Tag: Lula Mississippi
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Lula Rich School Annual 1941
Lula Rich School had a long and rich history. Children from Lula, Rich, northern Coahoma county, and southern Tunica County attended it. This annual is special in that it was on the verge of World War II. Many of the young men who are pictured in the school annual would serve in that conflict.
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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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What is My Lula Story?
Lula is as much the center of my stories as this house is. It’s part of me.
My Delta World 