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  1. Republican vs. Republican for Mississippi Governor
    date September 22, 1873 to November 4, 1873map HINDS, Mississippitags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    On September 25, the Louisville Courier Journal wrote, “The most interesting campaign now in progress in any state is on the boards in Mississippi.' Why? First, there was no Democratic candidate in a Deep South State, and second, there were two Republicans , one a scalawag, the other a carpetbagger , running for the position. In August of 1873, Adelbert Ames was nominated for governor of Mississippi...

  2. A Murderous Education
    date 1846map ADAMS, Mississippitags Education, Government

    Around 1846, the students of Centenary College decided to take a stand. Fifty-three of the pupils signed a petition for the removal of a professor from their institute of higher education. In adding their names to the list, the students accused Professor Jones of, participating in ... the shooting of the boys Unfortunately, the petition gave no further explanation of the alleged incident. However,...

  3. Graves of Their Fathers
    date June 18, 1835map INDIAN LANDS, Mississippitags Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans

    In 1835, an army physician traveled to the newly settled Choctaw territory in Arkansas and Oklahoma. In a letter to his father, Burton Randall discussed his journey and most significantly, displayed empathy for the precarious handling of American Indians by the United States government. Concerned with the forced removal of the state's indigenous population, Randall bewailed how the American Indians...

  4. Harvey Takes the Bar
    date January 3, 1835 to January 17, 1835map HINDS, Mississippitags Law

    In the first few decades of Mississippi statehood, the fast-track to fame and wealth for young East-coast educated men was law. By presenting themselves before judges, and passing a series of examinations, aspiring young lawyers declared their new vocations. One such man, a young Mississippian known only as Harvey, parleyed this process to Virginian Robert Whitehead, his former schoolmate,...

  5. A New Route to New Orleans
    date October 24, 1825map HINDS, Mississippitags Government, Migration/Transportation

    In late October of 1825, Secretary of War James Barbour wrote from Washington to the governor of Mississippi soliciting his help. Two military surveyors were to examine a new route from Rock Fish Gap in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia through Knoxville, Tennessee and down through the state of Mississippi on towards New Orleans. These men, Captain Poupin, a topographer and engineer and his assistant,...