Moving Companies in Mississippi (MS)

MISSISSIPPI

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Here is a brief introduction to the state of Mississippi.

Capital City: Jackson
Nicknames: Magnolia State

Population over 2.8 million residents

State’s Flag: The bars of Mississippi’s state flag, adopted in 1894, are red, white, and blue-the national colors. The Confederate flag is displayed in the upper-left comer.

Like the river that shares its name, Mississippi takes its time. Slow to change, deeply traditional, and haunted by a rich and tragic history, Mississippi is in many ways the ( most quintessentially Southern of all the Southern states-a lush land of backwoods shanties and palatial plantations, of Old Man River and the Delta blues.

Mississippi was discovered early, but it was settled late. The first European to set foot in the region was the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, in 1540. Rather than the gold he hoped to find, he discovered the Mississippi River in 1541, stumbling upon it at a point just north of present-day Clarksdale. In 1699 the French established a permanent European presence in the region, building a fort near Biloxi, but the state’s dense woods, snake-infested swamps, and large indigenous Indian population discouraged any significant white encroachment until the early 19^th century. The French cession of all territory east of the Mississippi River at the end of the French and Indian War opened the door to settlement, and the Mississippi Territory was established in 1798. From the start, Mississippi was a stratified society of haves and have-nots, and tow inventions widened the gap profoundly; the cotton gin and, to a lesser extent, the steamboat. Able to process their harvest more efficiently and get it quickly to market, white planters prospered while much of the rest of Mississippi society was left far behind. By the 1840s, more than half of Mississippi’s population was enslaved.

In 1817 Mississippi joins the Union 19 as 20^th state. In 1861 Mississippi secedes from the Union; joins Confederacy. In 1870 Mississippi rejoins the Union. In 1874 seventy blacks are killed in Vicksburg race riot. In 1962 James Meredith becomes the first black to enroll at the University of Mississippi. In 1964 three civil rights workers are killed near Philadelphia, Mississippi. First nuclear-test explosion east of Mississippi River is set off in Baxtonville. In 1969 Federal courts order desegregation of public schools. Charles Evers is elected first black mayor (Fayette) in Mississippi since Reconstruction. In 1992 tornadoes hit Brandon and other parts of Mississippi killing 15 and injuring 300.  

Service industries: Automobile dealerships, restaurants, finance, insurance, real estate.

Manufacturing: Food processing, transportation equipment, electrical equipment, wood products.

Agriculture: Broiler chickens, beef and dairy cattle, cotton, soybeans, corn, grain sorghum, hay for livestock feed.

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