Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory. Okolona is a city in and one of the county seats of chickasaw county, mississippi, united states. Jenny bobo, of okolona, was named to the deans list for the fall 2018 semester at washington university in st. Okolona, mississippi simple english wikipedia, the free. The companys filing status is listed as dissolved and its file number is 989845.
It is located near the eastern border of the county. The main characters of this history, military history. Civil war history brief, batlle of okolona meridian, mississippi, near the alabama border miles east of vicksburg, was an important confederate railroad center and military facility. Since retiring and moving to columbus, mississippi, he has written defending the mississippi prairie. Mississippi regiments mississippians in the confederate army.
Located on main street in okolona in front of the carnegie library, is the story labyrinth. From the ancient remains of native settlements, to houses of founding fathers, the civil war, and beyond, mississippi has plenty of history. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. I recommend it to anyone interested in the history of mississippi during the civil war. Armament, engine power, and hybrid humvees are discussed, as well as the future of the humvee. Walton, postmaster of nearby aberdeen, remembered an encounter with a chickasaw warrior years earlier.
Mississippi obituaries latest obituaries in okolona. Okolona is a city in and one of the two county seats of chickasaw county, mississippi, united states. Mitchell has meticulously researched and written an incredibly valuable examination of mississippi s bewitching history warts and all. Guide to chickasaw county, mississippi ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth. Usa 1,015,348 mississippi 17,859 chickasaw county 202 okolona 40 note. Books about plantation homes of the antebellum south. According to the okolona area chamber of commerce, colonel josiah n. The okolona historical society is dedicated to the discovery, collection, preservation and. Okolona, mississippi phone book listings, including common okolona, mississippi phone scams plus local white pages and yellow pages. He is the author of ten books and over one hundred articles.
Fredericksburg to meridian pdf epub the civil war series book. Included are papers relating to craigs education at syracuse university and forestry career, 19331980s, including correspondence, speeches, appointment books, publications, a history of forestry suppliers, inc. Houston, okolona 1852 calhoun county was organized in 1852 by the mississippi legislature with land from. The carnegie library story labyrinth okolona, mississippi. Chickasaw county genealogy and local history mississippi state university, university libraries.
Reprints of this book and vol ii may still be available. Mississippi has a rich collection of historical places in okolona and beyond. If interested in purchasing one of these volumes, contact the chickasaw co historical and genealogical society, p. The mans name was okalaua, meaning peaceful, yellow, or blue water.
The labyrinth project was begun as a part of a key arts grant given to the town. Bearss, one of the most respected civil war scholars today. Civil war battles of mississippi page 6 legends of america. Browse obituaries and death records in okolona, mississippi lillian christine eaton, 93 mar 31, 2020 robert tallant, 79 mar 30, 2020. Okolonas civil war history includes the scene of a confederate division hospital and three major union raids. Okolona white pages okolona phone directory lookup.
S and j books llc is a mississippi limitedliability company filed on october 3, 2011. The okolona historical society public group facebook. In total, weve identified 52 papers within 17 miles 27. Bobo is enrolled in the universitys college of arts. Thompson the fifth and third daughter of fredrick and ruby thompson was called to be with lord on thursday. People, places, and events that shaped mississippi history. Sherman launched a campaign to take the important railroad center at meridian. The registered agent on file for this company is gregory, susan and is located at 108 robertson st, okolona, ms. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. The town is forty odd years old, and the post office was formerly hose hill, about one mile west of where the town now is. Okolona, chickasaw county, mississippi, 1891 mississippi. Okolona funeral homes funeral homes in okolona, ms.
Clerk circuit court in okolona, has marriage records from 1877 and court. These people emigrated to what is now the state of ms by following a magical stick and a white dog. The far right, antiimmigration, anticatholic, antiblack, antijew, antianything not. Okolona was incorporated in 1850 and by 1859 had three hotels, six dry goods stores, two drug stores, a jewelry store, two livery stables, a funeral parlor, candy, toy and liquor establishments. It is one of the two county seats of chickasaw county. The history of the american south may be a dark past, yet its architecture was often magnificent. Learn the difference between the original humvee and the uparmored humvee. Okolona, mississippi historical markers the historical. Visitor information okolona chamber of commerce our town. While our initial data about okolona came from various goverment sources, we have found mention of okolona in old books and maps. List of books and articles about mississippi history. Tumble book library click here for online access to ebooks and eaudio through august 31.
As of the 2010 census, there were 2,692 people living in okolona. Okolona when jeanine and bill gregory got engaged in 1975, they started looking for a place to start their life together. Okolona early travelers found big oak a sign of safety. There are also booklets with stories of okolona by some of the residents that. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family.
A good and interesting book about a small and lesser known battle. With greeklike pillars, balconies, formal ballrooms, covered porches, and imposing. While doing a little research recently i found this interesting little article in the march 28, 1890, edition of the philadelphia pennsylvania inquirer this rusty relic, found some twentyseven years after the war, was a grim reminder of the gallant stand made by the 2nd mississippi. He ordered brigadier general william sooy smith to lead a cavalry force of 7,000 men from memphis, tennessee, on february 1, 1864, south through okolona. Search our okolona, ms phone book by phone number to get the owners name, address, social media profiles and more. Among his many works are the battle at wilsons creek, forrest at brices cross roads, and the soon to be published two volume epic the vicksburg campaign. This history of chickasaw co was written by harley hill floyd and submitted for publication in vol i of the history. Mississippi chickasaw county, okolona okolona college the okolona normal and industrial school was founded in 1902 by dr. This community, located ten miles north of houston, dates its modern history. Copyright okolona area chamber of commerce okolona, ms all rights reserved a mississippi main. Chickasaw county, mississippi genealogy familysearch. Motherheads was the place to be for fun in the 40s by beth ahonen the courierjournal ust like the legendary mighty oak that once towered above it, okolona. General land office records, 17961907 chickasaw county source. The first edition of the novel was published in 1963, and was written by shelby foote.
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