Mississippi 1900-1910

20th Century Mississippi History Timeline

Here are a few background facts which I used in writing Secret Promise, The Courtship of Miss Loretta Larson, and The Dream Bucket.

1903 - A new capitol building, constructed at a cost of $1 million, is dedicated in Jackson.

1907 -The boll weevil arrives in Mississippi, destroying most of the state's cotton crop.

1908 - Mississippi adopts statewide prohibition.

1909 - Dr. Laurence C. Jones founds the Piney Woods Country Life School for the vocational and secondary education of black students.

1910 - Mississippi Normal College, now the University of Southern Mississippi,is organized.

This information is obtained from the following source:

Source: http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/mississippi.html