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Paul B. Johnson State Park is a public recreation area on the shores of Geiger Lake, located off U.S. Highway 49 in McLaurin, Mississippi, 12 miles (19 km) south of Hattiesburg. The state park is named after Paul B. Johnson , the forty-sixth governor of Mississippi .
Canoeing, fishing, camping, swimming pool Tombigbee State Park: Lee: Tupelo: 1930s Lake Lee Fishing, camping Trace State Park: Pontotoc: Pontotoc: Trace Lake Off-road vehicle trails, golf course, boating, camping Wall Doxey State Park: Marshall: Holly Springs: 1930s Spring Lake Fishing, camping
Italian prisoners of war working on the Arizona Canal (December 1943) In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US, but were mostly in the South, due to the higher expense of heating the barracks in colder areas ...
The Mississippi State Fair in Jackson is approaching fast. As fairgoers await its arrival, the question stands, "Can fairgoers expect something new?" The Mississippi State Fair is around the corner.
The fair was founded in 1858. The fair went on hiatus in 1917–18 & 1942–44, when the United States was engaged in World War I and World War II, respectively. In addition, crowd events were reduced in 1917-1918 because of the Spanish flu pandemic, which is estimated to have killed millions of people worldwide.
The land was sold to the State of Illinois in 1996. Camp Dan Beard: Northeast Illinois Council: Northbrook, IL: Transferred: Now under the jurisdiction of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. [22] Camp Eastman: Mississippi Valley Council: Quincy, IL: Active: Located near Nauvoo, IL. Camp Heffernan: Corn Belt Council: Normal, IL: Sold
LeFleur's Bluff State Park is a public recreation area located on the banks of the Pearl River off Interstate 55 within the city limits of Jackson, Mississippi. The state park is home to a 50-acre (20 ha) lake, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science , and the Mississippi Children's Museum .
Wall Doxey State Park is one of the original state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [4] [5] Originally known as Spring Lake, the park was the eighth park in Mississippi created by the CCC. The CCC began work 1935; the park opened in 1938.