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Helena Museum of Phillips County
The Helena Museum is a large two story museum located in downtown Helena, Arkansas. It dates back to the 1930s and offers a wide variety of exhibits from the Victorian Era, military uniforms, furniture, and lots of items from the Civil War. As you walk through the front door of the museum, it is…
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Rest Haven Restaurant
The Rest Haven Restaurant has been a staple in the Clarksdale area for years. I love these kind of places because they ooze history
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William Thomas Townsend, jr. of Rich
Sometime after the Civil War, Captain Joseph Franklin Townsend and Colonel Hemingway bought a plantation overlooking the Yazoo Pass which they named “Bonita.” Using convict labor, the men cultivated Bonita Egyptian cotton, which was popular near the end of the 19th Century. Townsend built a two story log home which later burned to the ground,…
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John H. McMullen
John H. McMullen was born March 5, 1923 according to his tombstone, but on the application for a headstone, it was changed in ink to 1922 so the year could be either one. In the 1930 U.S. Census, his birth year is listed as 1922. John McMullen enlisted for the duration of the war at…
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Helena River Park
If you just want to sit and watch the mighty Mississippi roll by, then take some time and visit the Helena River Park.
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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 windows along the side. Two windows on either side of a screened in door were at the front. The Keesee Building operated as the farm…
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Some Delta delegates to the Arkansas and Mississippi Secession Conventions
Map of Mississippi before the Civil War Tunica County, Mississippi Andrew Miller was born on December 6,1801 in South Carolina. He moved to Mississippi and began planting near Austin in Tunica county. Representing Tunica County in the secession convention, he voted strictly secessionist. Miller was too old to join the Confederate Army and…
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Moon Lake Scenic Overlook
A new pier has been built on Highway 1 in Northern Coahoma county allowing access to Moon Lake for the public. There is parking right off the highway and a nice walking trail down to the pier. The pier offers a beautiful view of the lake and there is a covered area at…
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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 went to sleep that night and awoke the next morning hearing a bumping noise under the house. They thought it was an animal so my…
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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 leading to Rich. That is the only way to get to Rich today from Lula because the bridge was taken out when they moved the…
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