Home 3/4 mi. S.E. A doctor, he
was organizer, from 1861 to
1863, of the Quitman Guards,
Company K, 38th Regiment,
at Holmesville, and the
Brent Rifles, at Summit. — — Map (db m122617) HM
Established in 1843 by eight founders at
Gatlin's Camp Ground on the Bogue Chitto
River, Felder Campground is among the
oldest religious camp meeting sites in the
United States. Also known as Otapasso
or Topisaw, the camp meeting is named . . . — — Map (db m122919) HM
On the morning of April 30, 1963, Union Col. B.H. Grierson led the 6th and 7th Illinois Cavalry south on the New Orleans, Jackson and Greta Northern Railroad, burning the Bogue Chitto depot and a number of bridges, trestles, water towers, . . . — — Map (db m117518) HM
Pike County was developed in an area which was originally occupied by the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Natchez Indians. The Otapasso tribe gave their name to the creek which is now named Topisaw. The region had been claimed successively by France, . . . — — Map (db m127144) HM
Here, in 1868, with aid of Peabody Fund, was set up Peabody Public School, first in South Mississippi, with Charles H. Otken as Supt. This school became a noted institution of learning. — — Map (db m117343) HM
In 1897, a bond issue was approved for
the construction of the Summit standpipe.
Completed at a cost of $14.000 as part of
the Summit Electric & Water Plant, the
standpipe was the source of water for
the town of Summit until 1950. With . . . — — Map (db m211207) HM