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Month: April 2018

Lost History

Falkner House (1884)

by Phillip Knecht
Posted on April 26, 2018April 26, 2018

Ripley

Harris-Finger House (1884)

by Phillip Knecht
Posted on April 25, 2018August 12, 2018

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Tippah County Courthouse (1928)

by Phillip Knecht
Posted on April 24, 2018April 26, 2018

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Ripley (1837)

by Phillip Knecht
Posted on April 24, 2018April 24, 2018

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Jacinto Courthouse (1854)

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Posted on April 9, 2018April 24, 2018

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The Norfleet-Rand House is a raised basement Greek Revival house built in 1846 by Wyatt Epps, an early settler and tavern owner. In 1859, Epps sold the house to J.J. House, a local entrepreneur who earned his wealth as a Confederate blockade runner. Two years later, House sold the home to J. P. Norfleet, a local merchant. For thirty-five years, Norfleet and later his daughter Ada and son-in-law Henry Rand lived here. Henry and Ada’s son, Frank Rand, would go on to co-found International Shoe Company, one of the great companies of the 20th century. In the early 20th century the house was owned by the local Methodist Church, and for fifty years the L. L. White family resided here. The house is currently for sale. #hillcountryhistory #hollysprings #hollyspringsms #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhouselove #townsquare #townsquarelife #smalltown #smalltownlife #greekrevival #greekrevivalarchitecture #raisedbasement

140 years ago, the following individuals died of Yellow Fever in Holly Springs: October 5th: Lucius Boxley, the child of Millie Bradford, Issac Diller, Henry Edmondson, John Hawkins, Mr. Miller and Sister Victoria Stafford (one of the Yellow Fever Martyrs) October 6th: Priscilla Allen, Jacob Malsi, and George Strather October 7th: Jane Craft (wife of Dow) October 8th: James Allen and Allen Brogden. Pictured is the grave of Jacob Malsi, one of the town’s butchers. Jacob’s story might be one of the saddest from the entire Epidemic: one of his daughters was killed in a freak lightning storm just a few weeks before the beginning of the Epidemic, and Jacob and another of his children died of Yellow Fever. All three are buried under these small, barely noticeable grave markers. #yellowfevermartyrs #yellowfever #yellowjack #yellowfeverepidemic #cemetery #historiccemetery, #hillcrestcemetery, yellowfever1878 #mississippi #hollysprings #hollyspringsms #hillcountryhistory #museum #yellowfevermuseum #yellowfeverchurch #historicalplace #historymuseum #historichomes #historicpreservation #historicbuilding #smalltownmuseum

For those of you wondering where #hillcountryhistory has been for the past few months, we have been helping to create and prepare for this fun and unique event: “The Return of Yellow Jack”, a Yellow Fever symposium and Commemoration hosted by the #yellowfevermartyrs museum of Holly Springs. To mark the 140th anniversary of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, which killed over 300 citizens, this event, on Saturday, August 25th, will include presentations by noted historians, professors and authors and Yellow Fever-themed tours of local historic houses, museums and churches. In the evening, a Service of Remembrance will be held at Christ Episcopal Church, during which the names of all known Yellow Fever victims will be read aloud. The event will conclude with a twilight walking tour of Hill Crest Cemetery. Tickets are still available, and can be purchased on the Yellow Fever Martyrs Museum Facebook page. Hopefully we’ll see some of you there! (Oh, and #yellowfevermartyrs would appreciate a few followers!) #hillcountryhistory #hollysprings #hollyspringsms #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhouselove #townsquare #townsquarelife #smalltown #smalltownlife #yellowfever

Time for Throwback Thursday, and this one was a blast to research! The Falkner House was one of the most unusual and interesting houses in Ripley and north Mississippi, and was owned by one of the most interesting figures in north Mississippi history. The original house was a much smaller home, but was renovated into this "Italian Villa" in 1884 by Colonel William Falkner. Falkner was an attorney and veteran of the Mexican War and Civil War, and was also something of a hothead, who killed two people in town before the age of 30 (though he was acquitted of both murders). Falkner was responsible for the success of the Ripley Railroad, constructed in the early 1870s. The design of this house was influenced by a trip Falkner took to Europe in 1883. Falkner wrote several novels in the 1870s and 1880s, the most famous of which was "The White Rose of Memphis", a murder mystery. Falkner only lived in his Italian Villa for a few years, before his own murder on the Ripley Square in 1889 by his arch-nemesis, T. J. Thurmond. Falkner's exciting life heavily influenced his great-grandson, William Faulkner, Mississippi's most famous author, who based his character Sartoris on his great-grandfather. The Falkner House itself stood for another 50 years, before it was destroyed in 1937 to make room for the new Ripley Post Office. #hillcountryhistory #ripley #ripleyms #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhouselove #townsquare #townsquarelife #smalltown #smalltownlife #throwbackthursday #losthistory #falkner #faulkner #williamfaulkner

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