Lafayette County, Mississippi was given its charter by the state of Mississippi on February 9, 1836. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek in 1832 between the federal...
Exhibit of photos by Desvergnes kicks off with panel discussion Tuesday, March 6, and opening reception Thursday The University Museum will feature the exhibit “Portraits as...
The world premiere of MGM’s “Intruder in the Dust” In 1949, William Faulkner walked from his home at Rowan Oak to his childhood stable for the...
William Faulkner raised mules on his 320-acre farm about 17 miles northeast of Oxford. With the help of his brother, John, he bred mules and grew...
Jack Sacco book unearths a treasure of fresh insight on William Faulkner By Michael Harrelson, editor, HottyToddy.com michael.harrelson@hottytoddy.com There’s certainly no shortage of books about the life...
Built by W.S. Neilson, founder of Neilson’s on the Square, the Neilson-Culley-Lewis House located at 712 South 11th Street is a large wood-frame vernacular Greek Revival...
Dean Swift Falkner, the youngest of the four Falkner brothers, was born in 1907. The family nurse, Mammy Callie, gave him his family nickname, “Deanie.”...
It’s a Wonderful Life and other films on theater’s screen this month By Tad Wilkes tad.wilkes@hottytoddy.com In the 1970s, at the end of the Lyric Theatre‘s...
Two 50th anniversaries this year really hit home for me. “I love Mississippi.” Those words and others from then Governor Ross Barnett at an Ole Miss...