Author: Benjamin Morris
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014-11-18
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 162584669X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Founded by William Hardy at the confluence of rivers and rail lines, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is today a capital of education, healthcare, commerce and the armed forces in the Gulf South. In this new biography of the Hub City, experience its story as you never have before. Hunt and forage alongside Native American tribes centuries before European settlement. Build a cabin with pioneer lumbermen on the edge of the forest, jostling for profit in the cavernous Piney Woods. Train with soldiers at Camp Shelby on the eve of deployment in World War II, and march alongside civil rights activists during Freedom Summer in 1964. In this narrative history, author and Hattiesburg native Benjamin Morris offers a captivating account of the Hub City from its prehistory to the present day, from its darkest hours to its brightest futures.
Author: William Sturkey
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 0674976355
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this rich multigenerational saga of race and family in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, William Sturkey reveals the personal stories behind the men and women who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" against the threat of desegregation, and those who fought to tear it down in the name of justice and racial equality.--
Author: Reagan L. Grimsley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738517124
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Located in the heart of Mississippi's piney woods, Hattiesburg was named by William H. Hardy in honor of his second wife, Hattie Lott Hardy. Incorporated in 1884, the town quickly established itself as a regional center of the yellow pine lumber industry, and by 1910 it was the fifth largest city in the state. During the 20th century higher education became an important part of the city's persona, with the establishment of William Carey College and The University of Southern Mississippi. Camp Shelby, established in 1917 to train soldiers for World War I, also trained soldiers for World War II, the Vietnam Conflict, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terror. Today, Hattiesburg is the center of a metropolitan area of over 110,000 people that encompasses Forrest and Lamar Counties.
Author: Brooke Cruthirds
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738599859
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hattiesburg was dubbed The Hub City because of its geographic relationship to six great Southern cities. On a map, it appears to be the center of a great wheel, with railroad lines fanning out like spokes to New Orleans, Natchez, Jackson, Meridian, Gulfport, and Mobile. This intersection has been a pivotal part of the founding, early history, and continuing role that Hattiesburg plays in the economic and cultural development of the Southeastern United States. Images of America: Hattiesburg covers the city's founding by William H. Hardy, the impact of the lumber industry and the railroads, the educational institutions that benefited from the largess of local timber tycoons, the illicit fight that made John L. Sullivan the last bare-knuckle heavyweight boxing champion of the world, and scenes of city and rural life in the 1920s.
Author: Mary Hammond
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-20
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1134796838
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The essays in this collection seek to challenge accepted scholarship on the rural-urban divide. Using case studies from the UK, Europe and America, contributors examine complex rural-urban relationships of conflict and cooperation. The volume will be of interest to those researching society and politics, criminology, literature and demographics.
Author: Helen Callahan
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780937044148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Douglas L. Conner
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781604731736
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The autobiography of a black doctor in white Mississippi during the Jim Crow era and the fierce struggle for civil rights
Author: Mary Carol Miller
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781617034206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Steve Eng
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1997-10-15
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780312168759
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