Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Boys; Horses; Vicksburg (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Distemper; Traditional medicine; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Walker, Maria, 1820-1893
Letter from Arthur Hopkins Rice, Meadow Woods, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to his aunt, Maria Walker. He writes about some of the horses having distemper, Mrs. Outlaw giving him a dog, killing snakes, and catching crayfish. He also mentions...
Vicksburg (Miss.); Paris (Ill.); Steamboats; Women; Social history; Bird, Mary Ellen TenBrook, b. 1843; Lamon, Lucy Malindia Alexander, b. 1843; Judson, Jacintha Alexander, 1828-1903; Judson, Willet Harmon, 1823-1890; Judson, Jennie Shields, b....
Letter from 17-year-old Ellen Mary 'Nell' TenBrook to her 17-year-old aunt, Lucy Malindia Alexander, in Paris, Illinois, January 1860. Nell is visiting her aunt (Lucy's sister), Jacintha 'Cinty' Alexander Judson, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and...
Feemster family; Travel; Oaths; Religion; Feemster, Samuel King, 1836-1899; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911; Selma (Ala.)
Letter, William O. Feemster, at ''Bro. Bob's,'' to his brother, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, telling him about traveling along the river on mules and horses. Sam got home and seems to be improving, though he still looks ill. Uncle Whitty...
Madison Co. (Miss.) ; Cox, Murray S., Jr.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Murray S. Cox, Jr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 800 acres two miles northwest of Madison, MS. Madison Co. Extension Staff and County agent R. L. Smith assisted with selection of farm family.
Jasper Co. (Miss.) ; Green, Tom R.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Tom R. Green family farm; multiple views. Farm of 270 acres in the Ras Community about 10 miles east of Bay Springs, MS. Jasper Co. Agricultural agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.