Arliss Andresen was a school teacher and was 82 when she passed away on October 16, 2012. She left her beloved home and its acre or so of land to her family. According to Arliss, one of her greatest joys came from living by the river and the wildlife that would come right up to her house. Arliss loved to feed the birds and squirrels, and loved watching the deer. She worried what would happen to her home when she was gone, and wanted somehow to ensure that whoever had it after would keep it just as it is. So after Arliss died, the family donated the site to the city of Fulton, on the condition that it be turned into a nature center in her memory.