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Not only do you get to buy the town, you get to be the mayor, own a barber shop, and a gas station! Now how cool is that?? And all you have to do is offer the right price!
Otis Cooksey is apparently ready to retire and hand it all over to someone new! Are you […]
“The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning ‘great river’ (gichi-ziibi ‘big river’ at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. The longest named river in North America is its tributary, the […]
1. The world’s largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula.
2. The world’s largest cactus plantation is in Edwards.
3. The first nuclear submarine built in the south was produced in Mississippi. (My daughter has this thing for submarines for some reason. She’s going to want to […]
In the Mississippi city of Natchez, deep among forest trees dripping with Spanish moss, stands an unfinished “Oriental Villa” known as Longwood. Planned in 1859 for cotton-nabob Dr. Haller Nutt by Philadelphia’s fashionable architect, Samuel Sloan, this eight-sided castle was begun in 1860. Work halted abruptly in 1861, when the Confederate bugles echoed across the […]
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Oprah Winfrey
Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was reared by her grandmother on a farm where she “began her broadcasting career” by learning to read aloud and perform recitations at […]
“The history of the store begins as the war ends. Dr. Andrew Jackson (Jack) Borroum had just been released from a northern prison camp and Mustered out of the army at Atlanta, Georgia. He had worked for both the northern armies when he was captured and for the southern armies when he was free. […]
“Located in the southern city of Natchez, Mississippi is a charming subdivision of elegant homes called Glenwood. It is a quiet neighborhood, nestled close to an antebellum home called Glenburnie, the only remaining structure from a time now since past. Years ago, Glenburnie was separated from the land where the subdivision now stands by the […]
“ca. 1860-1861. Lower Woodville Rd. The grandest octagonal house in America. Superb example of mid-19th century Oriental style. Designed for Haller and Julia Nutt, it retains original furnishings. Finial atop dome was reconstructed in 1993 by the Pilgrimage Garden Club. National Historic Landmark.”
Now this is my kind of summer house. ;)
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Did you know that “Natchez was settled by the French in 1716 and is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River. Natchez once had 500 millionaires, more than any other city except New York City.”
Seems like another world… definitely not like what I’m seeing outside my office window. Can life really be that relaxing??
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“Life in Natchez is simple and easy-going punctuated by year round festivals and celebrations.
In Natchez we know life is to be celebrated and our blessings shared. We didn’t invent Southern hospitality in Natchez, we just perfected it! ”
I think I just fell in love with this town. For one thing, I want that house! I […]
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Written by Apryl Chapman Thomas [email], and Katherine Lynch [email] for b5media.
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