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Fernwood Lumber Company had its beginning in the 1870s when John Fletcher Enochs and his son, Isaac Columbus Enochs, started a lumber business near Crystal Springs in Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] Between 1880 and 1920, Fernwood Lumber Company became one of the largest lumber operations in south Mississippi with investments in timberland ...
It includes the location of Natchez College, founded in 1885, and the Prince Street School, built in 1913. [ 2 ] Noted author Richard Wright grew up partly at the home of his grandparents Richard and Margaret Wilson, at 20 Woodlawn Avenue, in the district, and he later drew upon his childhood memories of there in his writing.
July 3, 1979 (307 Oak St. Natchez: 18: Carmel Presbyterian Church: October 31, 1985 (Carmel Church Rd. Natchez: 19: Cedar Grove: March 19, 1982 (Southeast of Natchez
Old Natchez Trace (132-3T) Old Natchez Trace (132-3T) November 7, 1976 : Northeast of Port Gibson at milepost 45.8 of the Natchez Trace Parkway: Port Gibson: An original segment of the Natchez Trace. [7] 25: Owens Creek Bridge
Clifton Heights Historic District is located at an elevation more than 200 feet above the Mississippi River.The district is split up from the river by steep bluffs, the jagged edges of which the historic district's western boundary of the western side is formed, and by the low-lying lands underneath the bluffs from which the river bank is formed.
The site is a national and state tourist attraction in Natchez. Managed by the state of Mississippi, the large property includes a museum, which holds numerous artifacts excavated from the site and an extensive collection of baskets made by area tribes, including native and European "grave goods" buried with the elite Natchez; a reconstructed ...
To collect and transport lumber, the company ran a number of railroads. It constructed the Longview, Portland and Northern Railway to serve its company town of Longview, Washington . [ 2 ] For its efforts in Thomasville, the company constructed the 12-mile-long Kingston and Choctaw Valley Railroad in the 1898-1899 timeframe, which ran from ...
Includes a 3.3-mile segment of the Natchez Trace (partially in the Natchez Trace Parkway right of way) and an archeological investigation site at the location that from 1811 to 1823 housed a government agency to the Choctaw. [9] 21: Old Natchez Trace (170-30) Old Natchez Trace (170-30) November 7, 1976