Wesson in Copiah County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Mississippi Mills
Wesson, Miss.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 25, 2018
1. Mississippi Mills Marker
Site of cotton & woolen mills set up, 1866, by J. M. Wesson. Burnt, 1873; rebuilt, expanded & operated by Col. Ed. Richardson & Capt. Wm. Oliver with 2,000 employees. Closed 1910 & dismantled 1919.
Erected 1955 by Mississippi Historical Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
Location. 31° 42.219′ N, 90° 23.751′ W. Marker is in Wesson, Mississippi, in Copiah County. It is on U.S. 51 north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2083 US-51, Wesson MS 39191, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi, in Natchez Trace Corridor, and in Greater Jackson. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wesson Hotel (approx. Ό mile away); Houston Stackhouse (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Wesson Public School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); New Sight School (approx. 4½ miles away); Smith/Furr Pioneer Homesite (approx. 5.4 miles away); Heucks Retreat School (approx. 6.1 miles away); Pearlhaven (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wesson.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 25, 2018
2. Mississippi Mills Marker
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