The Honorable Hiram Rhodes Revels is among the many prominent, influential Black Americans that have made a resounding impact on Mississippi and our Nation. Educational opportunity...
In January of 1832 the “corporation of Vicksburg” appointed members to a board of health who “procured a comfortable and convenient house to be used as...
Diversity has been a common theme of Vicksburg’s history from the very beginning of its conception. Opportunity was abundant for the rapidly growing city, which attracted...
The Tri-State Motor Coach Station, located at 1511 Walnut Street, was constructed in 1941 by the Tri-State Transit Company of Louisiana. Tri-State Coaches began in 1922...
The year is 1870, Vicksburg is just beginning to recover from the devastation wrought by the Civil War, and County officials have devised a plan for...
Public education is the foundation of any thriving society. It serves to elevate the populace with a better understanding of the political, economical, and philosophical world...
By Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. The Phoenix Fire Company was organized on April 27, 1837. Ironically their first fire station burned in 1870...
April 9, 1857 at four o’clock in the morning, cries of “FIRE” were heard throughout the city of Vicksburg. The ancient Temple of Justice, the courthouse,...
VICKSBURG, Miss. – On Dec. 5, 1953, an F5 tornado developed over the Yazoo River in Warren County and entered Vicksburg. It remains the fifth-deadliest tornado...
By Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. This Greek Revival residence on the southeast corner of Crawford and Monroe streets was the home of William...
