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The Delta and Providence Cooperative Farms were started in Bolivar County, Mississippi, in 1936; and Holmes County, Mississippi, in 1939, respectively.The farms were founded and run by missionary evangelist and author Sherwood Eddy, and Reverend Sam H. Franklin, with the goal of helping southern sharecroppers out of their economic plight (caused in part by side effects of the New Deal's ...
The Cleveland, Mississippi, Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Bolivar County. It is located in the Mississippi Delta, or Yazoo Basin, of Mississippi. This area was first developed for cotton plantations. Large industrial-scale agricultural operations have reduced the number of farm workers needed, and the population is half of its ...
Rosedale is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 1,873 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 2,414 in 2000. Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the first half of the 20th century.
Cindy Hyde-Smith (née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) [1] is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. [2] A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate.
Transportation in Bolivar County, Mississippi (10 P) Pages in category "Bolivar County, Mississippi" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
When Bolivar County was established in 1836, the first county seat was located at Bolivar. William Vick sold 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land to the county for $800, and it was then named Bolivar. The land was surveyed by B.M. Hines, who laid out the courthouse square, with town lots around it which were advertised for sale.
Unincorporated communities in Bolivar County, Mississippi (17 P) This page was last edited on 22 March 2013, at 08:51 (UTC). Text is ...
Sillers held public office for one term, as a state representative for Bolivar County in 1886. [4] [5] Sillers ran multiple cotton plantations, labored by African-American tenant workers after Emancipation, that he had inherited from his family. [1] [6] He owned a law office and Rosedale's bank. [7] He practiced law in Bolivar County for sixty ...