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Cleveland Community Vocational School: The NYA Annexes — Suzassippi’s Lottabusha County Chronicles

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

The main part of the Cleveland Vocational School (the center) was constructed in 1933 to serve the Cleveland community in rural Kemper County. In 1937, the National Youth Administration began the construction of the two classroom annexes that are on … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Flag Final Two Poll – August 26, 2020

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

I noticed last night that several media outlets had announced the final two Mississippi flag choices –https://news.yahoo.com/shield-magnolia-final-two-options-193950318.html. One has a magnolia and one is the Great River Flag mentioned in my last post on the subject: Mississippi Flag Final Five Poll. … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Flag Final Five Poll

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

I noticed last night that several media sites were giving the curren poll results for the Final Five on the Mississippi flag. You can vote at: https://www.mdah.ms.gov/flagpoll-top5. I saw the article on the Clarion Ledger – Mississippi flag poll: Preliminary … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Mississippi group aims for simple flag design — Mississippi Business Journal August 3, 2020

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

Nine commissioners designing a new Mississippi flag have the complicated task of choosing a simple design. Mississippi recently retired the last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem that’s been widely condemned as racist. An expert told commissioners last week … Continue reading →

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Marker honors 200-year-old black church in Mississippi —

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

A new historical marker is honoring the oldest continuously operating African American church in Mississippi. Members of St. Peter Baptist Church in Pascagoula gathered Saturday to celebrate the unveiling of a marker that was placed by the Mississippi Department of … Continue reading →

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Deer Island, Biloxi – Mississippi Mondays August 19, 2019

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I posted this YouTube video earlier – The Best Places to Visit in Mississippi, USA – YouTube Video which included #5 Deer Island – The Best Places to Visit in Mississippi,USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSYZev-8H0 (around 15:40 minutes long). Official Website: No official … Continue reading →

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Grand Village of the Natchez Indians – Mississippi Mondays August 12, 2019

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I checked out Mississippi Museums, specifically History Museums, for this week’s Mississippi Mondays post – http://mississippimuseums.org/grand-village-of-the-natchez-indians/. Official Website: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/gra.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160201234311/http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/visit/grand-village-of-natchez-indians/ (link on NPS website is broken, but found a number of entries on the Wayback Machine). MDAH link: http://www.mdah.ms.gov/new/visit/grand-village-of-natchez-indians/ Additional … Continue reading →

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MDAH Digitized Newspapers Available Online – posted July 26, 2019

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I missed this the other day, but I was checking the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) website today as part of Mississippi Mondays and noticed – Digitized Newspapers Available Online – posted July 26, 2019: http://www.mdah.ms.gov/new/news/digitized-mississippi-newspapers-available-online/. Researchers from … Continue reading →