Welcome. The Mississippi Historical Society publishes this website to encourage interest in Mississippi history.

Teachers: Look for links to lesson plans at the bottom of each feature.

Governor Phil Bryant

by David G. Sansing

Bryant was born in Moorhead, a small Sunflower County community in the Mississippi Delta.

Rural Electrification of Northeast Mississippi

by Sara E. Morris

Northeast Mississippi would quickly become one of the nation’s earliest adopters of rural electrification.

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