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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 January 19, 2020January 19, 2020

Friars Point: A Prosperous Little Town 1889

On May 28, 1889 the Memphis Daily Appeal published a story about the county seat of Coahoma County. This snapshot from history survives today but most people have never had…

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Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

Story of a Delta Merchant Family

My family came to Lula around 1940 and started a farm on Flea Harbor Road.  The Mississippi Delta offered only a few pathways to having a better life in those…

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Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020

North Delta Museum – Friar Point

There was an older man sitting on the front porch watching the place. You give him five dollars and he lets you explore.  He has some great stories if you…

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Posted on February 20, 2019January 9, 2020

The Dowd Legacy in Tunica and Coahoma Counties

William Francis and his younger brother Andrew Sidney Dowd were two extra ordinary men who had to deal with the carnage of the Civil War and the aftermath of Reconstruction.…

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Posted on February 7, 2019January 9, 2020

Dark Day in Lula: 1908

“Not all history is positive.  Not all history is negative.  We cannot just focus on the history we like, but must focus on all history to truly learn about the past.”…

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Posted on January 22, 2019January 9, 2020

Maggie Busby, A Lonely Grave

  Maggie Elizabeth Busby was born on October 28, 1866 in Winchester, Tennessee.  Winchester is a town in Franklin County on the Alabama state line.  She was the daughter of…

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Posted on October 5, 2018January 9, 2020

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…

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