Cable Car Bell
Hank Hansel
Salt Potatoes
SALT POTATOES POPULARIZED BY SALT INDUSTRY WORKERS, POTATOES BOILED IN BRINE & PAIRED WITH MELTED BUTTER SERVED IN LOCAL TAVERNS AND EATERIES AS EARLY AS 1883. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021...
- hungry for history
- pomeroy
- potatoes
- brine
- melted butter
- 1883
Camp Savage
During World War Il, some 5,000-6.000 Japanese American soldiers, members of the U. S. Army's Military Intelligence Service, were given intensive and accelerated classes in the Japanese language...
- world war ii
- wwii
- japanese
- savage
- minnesota
- pearl harbor
- nisei
Dr. Julia Brogdon Purnell
Educator - Humanitarian - Leader (1916-2013) Born the eldest of three daughters to Rev. and Mrs. Richard E. Brogdon, Dr. Julia Brogdon Purnell received a B.A. from Allen University and an...
- louisiana
- sorority.
- women
- african american
- southern university
East Fork Baptist Church
Constituted Saturday, September 15, 1810 in the home of James Chandler on the East Fork of the Amite River. Charter members Joseph Chandler, John Wilson, Ephraim Puckett, James Keith,...
- mississippi
- church
- religion
- baptist
- amite county
Stutzman House
Believed second oldest house in Woodville with 12-inch-thick brick walls, original floors and slate roof.Private
- mississippi
- woodville
- wilkinson county
- early settler
Bridging The Mississippi (Un pont sur le Mississippi)
This circle of wooden columns sat astride a major road and held the booths where drivers paid their tolls to cross the first bridge that connected Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana....
- mississippi
- mississippi river
- natchez
- adams county
Stitzman Blacksmith Shop
Built in late 1800's by Joseph Stutzman, son of blacksmith Jacob Stutzman. Believed last surviving blacksmith shop in region.
- mississippi
- woodville
- wilkinson county
- blacksmith
The European Struggle for Control (Les Européens luttent pour le contrôle)
During the 1600s and 1700s, Spain, France and Great Britain established outposts for commerce, defense, and settlement in North America. French explorers sought to claim and control North America...
- mississippi
- natchez
- adams county