On April 30, 1900, railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones died when his Illinois Central train, the "Cannonball," collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones, who once lived and worked in the railroad town of Water . . . — — Map (db m55641) HM
The North Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now the United Methodist Church, was organized one block East on November 30, 1870. It was created from portions of the Memphis, Alabama and Mississippi Conferences - Bishop . . . — — Map (db m55610) HM
One of a number of bridge and ford
sites on the Yocona River, the
Dallas Jones Crossing was known
as Free Bridge at the time of the
Civil War. In 1898, during a Yellow
Fever outbreak in the Taylor and
Orwood communities, this crossing,
named . . . — — Map (db m235120) HM
Born in Water Valley in 1907, Hubert
Creekmore earned degrees from the
University of Mississippi and Columbia
University and studied at the University
of Colorado and Yale. A veteran of the
US Navy in World War II, he was a poet,
playwright, . . . — — Map (db m219817) HM
Born in Water Valley, James Ford (1911-
1968) was a pioneer in archaeology.
Conducting extensive surveys across
the Southeast, including the Mississippi
Delta, he created a technique for
dating sites using ceramic seriation.
He also worked in . . . — — Map (db m219822) HM
Robert W. Turnage is the fourth generation pharmacist in the Turnage family & new owner of Turnage Drugstore Inc. He trained & received his degree (Pharm.D) from the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy in 1999. Robert's great grandfather, Wade S. Turnage . . . — — Map (db m219826) HM
