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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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For the river, see Mississippi River. For other uses, see Mississippi (disambiguation). State in the United States Mississippi State Flag Seal Nickname(s): "The Magnolia State" and "The Hospitality State" Motto(s): Virtute et armis (Latin ...
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory flowers. State ... Mississippi: Magnolia (state flower) Magnolia: 1900 (enacted 1952) [35] Tickseed
The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi, ... Magnolia: 1900 [6] Tree: Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 1952 [6] Fruit ...
Before 1861, Mississippi lacked a flag. When the State Convention at the Capitol in Jackson declared its secession from the United States ("the Union") on January 9, 1861, [19] near the start of the American Civil War, spectators in the balcony handed a Bonnie Blue flag down to the state convention delegates on the convention floor, [20] and one was raised over the state capitol building in ...
Tammy Witherspoon (born December 10, 1968) is an American politician, currently serving as mayor of Magnolia, Mississippi. [1] She previously served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 38th district from 2016 to 2021.
MS 24/MS 48 travel through woodlands, where they cross the Tangipahoa River about 1.5 miles north of Lake Tangipahoa, before MS 48 splits and heads south, directly passing through Percy Quin State Park. MS 48 now has a rather large interchange with I-55 (Exit 10) as it curves eastward again to enter the town of Magnolia along Bay Street and ...
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