Founded here in 1865 by Rev. J.L. Cooper as Spring Hill Male & Female Institute. Renamed Cooper Institute 1873. Among first coeducational schools in Miss. Rev. Cooper elected Miss. Hall of Fame. — — Map (db m179046) HM
Pioneer soldier & scout. Hero, War of 1812. Rode from Georgia to Battle of New Orleans, with news for Andrew Jackson. Died 1841. Buried at Old Daleville. Remains moved here in 1965. — — Map (db m179047) HM
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“There isn’t a man this side of hell who can stop Sam Dale. Sam, you have been true to your country.”
Andrew Jackson
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“My trust has been in God, and the greater the peril, the firmer my faith.”
General Samuel . . . — — Map (db m179048) WM
Now Lizelia. Named for Sam Dale, famous scout & hero of “Canoe Fight”, War of 1812. Guided Choctaws to Oklahoma. Died here, 1841. Grave is 2 mi. west in Old Cochrane Cemetery. — — Map (db m179049) HM