Browsing: History

n 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Mississippi to go on a bear hunt, Sharkey County, to be exact. The precise location of the hunt is unknown, although history agrees that it was somewhere in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

However, what is known is that President Roosevelt’s hunt resulted in the birth of one of America’s most beloved childhood toys, the Teddy Bear and Rolling Fork, which is where it all began.

Presented by the Jackson County Historical and Genealogical Society City of Pascagoula Preservation Commission and the LaPointe-Krebs Foundation, The 17th Annual Historic Cemetery Tour will take place at Krebs Cemetery, 4602 Fort Street, Pascagoula, on Thursday, October 26, 5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

“Darkest Before the Light,” a rare opportunity to view Fort Massachusetts by candlelight, was staged by the Gulf Islands National…

Mississippi Gridiron Cathedrals (love the title), by Nash Nunnery, takes us on a journey around the state to view and reminisce about 47 legendary high school football stadiums in Mississippi.

If you live in Pascagoula, chances are good that you’ve heard the term “bar pilot.” And the chances are even better that you have no idea what a bar pilot is.

Spooky season is upon us. Whether or not this is your favorite time of the year, there is no denying that some pretty scary things have occurred right here in Mississippi. 

The grave of little Florence Irene Ford is one of the strangest graves anyone has ever seen, and above all else, it is a stark display of the never-ending love a mother has for her child.

It’s fair time! For George County, the big event starts Tues. Oct. 10 and closes Sat., Oct. 14. How about a little county fair history?

The LaPointe Krebs House in Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded the highest distinction from the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) –The Best of the South (BOTS) Preserving Southern Excellence Award for 2023.

A scholarship established by a University of Mississippi alumna and her family is helping ease the burden for pharmacy students from rural areas while also strengthening health care options for rural Mississippians.

The Eugene B. Polk Pharmacy Scholarship, created by Gary and Susan Cantrell, already has helped its first recipient, Simpson County native Stephen Rayborn, through the professional program at the School of Pharmacy.

Happy 60th anniversary to the local chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the America Revolution!

Lucedale’s Declaration of Independence Chapter was formed in 1963. Its members have verified and documented their heritage to a revolutionary patriot or person who assisted in the effort for the American Colonies to declare freedom from Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

Belhaven University is one of the eight Christian colleges in the state of Mississippi. Located in the heart of Mississippi’s capital, Jackson, Belhaven offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate programs to ambitious students who seek to broaden their education as well as their discovering their God-given calling in this world. 

If you look at the US nuclear test map below, you will note something that may be news to you!  Almost 60 years ago, Hattiesburg was “the bomb” – at least we were a nuclear bomb testing site. 

Lucedale and surrounding communities have been tuning into local radio station WRBE for 63 years.

WRBE first aired Sept. 3, 1960. “I remember the day well,” lifelong resident JoAnn Weaver said. “It was the Saturday before Labor Day in 1960,” Weaver said. “I had stopped by the post office and had received a letter from Mil asking me for our first date. I had the radio on and heard it that day.” Mil is her late husband, a long-time respected attorney in Lucedale.

Stories abound from locals who travel to George County’s famous artesian well in the Basin Community to sip its pure and refreshing water and fill a few jugs to carry home. Yet, this particular story would be grossly incomplete if it didn’t mention a Fairley or two.

What we know today as Mississippi 63 was once a straight but narrow and rugged road leading from George County to Jackson County. It was called Lampton Road and cut through parts of the Lampton Lands of Mississippi.