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Burrus House, Benoit, MS

1859-1861

Photo:  NARA

Mississippi Home Places

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Merigold

 

Jim Michie with Bremner Plantation cotton

 

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Burrus House information

 

Photo:  NARA

Mississippi Home Places

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Skene

Skene School

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Burrus House

Rear view

Photo:  NARA

Mississippi Home Places

 

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Benoit

Dahomey Plantation cotton

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Burrus House information

 

Photo:  NARA

Mississippi Home Places

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Benoit

Dahomey Plantation railroad depot

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Cleveland City Hall

Circa 1950

 

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Merigold

Hoyt C. Daves, Postmaster

 

Photo courtesy of Carla Daves Troxclair

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Cleveland - Court Street flooding

Circa early 1960s

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Scott

Delta and Pine Land Cotton

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Jim and Ese Michie with Bremner Plantation logs.  Merigold

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Gunnsion - Birthday Party invitation for Gunnison's first "birthday."

 

See Note

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Bridwell Plantation, once near Malvina, MS

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Photo courtesy of Charlene Barr

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Delta and Pine Land Post Office and offices

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Concordia, MS

Based on survey from 1873

 

Hand drawn map by Eugene P. Leftwich

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Scott

Delta and Pine Land tanks

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Gunnison

Football at now extinct school with gymnasium in background.

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Gunnison

Overhead view of downtown, circa 1960

 

Photo from Eugene P. Leftwich collection

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Benoit

Dahomey Plantation railroad depot

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Gunnison

Flood in 1897

Photo by J. C. Coovert

Perspective is from the now extinct train depot

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation sharecropper's home

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Cleveland

Intersection of Highways 8 and 61

Circa 1950

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation store and customers

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Jones Jones Jones Plantation Store

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

Sunflower Plantation gin and warehouse

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation

Rider:  Josh Taylor

Photo:  NARA

 

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Cleveland

Nelson Riley mule barn

 

Photo:  MDAH

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Waxhaw

Kirk Plantation home

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Prentiss (now extinct)

Memphis Commercial Appeal Newspaper article

 

July 1, 1954

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation home

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Malvina

T-bridge

 

Photo:  Martin and Sue King Train Museum, Clevelahd

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation cotton trailers

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Malvina

T-bridge

 

Photo:  Martin and Sue King Train Museum, Cleveland

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation mules

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Malvina

T-bridge

 

Photo:  Martin and Sue King Train Museum, Cleveland

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Perthshire

Knowlton Plantation rail cars

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Malvina

T-bridge

 

Photo:  Martin and Sue King Train Museum, Cleveland

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Merigold

Pease Tailoring Company

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Green and Thomas Drug Store

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

Snapping turtle

Left to right:  Abbie Boothe, Hoyt C. Daves, Billy Latham; Front: John Booth

Photo courtesy of Carla Daves Troxclair

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Skene Teachers Home

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Merigold

P. P. Dean Saloon and Grocery, 1890

Photo courtesy of Carla Daves Troxclair

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Mound Bayou

Church

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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West Bolivar High School

Rosedale, MS

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Mound Bayou

Church

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

1941 newspaper clipping ; Everard  Lee Post 175 American Legion

 

 

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Mound Bayou

D. S. Lee and Company Store

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

Merigold School football

Front row, l-r:?, ?, ?, Henry "Bud" Wachter, "Quenton "Dick" Miller, Jack Moreland, Roscoe Hooper, Clay T. Rayner and Coach Buck Newsome.

Back row, l-r: Virgil Harrington (standing), Theodore "Pete" Alford, ?, Claude Hooper, William Peacock, Harold Moreland, ?, James Browning, Chester Hollis ?.

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Mound Bayou

1939 Train Depot

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Isaiah Montgomery House

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Isaiah Montgomery House

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Information on Montgomery house

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Information on Montgomery house

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Old Theater front

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Shelby

Shelby Shoe and Harness Shop

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Mound Bayou

Powell's Funeral Home

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Skene

Thompson Pool Hall

 

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Mound Bayou

Royal Club

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Perthshire

US Post office

 

Photo:  Mississippi Department of Archives and History

 

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Mound Bayou

Woods Bargain Store

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

Sunflower Plantation blacksmith shop

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Benoit

Nugent Plantation cotton

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

Sunflower Plantation general store

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Perthshire

Train depot

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

Roy Dunn with horse, circa 1958

 

Photo:  NARA

 

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Merigold

W. B. Parks home

Postcard date:  1910

Postcard:  Private collection

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Merigold

1964 Baseball roster

Roster courtesy of Jim Michie

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Merigold

1964 Baseball roster

Roster courtesy of Jim Michie

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