The inventiveness of Wiregrass residents are shown through official patents.
The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, SPARK! Places of Innovation, is touring Alabama in 2025-2026. Its recent visit to Dothan’s Landmark Park inspired this look at the inventiveness of Wiregrass residents as recorded by the US Patent Office.
Although the “basic search” function on the Patent Public Search website is ill-suited for geographical searches, I uncovered at least 370…
Cadet Kaytlin Morgan designed a new patch for TROY's Air Force ROTC Det. 17. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)
Air Force ROTC cadet Kaytlin Morgan was looking for a way to contribute to Troy University’s Detachment 17 when the need for a new patch design was brought up to the cadre by her commanding officer, Lt. Col. Stephen Cox.
“I have a history in the artistic field, and I thought this was a way,…