Maya Temples: Like many Maya buildings, Maya temples were built of stone, with platforms on the top where wooden and thatch structures could be built. Temples tended to be pyramids, with steep stone steps leading to the top, where important ceremonies and sacrifices took place.
role in. P.G.T. Braxton Bragg, (born March 22, 1817, Warrenton, N.C., U.S.âdied Sept. 27, 1876, Galveston, Texas), Confederate officer in the U.S. Civil War (1861â65) whose successes in the West were dissipated when he failed to follow up on them.
Evelyn Braxton. Evelyn Braxton grew up in Columbia, South Carolina among several brothers and sisters. At the age of 13 she experienced a life-change when she moved to Maryland alone to live with her aunt who had no children. This is where she met Michael Braxton and married him at the age of eighteen. Evelyn gave birth to her first daughter, Toni, after only one year of marriage. Following their firstborn, Evelyn had four more daughters, as well as a son, Michael.