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There was evidence that bears fed on Adolph's remains, and tried to enter her house. An autopsy confirmed that she died from a bear attack. Five bears suspected of being involved were killed by conservation officers, and DNA tests confirmed that one of the dead bears killed Adolph. [64] August 19, 2010 Brent Kandra, 24, male: Captive
Weeks before Townes and Roosevelt were killed, Mississippi led the nation in lynchings, accounting for over 525 of the 4,820 on record since 1882. [54] However, moments before the lynching occurred, Governor White boasted, at a Farm Chemurgic Conference in Jackson, that there had not been a lynching in the state in 15 months.
A post office operated under the name Pikeville from 1844 to 1859 and under the name Egypt from 1859 to 1979. [4] The Battle of Egypt Station was fought on December 28, 1864, when Brigadier General Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry division defeated an outnumbered Confederate force led by Samuel J. Gholson and Franklin Gardner.
By the early 1900s, the black bear population in Mississippi had been reduced to an estimated 12 bears due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss. By 2002, it was estimated to be less than 50 ...
National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Mississippi; Fernwood Lumber Company; History of Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 by Luke W. Conerly 1909; J. J. Carter, Pike County native who served in the late 19th century in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as mayor of Minden, Louisiana [15]
TyKeria Rogers, an 18-year-old from Natchez, Mississippi, died when a tree fell onto her home Saturday during severe weather. 'Too much to take': Mississippi city mourns teen killed when tree ...
Authorities said a man was killed at a Mississippi gas station after a verbal argument over spilled ice turned physical. According to an Adams County Sheriff’s Office press release, the incident ...
Holt Collier (c. 1848 – August 1, 1936) was a noted African-American bear hunter and sportsman. While leading a hunt for U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt in November 1902, Collier unwittingly set the stage for the event that originated Roosevelt's nickname, "Teddy Bear."