In the Civil War the Confederates established a Navy Yard in 1862 on a nearby channel of the Yazoo River. It was there that the ironclad...
Vicksburg native Joseph Biedenharn was the first person to bottle Coca-Cola in 1894. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure...
The most valuable crop, per acre, in the state is not cotton nor soybeans. It is the sweet potato. Chickasaw and Calhoun counties account for 80...
Holly Springs native Shepard Smith is one of America’s top television news anchors. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure...
John Grisham currently has 275 million books in print. His books have been translated into 29 languages. Nine of his novels have been made into films....
Oxford-based FNC, Inc. revolutionized the U.S. housing market by pioneering automated valuation. They invented a software system called Collateral Management System that is used by the...
Leland native Jim Henson created The Muppets. He responded to those who asked that he’d had two close friends growing up, both named Kermit. Of all...
Time and CNN called Kosciusko native Oprah Winfrey “arguably the most powerful woman in the world.” Forbes magazine named her the first African-American female...
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 is generally considered the greatest national disaster in U.S. history. The National Safety Council estimated deaths in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta...
The mockingbird, Mississippi’s state bird, is capable of learning up to 40 distinct sounds. The birds have even been recorded mimicking dogs and sirens. Excerpted...