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Posted on October 12, 2020

Hollywood marries Tunica

May of 1958 was not an exciting year in world politics or national news. Movies like Vertigo and Dracula were hits in the theaters. Many young ladies around the mid…

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Posted on October 1, 2020

Rich Saturday Night

Rich, Mississippi is a small community in northern Coahoma county with a population of less than fifty souls. There isn’t a store or post office and really not much of…

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Posted on March 16, 2020March 16, 2020

True Story of Johnny Keyhole

As a child I used to sit wide eyed as my grandparents told me the story of Johnny Keyhole. Even though they changed the story a little each time, it…

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Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020

Lula – 1930

Lula was a thriving town of 448 according to the census of 1930. Front Street contained a number of businesses from grocery stores to gas stations. and the railroad was…

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Posted on February 3, 2020February 3, 2020

Flood of 1858

The summer of 1858 was a very wet and turbulent time for northwestern Mississippi. In fact much of Tunica and Coahoma counties almost washed away when the levees broke. We…

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Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020

Rum Runner shootout at Sledge

On a late Sunday night three men leave Memphis headed south toward Quitman County, Mississippi in a Lincoln coupe driven by O.P. Stroud. Another of the three men was named…

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Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020

Gold Found at Friars Point

There are a multitude of stories about lost Confederate gold throughout the country. People hear a rumor of treasure and soon they break out metal detectors and shovels. Television programs…

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Posted on January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

Friars Point, A Prosperous Little Town 1889, Part 2

On May 31, 1889 a newspaper from Memphis published a story on Friars Point, Mississippi. This is an excellent snap shot of life in Coahoma County at this point in…

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