On December 9, 1914, the Trustees of
Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School
had its first meeting and opened its
doors to students on September 6, 1915.
This building was one of the first
buildings constructed on a sixty-five
acre tract of . . . — — Map (db m122518) HM
Front Although Houston Stackhouse never became a major name in blues, he played key roles in Delta blues history as a sideman, mentor, and influence. A constant presence in Mississippi and Arkansas blues circles for several decades, he . . . — — Map (db m122613) HM
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. — — Map (db m122614) HM
According to its cornerstone, this structure was "ereted 1889; destroyed by fire 1890; rebuilt 1893." Built in the Romanesque style of Wesson's Miss. Mills, it is now the Oswalt Youth & Com. Center. — — Map (db m122520) HM
Site of a hotel since 1864, this structure was built ca. 1877. Known originally as the Richardson House, the hotel was owned by Mississippi Mills, a once-flourishing textile mill founded by J.M. Wesson in 1864. — — Map (db m122512) HM
