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Chulahoma, Marshall County: The Rise and Decline of an Antebellum Mississippi Town

Appalachian Community Histories – Chulahoma, Marshall County: The Rise and Decline of an Antebellum Mississippi Town. In the southwestern corner of Marshall County, Mississippi, along Highway 4 near the Tate County line, lies the small community of Chulahoma. Today, it is a quiet rural settlement surrounded by farmland, wooded hills, and roads that connect it to Holly Springs, Byhalia, and the surrounding countryside. Its modest appearance gives little indication of the role it once played in the history of northern Mississippi, when Chulahoma was a prosperous commercial village, an important educational center, and a serious contender for the county seat of Marshall County.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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This Charming Mississippi Town Is Famous For A Burger You Won’t Find Everywhere

A burger with a slugburger nickname sounds like a dare. In Mississippi, it is a real local tradition with a long history. The patty is famously mixed with a filler, and that changes everything about how it cooks. I love a food story that starts small. A treat from the...

Corinth, MS · 17h

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Hudsonville, Marshall County: From a Stage Road Town to a Forgotten Mississippi Settlement

Appalachian Community Histories – Hudsonville, Marshall County: From a Stage Road Town to a Forgotten Mississippi Settlement. In the northern reaches of Marshall County, Mississippi, a small community once stood along the stage road connecting La Grange, Tennessee, with Holly Springs. During the 1830s, travelers passing through Hudsonville would have encountered a growing settlement of stores, houses, and families establishing themselves in a region undergoing extraordinary change. Within only a few years, the settlement had become an incorporated town, an election precinct, and a gathering place for local militia companies. Yet despite its promising beginning, the original Hudsonville would eventually disappear as the railroad drew commerce and residents toward a different location.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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Work continues at site where Civil War-era cannonballs found

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) – Work continues after the discovery of more than 200 Civil War-era cannonballs. They made that discovery in late July, off Highway 45 near Booneville. A single cannonball on the surface was found while developing Harold Knight’s property for commercial use. Now, Rep. Tracy Arnold...

Booneville, MS · 3d

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Blackwater, Marshall County: An Old Mill, Family Farms, and Life Along Blackwater Creek

Appalachian Community Histories – Blackwater, Marshall County: An Old Mill, Family Farms, and Life Along Blackwater Creek. In the southwestern countryside of Marshall County, Mississippi, near the neighboring settlement of Laws Hill, lies the historic community of Blackwater. Unlike Holly Springs and other larger settlements that developed around courthouses, railroad stations, and commercial districts, Blackwater belonged to a quieter landscape of family farms, country roads, churches, and small agricultural communities whose histories were closely connected to the surrounding countryside. Its name survives in historical newspaper accounts, geographical records, and references to a water-powered mill that once operated along Blackwater Creek.

Marshall County, MS · 23h

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Waterford, Marshall County: From an Antebellum Crossroads to a Civil War Headquarters

Appalachian Community Histories – Waterford, Marshall County: From an Antebellum Crossroads to a Civil War Headquarters. In southern Marshall County, Mississippi, the small community of Waterford carries the history of two settlements that shared the same name but occupied different ground. Long before the railroad became the center of local commerce, the original village stood near Spring Creek, where travelers, merchants, farmers, and militia companies gathered along the roads connecting Holly Springs, Oxford, and Memphis. During the 1830s and 1840s, Old Waterford developed into a busy crossroads community, supported by surrounding agricultural plantations and the movement of people and goods through northern Mississippi.

Waterford, MS · 1d

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Restaurant Inspection Scores {Hardeman County} – October 2026

Hardeman County, TN · 2d

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Bethlehem, Marshall County: From an Incorporated Town to a Quiet Rural Community

Appalachian Community Histories – Bethlehem, Marshall County: From an Incorporated Town to a Quiet Rural Community. Along Mississippi Highway 349, between Potts Camp and Cornersville in southeastern Marshall County, lies the community of Bethlehem, a settlement whose quiet rural surroundings conceal a history of commerce, education, religion, and political organization. During the nineteenth century, Bethlehem was more than a collection of farms and residences scattered across the rolling countryside. It was once an incorporated town where travelers stopped along established roads, merchants conducted business, children attended school, and residents gathered at churches that served as centers of community life.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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Red Banks, Marshall County: Railroads, Historic Churches, Cotton, and the Norfleet School

Appalachian Community Histories – Red Banks, Marshall County: Railroads, Historic Churches, Cotton, and the Norfleet School. In the rolling hills of northern Mississippi, a few miles northwest of Holly Springs, lies the small community of Red Banks. Although its population has never approached that of the larger towns surrounding it, Red Banks has a history that reaches into the early settlement of Marshall County, the displacement of the Chickasaw Nation, the growth of plantation agriculture, and the development of churches, schools, and railroads that helped shape life in the region. For generations, the community served as a gathering place for farming families whose lives were closely connected to the land and to the institutions they established.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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Potts Camp, Marshall County: From the Pontotoc Trail to Railroads and the Iron Ore Boom

Appalachian Community Histories – Potts Camp, Marshall County: From the Pontotoc Trail to Railroads and the Iron Ore Boom. In the southeastern corner of Marshall County, Mississippi, the small town of Potts Camp carries a history that began long before the arrival of the railroad or the establishment of its first businesses. What eventually became a community of merchants, farmers, churches, and schools began as a stopping place along an old Indigenous trail, where travelers crossed the Tippah River and found food, supplies, and shelter. The settlement took its name from Colonel Erasmus Ferdinand Potts, a South Carolina businessman whose nineteenth-century trading post became a familiar landmark along the route between Holly Springs and Pontotoc.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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Whippets Triumph over Corinth Warriors

The Kosciusko Whippets football team traveled all the way to Alcorn County to play the Corinth Warriors in their second round of post-season play. The Whippets started off by recovering their own kick off and scoring on the next play. The first quarter ended 7-6, Kosciusko. Adding another touchdown right before half time, the score became 14-6.

Kosciusko, MS · 1d

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Autistic Dollar General worker claims he was accosted by angry customer for doing a good deed

GUNTOWN, MISS. (WCBI) – It began as an ordinary shift at the Dollar General on North Lee Drive but quickly escalated. Zakeius Buford says he was working behind the counter when he noticed a toddler with a runny nose. Trying to be helpful, he handed the child a tissue and suggested he wipe his nose.

Guntown, MS · 1d

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Corinth Christmas Parade Set for Dec. 5; Booneville Dec. 7

The Corinth Christmas parade is set for Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m., according to a regional list of holiday parades published Friday by WTVA. Booneville and Baldwyn are also on the list, which means families in Alcorn and Prentiss counties can start marking their calendars for the first week of December.

Corinth, MS · 1d

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Area Football Playoffs: Corinth, Booneville, Baldwyn Fall

The area football playoffs came to an end for all four remaining local teams on Friday night, Nov. 13. Corinth, Booneville, Baldwyn, and Kossuth each lost in the second round of the Mississippi high school postseason, closing out the 2026 season for every program in Alcorn, Tishomingo, and Prentiss counties.

Baldwyn, MS · 1d

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Whippets Head to Corinth for 2nd Round Playoff Clash: How to Watch and Listen

Postseason football continues on the road this Friday night as the Kosciusko Whippets travel north to face Corinth in the second round of the MHSAA 4A Playoffs. Whether you are making the trip to the stadium or following along from home, Boswell Media Sports has you covered with complete multi-platform coverage.

Kosciusko, MS · 2d