Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg, Kentucky is named in her honor.
Lee later attended North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) where she earned her master's degree in Counseling and Guidance. After receiving her master's degree, Lee returned to Fort Worth, where she was an educator for the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) for fifteen years and a home school counselor for nine ...
Michael Wiley (born November 10, 2000) is an American football running back for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats and signed with the Commanders as an undrafted free agent in 2024.
The 1993–94 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Leon Barmore, who guided the team to a 31–4 record and a runner-up finish at the 1994 NCAA tournament.
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is a park located just southwest of Corbin, Kentucky, and is contained entirely within the Daniel Boone National Forest. The park encompasses 1,657 acres (671 ha) and is named for its major feature, 68-foot-tall (21 m) Cumberland Falls .
[citation needed] He owned eighty acres in Tuscarawas Township and had a home at 96 Akron Street in Massillon. He could speak German fluently. Pinn died in 1911, at age 67, and was buried in Massillon City Cemetery in Massillon. Legacy. In 1973, the Ohio National Guard named its new armory in Stow, Ohio, in his honor. It was the first armory in ...