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Small Mississippi Town for Sale to Highest Bidder

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:41:34 +0000

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 interested??

“Cooksey said he’s willing to help whoever buys it to learn the ropes, both of being the owner of a business, and the mayor of the town. However, he says he will have some regrets about giving up his title. “

I think that the latest offer is $136,00! Sounds pretty good deal to me! And just in case you want to look it up on the map… the town called Lawrence.

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Photo of the Day – Night on the Mississippi

Wed, 23 May 2007 18:37:57 +0000

“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 Missouri River, with a length of 2341 miles (3767 km) from the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin to the Mississippi River. Taken together, the Jefferson, Missouri, and Mississippi form the largest river system in North America.” Source

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5 Things I Didn’t Know About Mississippi

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:54:29 +0000

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 know more about this!

4. David Harrison of Columbus owns the patent on the Soft Toilet Seat. Over 1,000,000 are sold every year. (Why can’t I come up with an idea like that!!)

5, Pine Sol was invented in 1929 by Jackson native Harry A. Cole, Sr. (How many times have you used this product and not once wondered where it came from??

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Longwood Mansion, Natchez, Mississippi

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:47:01 +0000

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 South. The Pennsylvanian artisans, busy on the Arabian palace, heeded Mr. Lincoln’s call-to-arms and immediately dropped saws and hammers, heading North to pick up rifles and bayonets, never to return.

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Oprah’s Roots – Famous Celebrities from Mississippi

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:28:12 +0000

As you become more clear about who you really are, you’ll be better able to decide what is best for you – the first time around.
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 age of three. From age six to 13, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother. After suffering abuse and molestation, she ran away and was sent to a juvenile detention home at the age of 13, only to be denied admission because all the beds were filled. As a last resort, she was sent to Nashville to live under her father’s strict discipline. Vernon Winfrey saw to it that his daughter met a midnight curfew, and he required her to read a book and write a book report each week. “As strict as he was,” says Oprah, “he had some concerns about me making the best of my life, and would not accept anything less than what he thought was my best.”

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Borroums’s Drug Store… Mississippi’s oldest, established in 1865

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:48:49 +0000

“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. With no particular idea in mind except to go home, he started toward Oxford, Mississippi on horseback. On his way he stopped in Corinth, Mississippi to look around and met a Dr. Young whom he had known before. Dr. Young convinced him to stay and practice with him. That he did, opening his office almost immediately. Corinth was still under military rule at this time. ”

And here is what it looks like from the inside. Now, does that have atmostphere or what?? “It has everything from ”real” malted milks to their famous ice cream sodas. Of course there are the cherry phosphates and ”genuine” old fashioned cokes.” It’s almost like stepping back into time and I would love to be able to pencil in a trip during the Christmas season. I will just bet that it is awesome!!

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Goat Castle – A Mississippi Haunting

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:31:39 +0000

“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 same thick stand of forest that still darkens the nearby landscape. It is in these woods where legends say the spirits of the past still linger.

More than five decades ago, the land now occupied by the neat homes of the Glenwood subdivision was the location of a plantation house from which the neighborhood now takes its name. The main house was surrounded by outbuildings and a sprawling piece of land and as time passed, and bloody events unfolded, it was no longer called Glenwood but known as “Goat Castle” instead. The murderous events that took place here were tinged with insanity, terror, eccentric wealth and wretched squalor. These dark happenings of the past have created a legend at Goat Castle — one that still lingers today.”

Okay, there’s nothing quite like a ghost seeking vengeance for her murder, even after all of this time. And the woods, I think that chances are very good that I would be keeping my distance… even during the daylight hours. But, then people have said that I have quite the imagination… Who knows??

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Longwood Mansion, Natchez, Mississippi

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:49:04 +0000

“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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Sunrise on the Mississippi

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:03:28 +0000

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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Experiencing Natchez, Mississippi

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:54:54 +0000

“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 can just see myself drinking mint julips out on the porch. And then there is a certain Miss Sophronia that I want to look up. I hear she makes some amazing pralines! The stories she could tell!

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