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    Historic Photos of Mississippi
    Historic Photos of Mississippi
    Historic Photos of Mississippi
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    Historic Photos of Mississippi

    By Anne B. McKee

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    Imagine a ride with the Mississippi mockingbird as it soars through the Mississippi skies. Beginning in the land of Elvis at Tupelo, one moves down to the Piney Woods of East Central Mississippi where the ground is covered with fragrant pine straw and where Choctaw moccasins once walked the trails. Then turn south where the ocean waves swell upon sandy beaches and sea gulls hover and squawk in the breeze. Continue onward to the mansions of historic Natchez and the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta where the blues reigns supreme. Finally, swoop down toward Old Man River, the majestic Mississippi, and skim across its yellow waters. The waters have seen war and defeat, loss and love, heartbreaks and triumphs. No sentiments need speaking. Only the sweet songs of the mockingbird are required to understand a land whose beauty is second only to the strength of its people.

    Through nearly 200 images printed in vivid black-and-white, with brief introductions and captions, Historic Photos of Mississippi takes the viewer on a flightpath to key points of interest in historic Mississippi.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateMay 1, 2009
    ISBN9781618584076
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      Book preview

      Historic Photos of Mississippi - Anne B. McKee

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      MISSISSIPPI

      TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY ANNE B. MCKEE

      The Big Black River Station, located near Vicksburg in Warren County, is shown here in 1864 as wagons hitched to mules await the next tiresome journey. Supply sheds can be seen to the left and right of the mule teams. The Civil War would not end before another year of travail had elapsed.

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      MISSISSIPPI

      Turner Publishing Company

      200 4th Avenue North • Suite 950

      Nashville, Tennessee 37219

      (615) 255-2665

      www.turnerpublishing.com

      Historic Photos of Mississippi

      Copyright © 2009 Turner Publishing Company

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2009921342

      ISBN-13: 978-1-59652-528-3

      Printed in China

      09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16—0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      CONTENTS

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      PREFACE

      CIVIL WAR AND SURVIVAL (1860–1899)

      THE JOY OF THE GOLDEN AGE (1900–1919)

      DEPRESSION YEARS AND SINGING THE BLUES (1920–1939)

      WAR IN EUROPE AND STRUGGLES AT HOME (1940–1970S)

      NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

      Old Man River, the majestic Mississippi, flows on in February 1864, unconcerned with the flurry of war-related activities on the levee. Steamboats are lined up awaiting the next load as mules and men prepare for the next destination.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This volume, Historic Photos of Mississippi, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals and organizations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:

      Lauderdale County Mississippi History and Archives

      Library of Congress

      Mississippi Department of Archives and History

      Moore’s Boler’s Inn Private Collection

      We would also like to thank the following individuals for valuable contributions and assistance in making this work possible:

      Lauderdale County History and Archives Director Ward Calhoun, and his staff, Leslie Joyner and Janet Bunker, worked tirelessly to locate unusual and significant photos for the book. In addition, I must thank Margaret Remy, owner of Quick Prints Photography Shop, and professional photographer Keith Jacoby, both of Meridian, for their valuable assistance.

      Most important was the support of my husband and family, especially my daughter-in-law, Kelly McKee, an English instructor at Meridian Community College, who spent hours providing the necessary edits needed to allow the manuscript to flow as smoothly as the Old Man River—namesake of our great state of Mississippi.

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      The goal in publishing this work is to provide broader access to this set of extraordinary photographs, as well as to inspire, provide perspective, and evoke insight that might assist citizens as they work to plan the state’s future. In addition, the book seeks to preserve the past with adequate respect and reverence.

      With the exception of touching up imperfections that have accrued with the passage of time and cropping where necessary, no changes have been made. The focus and clarity of many images is limited by the technology and the ability of the photographer at the time they were taken.

      PREFACE

      William Faulkner, one of Mississippi’s most famous novelists, once said, To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. Another Mississippi writer, Willie Morris, explained it this way: Physically beautiful in the most fundamental and indwelling way, [in that] it never leaves you. A recent Mississippi advertisement said, Mississippi. Feels like coming home. All of these sentiments are true, but they miss the sweet essence of the state and the strong spirit of the people. There is no other place like Mississippi, where the people think with their hearts and love with their souls.

      History tells of the Choctaw and other tribes who once walked the land, followed by an influx of settlers who traveled by wagon to follow their dreams into the new frontier called Mississippi. To work the land, African peoples were brought to the rich and fertile ground as the property of plantation owners eager to make the land prosper. Slavery was the darkest period in Mississippi history, and the Civil War which ended it was bloody, brutal, and bitter. Natchez, the oldest settlement on the Mississippi and which had once been home to more than 500 millionaires, was largely spared the ravages of the war, but other places were not so fortunate. The capital city of Jackson, for one, was

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