Illustrations

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NATCHEZ BLUFFS

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY

Photograph by Eudora Welty

A COUNTRY CHURCH

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

SHANTYBOAT LIFE

Photograph by Eudora Welty

MAMMY GLASPER

Photograph by Willa Johnson

HOLT COLLIER

Photograph by Willa Johnson

MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA: THE STATE FLOWER

Photograph by E. E. Johnson

YUCCA PLANT, OR “SPANISH BAYONET”

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

PORTER’S FLEET PASSING THE CONFEDERATE BATTERIES AT VICKSBURG

Photograph from Brady Print Collection, Library of Congress

TOWBOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI

Photograph by Colquitt Clark

IN THE 1830’s

Photograph from Illinois Central Railroad

IN THE 1930’s

Photograph from Gulf, Mobile, and Northern Railroad

COTTON BOLL

Photograph by Willa Johnson

EN ROUTE TO COTTON HOUSE

Photograph from Mississippi Agricultural Extension Service

LYCEUM BUILDING, “OLE MISS,” UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, OXFORD

Photograph by J. R. Cofield

A “DOG-TROT” CABIN

Photograph by Gene Holcomb

MCGAHEY HOUSE, A BLACK PRAIRIE HOME, COLUMBUS

Photograph by E. E. Johnson

DUNLEITH, NATCHEZ

Photograph by Mary Ethel Dismukes

THE BRIARS, NATCHEZ

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

MELROSE, NEAR NATCHEZ

Photograph by R. I. Bostwick

STAIRWAY AT COTTAGE GARDEN, NATCHEZ

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

OYSTER FLEET, BILOXI

Photograph by Anthony V. Ragusin

BENACHI AVENUE, BILOXI

Photograph by W. A. Russell

LIGHTHOUSE, BILOXI

Photograph by Gene Holcomb

A SOUTHERN PLANTER HOME, BILOXI

Photograph from Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture Library of Congress

CLOCK TOWER, MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, COLUMBUS

Photograph by O. N. Pruitt

WOODWARD HOUSE, COLUMBUS

Photograph by O. N. Pruitt

LOADING BALES OF COTTON, GULFPORT

Photograph by Ed Lipscomb

MUNICIPAL GARDEN AND CIVIC CENTER, JACKSON

Photograph by H. R. Hiatt

NEW CAPITOL, JACKSON

Photograph by H. R. Hiatt

OLD CAPITOL, JACKSON

Photograph by H. R. Hiatt

MANSHIP HOME, JACKSON

Photograph by Gene Holcomb

GOVERNORS MANSION, JACKSON

Photograph by H. R. Hiatt

PULPWOOD READY FOR PROCESSING, LAUREL

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

ART MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, LAUREL

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

TEXTILE MILL, MERIDIAN

Photograph by James A. Butters

CONTI HOUSE, NATCHEZ

Photograph by Mary Ethel Dismukes

CONNELLYS TAVERN, NATCHEZ

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

ARLINGTON, NATCHEZ

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

HOME OF WILLIAM FAULKNER, OXFORD

Photograph by Willa Johnson

MISSISSIPPI MONUMENT, VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

Photograph from National Park Service

WARREN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, VICKSBURG

Photograph by James A. Butters

MCNUTT HOME, VICKSBURG

Photograph by James A. Butters

BOAT BUILDING, PASCAGOULA

Photograph by Anthony V. Ragusin

OLD SPANISH FORT, PASCAGOULA

Photograph from Mississippi Advertising Commission

BEAUVOIR, HOME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, NEAR BILOXI

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

PIRATES HOUSE, WAVELAND

Photograph from Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture Library of Congress

HIGHWAY THROUGH LOESS BLUFFS TO VICKSBURG

Photograph by W. A. Russell

RUINS OF WINDSOR, NEAR PORT GIBSON

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

THE BURR OAKS, JEFFERSON COLLEGE CAMPUS, WASHINGTON

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

D’EVEREUX, NEAR NATCHEZ

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

LINDEN, NEAR NATCHEZ

Photograph by Earl M. Norman

TAKING COTTON TO THE GIN

Photograph from Rose Seed Company, Clarksdale

MOONLIGHT ON LAKE WASHINGTON, ELKLAND

Photograph by Willa Johnson

TAKING THE QUEEN BEE

Photograph by Ed Lipscomb

THE COUNTY AGENT VISITS

Photograph from U. S. Department of Agriculture

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BRIDGE, COLUMBUS

Photograph by O. N. Pruitt

TWIN TOWERS, MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLEGE, STARKVILLE

Photograph by J. M. Pruitt

MALMAISON, NORTH CARROLLTON

Photograph from National Park Service

CULTIVATING A FIELD OF YOUNG COTTON

Photograph from Case Tractor Company

LONGLEAF PINES

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

SECOND-GROWTH PINES

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

GATHERING PECANS

Photograph by Gene Holcomb

A CABIN IN THE COTTON

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

A ONE-MULE-POWER CANE PRESS

Photograph by Eudora Welty

COVERED GRAVES IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

A HARDWOOD SAWMILL

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

CHOCTAW HANDICRAFT, INDIAN AGENCY, PHILADELPHIA

Photograph by Willa Johnson

“MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW

Photograph by A. C. Hector

A YOUNG CHOCTAW

Photograph by A. C. Hector

BUILDING A TERRACE TO CONTROL EROSION

Photograph from U. S. Department of Agriculture

LONGLEAF PINE TAPPED FOR TURPENTINE

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton

THE CARDER

Photograph by Mary Ethel Dismukes

BOY, BROOM, AND BUTTERBEANS

Photograph by W. Lincoln Highton