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27/09/2026

As the village grew, the church became the literal anchor of the community. The original building was destroyed by fire at the turn of the century, and it’s also been rebuilt due to vandals and exposure to the elements. Boykin Church is cared for by the local community members who at times plan a meet up for church services.

The cemetery contains pioneer graves dating back to the 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic. Isolated and out in the woods, the cemetery became the final resting place for community members who died within days or weeks of one another, marked by raw, hand-lettered stone slabs and folk sculptures crafted by grieving neighbors.

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27/09/2026

You want to hear something crazy about the Mississippi Gulf Coast? It’s flown eight different flags.

Long before it was casino row, the Indigenous Biloxi and Pascagoula tribes were living off the sound. Then in 1699, the French rolled up to Ocean Springs, set up Fort Maurepas, and basically claimed the entire French Louisiana territory right here. French, Spanish, British, the Republic of West Florida-yeah, that was a real country for like 74 days-and eventually the US.

Why? Because everyone wanted control of these barrier islands and timber routes. Fast forward to the late 1800s—canning tech drops, and suddenly Biloxi turns into the Seafood Capital of the World. We were shipping shrimp and oysters everywhere. In the 1920s during Prohibition, our quiet fishing towns became a total playground for rum-runners. Ships would sit in international waters out by Ship Island, and small boats would sneak booze right into the bayous.

Then came the 90s: dockside gambling got legalized. Barges turned into neon floating mega-resorts overnight. Then Camille and Katrina tried to literally wipe us off the map-and failed. But the Gulf Coast always bounces back.

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27/09/2026

Named in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, it originally started around 1908 as the Kingston School. As Laurel blew up into the timber capital of the world, a classic two-story brick schoolhouse was built here in 1913 to handle the town’s rapid growth. For nearly a century, it was the heart of this neighborhood.

The doors finally closed in the late ‘90s, and after decades of standing silent, a fire in 2022 left behind mostly brick walls.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Il was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist and former Confederate soldier and official. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Grover Cleveland, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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27/09/2026

If you’ve never been to the Ridgeland Wildflower Field, you might want to consider making a visit when the flowers are in bloom.

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27/09/2026

Before modern refrigeration, ice was hauled down the Pearl River packed in sawdust. Built in 1924 after an earlier fire, Jackson’s historic Morris Ice Company stood on Commerce Street for a century surviving 30 years of abandonment and making the National Register of Historic Places before burning down in late 2024.

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27/09/2026

The locals named this 178,000 acre forest in central Mississippi the “government woods”.

Before it became public land, the area was heavily exploited by private lumber enterprises. By the time the lumber companies closed down in 1929, the landscape was largely clear-cut and stripped of its native timber.

To prevent total environmental collapse and to restore the state’s vanishing wildlife habitats, the United States government stepped in and purchased the degraded acreage from the timber companies in 1934. On June 15, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Proclamation 2175, officially establishing the Bienville National Forest.

27/09/2026

Built in 1891, the Old Adams County Jail in Natchez was literally designed to look like a private home so it would blend into the neighborhood.

The front was built as living quarters for the jailer and his family, with the cell block hidden in the back—ironwork shipped all the way from Ohio in the late 1800s. This Romanesque revival landmark held over a century of local history, legends, and forgotten stories behind its iron bars.

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27/09/2026

Tucked away behind the brush sits this heavy brick vault from the 1940s. During WWIl, facilities handling high-explosive ordnance couldn’t risk a single spark, so small reinforced structures like this were built to house critical electrical switchgear, high-voltage substations, and base security controls. Decades later, this piece of history is still standing completely forgotten in the Mississippi woods.

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27/09/2026

Step inside this forgotten military railhouse where ammo trains once rolled straight through the bay doors to load heavy ordnance. Seeing the original internal tracks still embedded in the concrete after all these decades is incredible.

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