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Youngest Falkner Brother Killed in Plane Crash

Dean Swift Falkner, the youngest of the four brothers, was born in 1907. The older Falkners doted on "Deanie" and delighted in playing with him....

Cofield on Oxford — OXFORD "AMERICANA"

Cofields spend their whole lives looking at, and for, photographs. Not pictures...but photographs. Good pictures are a dime-a-million, but great photographs only come from...

Cofield on Oxford —The Run of the Place, Part IV

So, along with the Neilsons, here came the core of Oxford's old families. While Tricia Lee, Ginny and Maggie were cute little girls running around...

Cofield on Oxford — The Run of the Place

By the time Union General Andrew “Whiskey” Smith turned the flames loose on Oxford, William Smith Neilson had been an Oxford town father and...

Cofield on Oxford —Time Lapse of Old Holiday Inn going Up in 1960s

Men and women like Hassell and Jane Smith with foresight have always been the guiding force behind Oxford and Ole Miss' national reputation for...

Crockett's Vision Led to Today's Double Decker Art Festival

In the early 80's, Evelyn Crockett had a vision of a festival to showcase Oxford's artist, of all stripes. Thus after tirelessly lobbying the...

Cofield on Oxford, The Run of the Place Part II

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of HottyToddy.com writer John Cofield's series on growing up in Oxford. Aw yeah we were little chargers long...

Cofield on Oxford — Joe Comes Home

There is Larry Brown, and there is the rest of them. The Oxford Greats, that continue to this day, to arrive on the Square. They...

Cofield on Oxford, The Run of the Place Part I

And run we did. Right up in Leslie’s Drug Store, headed for the Fountain. A quick slow-down and straightened-up as we passed the stern Miss...

Oxford History — Rebuilding From the Ashes of 1864

In 1864, long before little Billy Falkner could count his lucky stars for growing up in Oxford, Mississippi, there wasn't much under the stars...