Episodes Located: ADAMS, Mississippi in the 1870's

  1. Manufacturing in post-War Mississippi
    date July, 1875map ADAMS, Mississippitags Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations

    Did we learn anything from the War? The Natchez Weekly Democrat, a local newspaper located in Natchez, Mississippi, asked this question of its readers in more polite terms. In July, 1875, the newspaper lamented the lack of economic development in the form of manufacturing over the previous years in the surrounding area. Southerners in all parts of the former Confederacy were aware that...

  2. The Young Men of Natchez Have Organized an Artillery Company
    date August 25, 1876map ADAMS, Mississippitags Arts/Leisure, War

    The young artillery company was pressed for funds, and the task of raising them fell to a member of their ranks named H.H. Farnham. In an August 1876 fundraising letter to Stephen Duncan, the former president of the Bank of Mississippi, Farnham, (who signed the correspondence Ch. Com. Of the Gilden Light Artillery) wrote that the young men of Natchez have organized an artillery company, known as...

  3. Southern Belles and Ladies
    date October 25, 1871 to November 22, 1873map ADAMS, Mississippitags Arts/Leisure, Women

    A southern belle was a girl who was expected to grow up into a lady. She was supposed to be fragile and flirtatious while also sexually innocent. She was beautiful but risky to touch, like porcelain. Every southern belle was expected to be up-to-date on the latest fashions, which often proved tricky and expensive because fashion was constantly changing throughout the nineteenth century. A true...