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Magnolia was founded in 1856 by Ansel H. Prewett, a local civic leader and cotton planter. Knowing that the approaching New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad (now the Illinois Central Railroad) would need a station for water and fuel, Prewett sold a right-of-way to the railroad company – for one dollar, according to legend – and divided a section of his plantation into town ...
Location of Amite County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Amite County, Mississippi.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Amite County, Mississippi, United States.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [3] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [4]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Location of Harrison County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Mississippi.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.
The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State Flora. Type Symbol Date Image Flower: Magnolia: 1900 [6] Tree: Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 1952 [6] Fruit ...
The following are images from various Mississippi-related articles on Wikipedia. Image 1 Biloxi streetcar, early 20th century (from History of Mississippi ) Image 2 Before 1945, times were good when the price of cotton was above 20 cents.
Magnolia station is a historic railway station located at 101 E. Railroad Avenue, in Magnolia, Mississippi. [3] The depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as The Depot and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 2006.