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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 7, 2019January 11, 2020

Forgotten Heroes at Rich: Richard Harris and Henry Lucas

Richard Harris joined Company I of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry on January 6, 1865 at Vicksburg.  He was enrolled the following day for 3 years or the war.…

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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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