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Category: Stories of the Delta

Posted on September 26, 2018January 9, 2020

Front Street Block B, Lula, MS

  This was the site of the Keesee Building. It was a white stucco building of Spanish design with red tiles running along the front top porch. There were round…

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Posted on September 23, 2018January 9, 2020

Flood of 1935

In 1935, my Grandparents were living in the small community of Tibbs out from Sledge, when the worst flooding to hit that area ever occurred.  My Grandmother told me they…

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Posted on September 22, 2018January 9, 2020

Rich, Coahoma County

Slow down after you pass over the Yazoo Pass bridge on Highway 315 if you are heading east from 61.  Look to your right and you will see the road…

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Posted on September 21, 2018January 9, 2020

Stories about the Lula Depot and railroads. Send in and I will add your post to this page. Your Name will appear first.

Buddy Dean. 9/21/2018 There was a guy who stayed around the depot all the time named Shine.  I would see him sleeping under the platform where cotton was loaded.  Lee…

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Posted on September 21, 2018January 9, 2020

The Railroad at Lula

Lula was located at mile post 56.4 from Memphis.

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Posted on September 20, 2018January 9, 2020

Hamlin. Tunica County. (Ghost town)

Hamlin was located along the tracks between Lula and Dundee. It is easy to find even though not much is left of this village today. Hamlin was located in a…

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Posted on September 19, 2018January 9, 2020

Jim and Ida Dean, Part of My Story

Woodlawn is a large cemetery in Sumner, Mississippi.  In order to reach it, you have to turn by Cassidy Bayou. If you are coming from the square, take a right…

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Posted on September 18, 2018January 9, 2020

Lula, Mississippi. Coahoma County

That’s what Lula has been for more than a 100 years. Don’t count it out. Lula is gonna be here for a 100 more.

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