n Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Mount Olive, Ala. (current population about 4,000). Country-music legend Hank Williams was born there in 1923 as Hiram King Williams.

American schoolchildren learn that the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1849 led to the California gold rush. What kind of mill was Sutter’s Mill?

A) Sawmill

B) Grain mill

C) Paper mill

D) Windmill

Wednesday’s answer: Author Jessamyn West based the main character of her novel “The Friendly Persuasion” on her great-grandfather Joshua Milhous, who was also Richard Nixon’s great-grandfather. Thus, West and Nixon were second cousins.