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A History of Mississippi 2 vols. (1973), thorough coverage by scholars; Mitchell, Dennis J., A New History of Mississippi (2014) Ownby, Ted et al. eds. The Mississippi Encyclopedia (2017) Sansing, David G. Making Haste Slowly: The Troubled History of Higher Education in Mississippi (University Press of Mississippi, 2004) Skates, John Ray.
This steamboat plied the Mississippi River watershed after her construction in 1924. In 2009 she was disassembled and transported overland to St. Elmo, Illinois . This loss of historical integrity prompted the National Park Service to withdraw her landmark designation.
Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier, and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For the river, see Mississippi River. For other uses, see Mississippi (disambiguation). State in the United States Mississippi State Flag Seal Nickname(s): "The Magnolia State" and "The Hospitality State" Motto(s): Virtute et armis (Latin ...
The Flags from Mississippi exhibit is open through Nov. 8 at the Museum of Mississippi History, 222 North St. Jackson. Admission is free. Gallery talks will be held at 11 a.m. March 14, June 14 ...
The Old Augusta Historic Site contains the remnants of Augusta, [3] Mississippi, a town that was founded along the Leaf River in 1812 and abandoned between 1902 and 1906. [2] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1999.
Boilers used in early Mississippi steamboats were constructed from many small pieces of riveted cast iron, as the process to produce larger, stronger sheets of metal had not yet been developed. Most suffered from poor workmanship in their construction and were prone to failure.
Mississippi went from being ranked the second-worst state in 2013 for fourth-grade reading to 21st in 2022. 'Mississippi miracle': Kids' reading scores have soared in Deep South states Skip to ...