MCW in Columbus was the first state college for women in the country established in 1884.
The McCoy Federal Building in Jackson is the first federal building in the U.S. named for an African American.
John Stetson learned hatmaking in Dunn's Falls.
Alcorn State University in Lorman is the oldest black land grant college in the world.
The International Checkers Hall Of Fame is in Petal.
Cartoonist Rick London (London's Times) is from Lumberton.
Resin Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife is buried at Pt. Gibson.
The Vicksburg National Cemetery is the second oldest in the country.
The Mississippi Legislature passed one of the first laws in 1839 to protect the property rights of married women.
Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A. Biedenharn in Vicksburg.
Mississippi was the first state to outlaw imprisonment of debtors.
Belzoni is the Catfish Capital of the world.
Peavey Electronics in Meridian is the world's largest manufacturer of musical amplification equipment.
The first PTA was in Crystal Springs.
Football great Walter Peyton was from Columbia.
The birthplace of Elvis was in Tupelo.
The oldest Holiday Inn is in Clarkesdale.
The King and Queen of the Gypsies are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Meridian.
The 4-H Club started in Holmes County.
