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
GOVERNOR’S 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
CONNELLY’S 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
PIRATE’S 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