Dixie School Log Cabin Marker

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Dixie in Forrest County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Dixie School Log Cabin

By Robert M. Cook, Jr., June 17, 2012

1. Dixie School Log Cabin Marker

Inscription. Citizens of the Dixie community built this structure 1/4 mile southeast of this site in the 1930s to serve as a cafeteria during the Depression era. The log cabin has also served as a meeting place, music hall and classroom. In 2003 the cabin was relocated to this site. Sponsor-M.A.R.C.L. Chapter 2583 U.D.C.

Erected 2007 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Location. 31° 13.248′ N, 89° 18.284′ W. Marker is in Dixie, Mississippi, in Forrest County. Marker is at the intersection of Elks Lake Road and Dixie Barn Road on Elks Lake Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hattiesburg MS 39401, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. William Carey College (approx. 5.4 miles away); Centennial of Hattiesburg (approx. 7.2 miles away); Hattiesburg (approx. 7.2 miles away); William Harris Hardy (approx. 7.3 miles away); Old Federal Building (approx. 7.3 miles away); a different marker also named William Harris Hardy (approx. 7.3 miles away); Veterans of All Wars Monument (approx. 7.3 miles away); Forrest County Confederate Monument (approx. 7.4 miles away).

By Robert M. Cook, Jr., June 17, 2012

2. Dixie School Log Cabin Marker

By Robert M. Cook, Jr., June 17, 2012

3. Dixie School Log Cabin Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on June 18, 2012, by Robert M. Cook, Jr. of Laurel, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 91 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 18, 2012, by Robert M. Cook, Jr. of Laurel, Mississippi. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.