X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Ruth Bryan Owen


Ruth Bryan Owen

She spent three years in Oracabessa, Jamaica, where she oversaw the design and construction of her home, Golden Clouds, which is now operated as a luxury villa.

In 1939, Ruth Bryan Owen (1885–1954) and her husband purchased "The Cedars," located at Alderson, West Virginia, and began making repairs.


Ernest F. Coe

Coe drafted the proposal for the park and Senator Duncan Fletcher and Congreswoman Ruth Bryan Owen introduced the legislation to create Everglades National Park.

William Homer Leavitt

Ruth Bryan Owen lived abroad for several years during her English husband's postings, until she returned to America, where she ran for Congress from Florida after his early death.


see also