On August 5, 1942, a southbound train collided with a westbound bus, killing fifteen bus passengers and injuring many more. The Greyhound bus, traveling from New Orleans to Jackson, stopped at the east side of the Marion Avenue railroad crossing to . . . — — Map (db m50894) HM
In its heyday, Chautauqua Park boasted of eighty-eight cottages surrounding the Tabernacle, a grocery, a restaurant, and a forty-room hotel. Before its demise in 1917, the Chautauqua Assembly attracted people
from across the United States with ten . . . — — Map (db m179070) HM
The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the United Methodist Church founded Hennington . . . — — Map (db m182923) HM
Old town 3 miles to west.
Moved to railroad in 1858.
In 1870's became first
tomato - shipping point in
U. S. and has since won
fame as the "vegetable
capital of Mississippi". — — Map (db m178612) HM
Here in Oct., 1909, at Lake
Chautauqua tabernacle, Miss.
Congress of Parents and
Teachers was organized by
delegates from 5 cities.
Founder & first president
was Mrs. R. B. Stapleton, of
Hattiesburg. — — Map (db m178610) HM
The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and campground in the early twentieth century. While this . . . — — Map (db m182943) HM
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956) was one of the most influential blues artists in Mississippi in the 1920s and 1930s. He grew up in the Crystal Springs area, where he often performed with his brothers LeDell and Mager. His original songs, which were widely . . . — — Map (db m50895) HM
