After water damage 2011, UM historic building reopens OXFORD, Miss – College of Liberal Arts administrators have returned home to one of the most recognized buildings on campus —...
Cotton was King, and so was Natchez, Mississippi. The oldest white settlement on the Mississippi River had become the country’s richest city. Millionaires and mansions were...
Cedar Oaks was built ca. 1857 by architect and builder William Turner. After surviving the Union occupation of Oxford during the Civil War, the house was...
In Oxford, William Faulkner’s last home, Rowan Oak, was built before the Civil War. When the author purchased the property in 1930, it was known as...
This letter was written by John Hancock to Nathanael Greene, Major-General of the Continental Army, on 15 November 1776. The letter acknowledges the receipt of an...
It was during Frederick A.P. Barnard’s tenure as rector that St. Peter’s Episcopal Church building, chancel and nave were erected. The lot was purchased on November...
On the cover of the Delta Business Journal that our company publishes, we recently featured blues icon Robert Johnson. We received more response from this article...
Barnard Observatory was a U.S. astrophysical observatory owned and operated by University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed in 1859, the building was part of the...
At the outbreak of the Civil War many students and faculty at the University of Mississippi quit and enlisted. Many formed into Company A, 11th Miss....
Undiagnosed, disconnected thoughts of the moment By Tad Wilkes, Nightlife & Lifestyles Editor tad.wilkes@hottytoddy.com Various postulates and brain farts on … Bigotry and Learning This installment...