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0 11051 Coastal Zone Information Center G 155 M7 M67 1977 MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OCT 0 7 1977 by Marilyn Mills and Judy Guice - --------- erty 0-f CSC LibrarY Local and Area Planning Mississippi Research and Development Center 3825 Ridgewood Road . Jackson, Mississippi July, 1977 Table of Contents Page INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 1 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MAJOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES 1, Area Tourist Councils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Gulf Coast Convention Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Harrison County Advertising Advisory Commission . . . . . . . 8 Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, Department of Tourism Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mississippi Council on Tourism, Parks, and Recreation 10 Mississippi State Department of Education, Vocational-Technical Division, Office of Distributive Education . . . . . . . . 11 Mississippi State University, Cooperative Extension Service . 12 Natchez-Adams County Convention Promotion Commission . . . . . . 13 Tourism Study Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 United States Department of Coltmeted" United States Travel Service . 15 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service . 16 Warren County Tourist Promotion Commission . . . . . . . . . 17 NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MAJOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES 19 Chambers of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cottonlandia Educational and Recreational Foundation, Inc. . . 22 Discover America Travel Organizations, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 23 Gulf Coast Innkeepers Association of Mississippi, Inc . . . . . . 24 Jackson Innk eepers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Mississippi Innkeepers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Mississippi Restaurant Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Southern Travel Directors Council . . .. . . . . . . . . . 28 The Travel Research Association 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 29 United States Travel Data Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MINOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES 31 Bienville Recreational District . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Brice's Cros s Roads - Tupelo Battlefield Commission . . . . . . 34 Confederate Monumental Park Commission . . . . . . . . . . 35 Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site Advisory Committee . . . . . . 36 Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . . 37 Table of Contents (Continued) Page GOVERNME14TAL AGENCIES OFFERING MINOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES (Continued) Grand Gulf Miliarty Monument Commission . . . . . . . . . . 38 Gulf Regional Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 International Gardens of Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Jefferson College Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, Mississippi Marketing Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mississippi Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mississippi Department of Archives and History . . . . . . . 45 Mississippi Entertainment Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . 47 Mississippi Fair Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mississippi Film Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mississippi Gettysburg Memorial Commission . . . . . . . . . 50 Mississippi Memorial Stadium Commission . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mississippi Research and Development Center . . . . . . . . 52 Mississippi River Parkway Commission . . . . .. . . . . 53 Mississippi State Highway Department . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Nanih Waiya Advisory Committee . . . . . .. . . . . . . 55 Natchez Trace Right-of-Way Commission . . . . . . . . . . 56 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Space Technology Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 National Endowment for the Arts, National Council on the Arts 58 Small Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service 60 United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 62 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development . . . . 64 University of Southern Mississippi, Bureau of Business Research . 65 NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MINOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES . 67 American Association for State and Local History . . . . . . 69 Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 70 iv 0 Table of Contents (Continued) Page NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MINOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES (Continued) East Mississippi Council . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 71 Mississippi Art Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Mississippi Economic Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Mississippi Historical Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 National Trust for Historic Preservation . . . . . . . . . 75 Planning and Development Districts . . . . . . .. . . . . 76 APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 A Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 B Index of Nonstatewide Organizations By County . . . . . . . 87 C Index By Type of Organization . . . . . . . . . . .. . 103 D Local Historical Societies in Mississippi, 1975 . . . . . . 109 E Mississippi Historical Sites Listed or Pending In the National Register of Historic Places . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Maps 1 Area Tourist Council Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 United States Soil Conservation Service Resource Conservation and Development Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 3 Planning and Development Districts . . . . . . . . . . 78 E-1 Mississippi Historical Sites Listed or Pending in the National Register of Historic Places . . . . . . . . . . . 117 INTRODUCTION The primary objective of this publication is to acquaint persons in the state who are interested in tourism development with the various sources of information and assistance available to them. The directory categorizes organizations under one of four major sections: 1. governmental agencies offering major tourism assistance services; 2. nongovernmental agencies offering major tourism assistance services; 3. governmental agencies offering minor tourism assistance services; and 4. nongovernmental agencies offering minor tourism assistance services. Commercial, profit-making firms are excluded from this publication. Three appendices serve as quick references to organizations mentioned in the text. Sources of.additional information are included at the end of each organization's entry. Information included in the directory on each organization was obtained from available literature and directly from the organizations themselves. Only those activities related to tourism are given for all organizations including those in which tourism assistance activities play a minor or secondary role in the overall work program. Although every effort was made to include all organizations offering a service or assistance, some may have been inadvertently omitted. These organi- zations are encouraged to contact the authors if they are interested in being included in future editions of the directory. I I i I I I I I I GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MAJOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES I I 0 I I I I I I I . I AREA TOURIST COUNCILS TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTI ON: Regional (See Map 1.) MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Promote the.development, construction, and improvement of tourism and recreational facilities in member counties. 2. Coordinate member county tourism promotion and advertising with that of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board's Department of Tourism Development. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Area Tourist Council Post Office Box 127 Sardis, Mississippi 38666 Executive Director . Area Tourist Council Post Office Box 431 Indianola, Mississippi 38751 Executive Director Area Tourist Council Post Office Box 790 Meridian, Mississippi 39302 Executive Director Area Tourist Council Post Office Box 83 McComb, Mississippi 39648 Executive Director Area Tourist Council Post Office Box 1660 Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 5 Map I AREA TOURIST COUNCIL DISTRICTS - --rRINAIL TOMAH ALCORN Of-To TUNICA TATE PANDLA "PAY UNION LE ITAW OIJITNA BOLIVAR AL CALmm TALLAHATCHIE I ASAW GRGIVADA WEBSTER CLAY CARROLL GW2R 118 SMFLOWE" 09TIONWHA ONAENR Tom OCTRY, REVS TTA SHA 11V IA2W 11A 42 NEIDNKM L ISGAO ENA ... SCOTT NSF,TCN LALKOERDAY R..N H NOS SNINT. CLAIWRNE COPI.A. AFFEAWN C INGTON NES 4 LAWRENCE FRANKLIN EFFERSION.Al I LAMAR FORREST PERRY a NARION POOL. I@ ITS 9 REENS I I _nALTHALL P, JACK (NA@C. SOURCE: Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, 1977. 6 GULF COAST CONVENTIONBUREAU TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, local 1/ GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Count3r- MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Promotes convention business on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Gulf Coast Convention Bureau 4646 West Beach, Suite 2C Biloxi, Mississippi 39531 1/ Harrison County. 7 HARRISON COUNTY ADVERTISING ADVISORY COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, local 1/ GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTI ON: County- MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Advertises tourism and recreation resources of Harrison County. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Harrison County Advertising Commission c/o Chancery Clerk Harrison County Box CC Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 1/ Harrison County. 8 MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Serves as the official state tourism promotional agency. 2. Participates in travel shows. 3. Publishes a statewide calendar of events. 4. Answers inquiries concerning travel in Mississippi. 5. Sponsors the Hospitality Month program and the Miss Hospitality. I Pageant. 6. Assists in preparation of "packaged tours" for the state. 7. Coordinates statewide solicitation of conventions. 8. Provides speakers' bureau to give tourism information to civic groups and clubs in the state. 9. Staffs and trains personnel in the welcome centers. 10. Serves as the administrative agency to work with the five Area Tourist Councils. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Department of Tourism Development Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board Post Office Box 849 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 1/ Four welcome centers are open in the state and are located in the border countles of DeSoto, Pike, Lauderdale, and Pearl River. Three others are scheduled to open in Warren, Hancock, and Jackson counties. 9 MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL ON TOURISM, PARKS, AND RECREATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Coordinates tourism, parks, and recreation activities throughout the state. 2. Makes recommendations for the most effective development and coordina- tion of tourism, parks, and recreation efforts in the state. FOR 14ORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Chairman Mississippi Council on Tourism, Parks, and Recreation Post Office Box 849 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL DIVISION OFFICE OF DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Offers a program of courses relating to the tourism industry to employees of travel-serving businesses. Classes are offered in cooperation with the public schools, state and local health departments, state and local restaurant associations, chambers of commerce, and other groups. The programs are offered as a free service, provided there are at least ten people per class. Two specific courses are described below: a. Tourism. This course is designed for waitresses, service station workers, motel clerks, and retail employees. The class emphasizes the benefits of giving good service to the traveling public and covers points of interest in the local area. Other topics covered are proper customer relations and methods of handling problem customers. b. Food Service. This c ourse is designed to make food service employees aware of the importance of their jobs and to provide specific information with which to improve on-the-job performance. 2. Offers a two-year degree program in hotel/motel and restaurant manage- ment at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, Jeff Davis Campust Handsboro; Meridian Junior College, Meridian; Northeast Mississippi Junior College, Booneville; and Hinds Junior College, Jackson Branch, Jackson. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: State Supervisor Distributive Education, Vocational Division Post Office Box 771 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Assists in the planning, implementing, and evaluating of workshops, clinics, and seminars to inform the public about the importance of tourism to Mississippi. Extension service programs include: 1. hotel/motel/resort seminars which are geared toward management; 2. special technical clinics that are designed specifically for employees such as waitresses, service station attendants, and policemen; and 3. hospitality clinics for managerial and travel service personnel which are designed to: a. create an awareness of the values and responsibilities of having travelers in the community; b. study the art of hospitality and improved service for both the traveler and local people; and c. create an awareness of what the community has to offer to attract and keep guests, including the history of the community, the recreational opportunities, the accommoda- tions available, and the recreational resource potential in the community. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Leader Community Development, Cooperative Extension Service Mississippi State University Post Office Box 5425 Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762 12 NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY CONVENTION PROMOTION COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, local GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: County MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Encourages and solicits convention business for Adams County. 2. Manages and operates the convention center in Liberty Park. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager Natchez-Adams County Convention Promotion Commission Post Office Box 725 Natchez, Mississippi 39120 1/ Adams County. 13 TOURISM STUDY COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZA TION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Conducts studies of tourist areas of the state, determines the best locations for tourist attraction facilities, determines the best types of attractions, and helps to promote local established tourist attractions. 2. Submits written reports on its findings for the legislature. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary Tourism Study Commission Bureau of Business Research School of Business Administration University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401 14 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE UNITED STATES TRAVEL SERVICE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Provides statistical, economic, and market data necessary for planning and evaluating its programs for increasing foreign travel to the United States. 2. Analyzes and interprets available information, conducts primary research studies to provide marketing and statistical information on the interna- tional travel market, and engages in special research techniques designed to improve the overall coverage and quality of travel data. 3. Assesses the origin and volume of current and future demand for travel to the United States. 4. Describes the characteristics of international travelers and trips, both to the United States and to competitive destinations. 5. Obtains data on special interest travel segments in given markets. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: U. S. Department of Commerce United States Travel Service Office of Research and Analysis Washington, D. C. 20230 15 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federall/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Authorizes (through the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966) matching grants of up to 50% of the cost of acquiring or developing, for historic preservation purposes, districts, sites, buildings, struc- tures, or objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, and culture. 2. Provides technical assistance to other federal agencies, states, and their political subdivisions in planning, developing, and managing parks and recreation areas. Such assistance is generally furnished on a programmed and reimbursable basis and consists of technical and advisory assistance on such matters as park agency organization, administration, planning, operation and maintenance, personnel training, historical and archaeological programs, and general development planning. 3. Authorizes matching grants to states for 50% of the cost of preparing comprehensive statewide historic preservation surveys and plans, the results of which will guide the making of grants for specific purposes. In Mississippi the designated liaison historic preservation grant officer for this National Park Service program is the Department of Archives and History. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Regional Director Southeast Regional Office National Park Service Post Office Box 10008 Richmond, Virginia 23240 I/ National Park Service properties in Mississippi include: the Natchez TraciParkway, Vicksburg National Military Park and Cemetery, Tupelo National Battlefield, and Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield site. 16 WARREN COUNTY TOURIST PROMOTION COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, local 1/ GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: CountY`11- MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Has full jurisdiction over all matters related to establishing, promoting, and developing tourism and related matters within Warren County. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Chairman Warren County Tourist Promotion Commission c/o Brunini, Everett, Grantham, and Quin First National Bank Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 1/ Warren County. 17 I I I I I I I I I NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MAJOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES I I I I I I I I I I CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private, local GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Municipal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Plans tourismand recreation programs.for municipalities. 2. Assists in implementation of tourism and recreation projects. 3. Sponsors advertising and promotion of local attractions.. 4. Offers technical assistance and liaison services in tourism development and promotion to area residents. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Chambers of Commerce 21 COTTONLANDIA EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regiona MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Preserves the historical heritage (especially in the area of cotton pro- duction and Indian collections) of the Delta country from the Mississippi River on the west into the hills on the east starting from the time this part of the country was under the ocean. 2. Sponsors and manages the Cottonlandia Museum in Greenwood. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Cottonlandia Educational and Recreational Foundation, Inc. Post Office Box 1635 Greenwood, Mississippi 38930 1/ Delta area and some northern hill counties. 22 DISCOVER AMERICA TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS, INC. TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: National MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Offers programs to sell domestic tourism. 2. Serves as a lobbying group to represent domestic travel interests. 3. Advances and encourages professionalism within the travel industry by sponsoring educational seminars and workshops and publishing technical assistance brochures and articles. 4. Sponsors the Discover America International Pow Wow, the leading business forum for the sale of travel to the United States, which brings together tour wholesalers from more than 60 nations to meet United States suppliers of travel goods and services. 5. Sponsors the Discover America National Conference and Travel Mart, which annually brings together leading retail travel agents, wholesalers, and brokers to meet with leading suppliers of United States travel destinations. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: President Discover America Travel Organizations, Inc. 1100 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest Washington, D. C. 20036 23 GULF COAST INNKEEPERS ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regionaly MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Promotes the Gulf Coast as a nationwide resort and convention area by encouraging cooperation among the hotels and motels in promoting tourism and conventions. 2. Works as a group in housing large conventions of up to 1,700 persons,- in promoting special "golf packages" during the fall and winter months, and in engaging in cooperative advertising of the coastal area. 3. Cooperates with other tourist-oriented programs planned by the Harrison County Advertising Commission, the coastal chambers of commerce, the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, and the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission. 4. Sponsors a visitors' bureau housed in the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce that provides information and answers inquiries received in reply to advertising by the Harrison County Advertising Commission. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager Gulf Coast Innkeepers Association of Mississippi, Inc. Sheraton Motor Inn 3634 West Beach Boulevard Biloxi, Mississippi 39531 I/ Harrison, Hancock, and Jackson counties. 24 JACKSON INNKEEPERS ASSOCIATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Local-@ 1/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Cooperates with the Mississippi Innkeepers Association, chambers of commerce, Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, and other recognized bodies of the hospitality industry to encourage tourist business and travel in the Jackson metropolitan area. 2. Promotes interest in local attractions and provides community activities. 3. Encourages between members the confidential interchange of information regarding the requirements of and experiences with conventions and other groups using hotel/motel facilities and recommends standard practices governing the relationship between hotels and motels and recognized organizations that develop hotel/motel business. 4. Organizes and promotes continuing programs of education and training for employees and interested individuals in the hospitality industry. 5. Discusses and disseminates information of all types for hotels, resorts, and motor inns. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: President Jackson Innkeepers Association Post Office Box 4476 Jackson, Mississippi 39216 1/ Jackson, Mississippi. 25 MISSISSIPPI INNKEEPERS ASSOCIATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Endorses the development and promotion of tourist attractions in Mississippi and attempts to bring to the public's attention the advantages of building Mississippi's tourism industry. 2. Stages hospitality seminars throughout the state, primarily for desk clerks, but available to.all who deal with the public. 3. Publishes "Mississippi Hotels and Motels," a directory that contains the location and size of motels/hotels, their facilities, rates, and the names of the managers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Vice-President Mississippi Innkeepers Association 1375 Kimwood Drive Jackson, Mississippi 39211 26 MISSISSIPPI RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Encourages the development and promotion of tourist attractions and cooperates in state tourism and travel promotion efforts. 2. Conducts educational seminars for food service personnel in area tourist attractions. 3. Publishes a magazine featuring interesting places to visit in the state and supports an entertainment guide for visitors. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Restaurant Association Post Office Box 22501 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 27 SOUTHERN TRAVEL DIRECTORS COUNCIL TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regionall/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Promotes, stimulates, and encourages travel to and within the South and the member states. 2. Coordinates the participation and activity of travel-related industries within the states. 3. Exchanges ideas and programs relating to travel that would be of mutual benefit to all member states. 4. Fosters regional travel promotional plans throughout the South. 5. Seeks the active support of governors and legislative bodies for Travel South programs. 6. Acts as liaison between federal agencies and member states. 7. Publishes travel guides for member states. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Southern Travel Directors Council 2345 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 1/ South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, North CarolTina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Virginia. 28 THE TRAVEL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: International MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Improves the quality and effectiveness of travel research. 2. Serves as a forum and clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and regularly schedules and holds meetings, conferences, seminars, and other group discussions. 3. Collects, publishes, and disseminates the results of research projects of interest to the travel industry. 4. Provides objective professional guidance for the formulation of public policy on matters pertaining to travel and tourism. 5. Encourages cooperative action by producers and users of travel research. 6. Encourages research activity and programs in colleges and universities. 7. Identifies and supports research efforts to fill gaps in the current state of knowledge in the travel field. 8. Holds an annual conference designed to bring together leaders from industry, government, and the research community to examine significant problems facing the travel industry and to explore possible solutions for these problems. 9. Publishes a quarterly newsletter that reviews current travel research and features articles and reports of special interest. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Secretary The Travel Research Association Bureau of Business Research University of Utah Post Office Box 8066, Foothill Station Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 29 UNITED STATES TRAVEL DATA CENTER TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: National MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Surveys travel behavior and intentions of American residents. 2.. Surveys operations of state travel offices, national parks, state parks, and private attractions. 3. Provides estimates of the influence of travel spending on national, state, and county economies. 4. Conducts annual symposium on outlook for the travel industry. 5. Publishes monthly data on travel volume and receipts. 6. Promotes standardization of terms and travel research methodology. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director United States Travel Data Center 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20036 30 I I I I I I I I I GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OEFERING MINOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES I I I I I I I I I I I BIENVILLE RECREATION DISTRICT TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state 1/ GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regional=- MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Establishes tourism facilities of all types for the benefit of the residents of the area and for nonresidents. The member counties may levy a tax not to exceed two mills on all taxable property to finance projects. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Bienville Recreation District c/o Mr. James Everett Decatur, Mississippi 39237 I/ Scott, Newton, Jasper, Smith, Jones, Covington, Simpson, Lauderdale, Clarl@-e, Neshoba, Leake, Madison, Wayne, and Kemper counties. 33 BRICE'S CROSS ROADS TUPELO BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purposL MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: The commission is authorized to make a careful study and examination of Brice's Cross Roads Battlefield and Tupelo Battlefield and to designate historic and memorable spots with markers, monuments, or other suitable means of identifications. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary of State State Capitol Jackson, Mississ,ippi 39204 1/ Brice's Cross Roads, Prentiss County; Tupelo Battlefield, Lee County. Both properties are administered by the National Park Service. 34 CONFEDERATE MONUMENTAL PARK COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purpose 1/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Controls the Confederate Monumental Park on the grounds of the Old Capitol. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary of State State Capitol Jackson, Mississippi 39204 1/ Jackson, Mississippi. 35 DANCING RABBIT CREEK TREATY SITE ADVISORY COMKITTEE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-pu rpose 1/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Studies and develops plans for the preservation, selective restoration, and development of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty property in Noxubee County. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Park Commission 717 Robert E. Lee Building Jackson, Mississippi 39201 1/ Noxubee County. 36 EXECUTIVE MANSION FINE ARTS COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state 1/ GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purpose- MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Restores and refurbishes the Mississippi Executive Mansion to its proper condition as an historical site, a cultural heritage, and the Governor's residence. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary of State State Capitol Jackson, Mississippi 39204 1/ Jackson, Mississippi. 37 GRAND GULF MILITARY MONUMENT COMKISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purposLJL/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Makes a careful study and examination of battlefields of the Grand Gulf Military area located in Claiborne County. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 1/ Claiborne County. 38 GULF REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, local 1/ GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regional-7- MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Publishes and makes available tourism publications including An Histor- ical and Projected Analysis of Travel and Tourism in the Mississippi Gulf Planning Region, 1973; and, Directory of Hotels-Motels, Mississippi Gulf Planning Region, 1973. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Gulf Regional Planning Commission Post Office Box 1346 Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 1/ Gulf Coast counties. 39 INTERNATIONAL GARDENS OF MISSISSIPPI TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Local-; 1/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Administers the purchasing, development, and maintenance of land in Copiah County for a botanical garden with an international theme. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Park Commission 717 Robert E. Lee Building Jackson, Mississippi 39201 I/ Copiah County. 40 JEFFERSON COLLEGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purpos&-'-/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Studies and develops plans for the preservation, development, and enrich- ment of historic Jefferson College in Washington, Mississippi, and makes recommendations for its development as a museum, park, and tourist attraction. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Department of Archives and History Post Office Box 571 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 I/ Adams County. 41 MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BOARD MISSISSIPPI &VKETING COUNCIL TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Supervises state-owned craft stores. 2. Establishes trade shows and other events at the Mississippi Trade Mart. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi Marketing Council Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board Post Office Box 849 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 42 MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Serves as the official state agency to receive and disburse funds made available by federal and state governments for programs relating to the performing, visual, and literary arts. 2. Develops a climate conducive to artistic growth. 3. Encourages and stimulates public interest and participation in the cultural programs of the state. 4. Expands the cultural resources within the state. 5. Offers financial assistance to nonprofit tax-exempt arts organizations and educational institutions on a matching basis. 6. Offers services and technical assistance to qualifying organizations and institutions with the primary objective of strengthening their administrative, artistic, and financial resources in the field of community arts development. 7. Offers a continuing program of information, research, and development on a statewide basis. 8, Serves as a central coordinator for agencies of state government, organizations, institutions, communities, and individuals concerned with arts development. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Arts Commission Post Office Box 1341 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 43 MISSISSIPPI COAST COLISEUM COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Secures funds, oversees construction, operates, and maintains the Coliseum and Convention Center in Harrison County. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission 4646 West Beach, Suite 5C Biloxi, Mississippi 39531 44 MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Maintains the state's official archives, the collection of mater ials bearing upon the history of Mississippi, and the preservation of the tangible remains of Mississippi's past. The department's holdings in the Archives and Library Division include: a. provincial, territorial, and state archives of Mississippi; b. newspaper titles from 1805 to the present; c. Mississippi census records from the Spanish census of 1792 through the federal census of 1880; d* confederate military records of more than 80,000 Mississippians; e. an historical and genealogical reference library of approxi- mately 32,500 catalogues, books, and pamphlets; f. private manuscript collections; and g. approximately 5,000 cubic feet of official archives and 6,500 rolls of county records microfilm. 2. Maintains and supervises the operation of the State Historical Museum and its restoration. 3. Acts as the official state historic preservation agency for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. As part of this responsibility, the department has conducted a compre- hensive historic preservation plan for the state. The department is also responsible for the historic marker and abandoned cemeteries pro- grams and the acquisition and development of significant historic and archaeological sites throughout the state. Historic and archaeological Bites owned and administered by the depart- ment are the Jackson Landing-Mulatto Bayou Site in Hancock County; the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and historic Jefferson College in Adams County; the Van Dorn House and the Ruins of Windsor in Claiborne 45. County; the Jaketown' Village Site in Humphreys County; and the Manship House in Hinds County. 4. Administers public relations, oral history programs, and publications through its Division of Information and Education. 5. Provides consultant services, films, speakers, publications, research and reference sources, and Old Capitol Museum tours. ,140TE: Map E-1 in the Appendix shows the Mississippi historical and archaeological sites listed or pending in the National Register of Historic Places FOR MORE INFORMAXIONCONTACT: Director Department of Archives and History Post Office Box 571 Jackson, Mississippi 3920 46 MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Nominates and accepts nominations from citizens for possible candidates for inclusion in the Mississippi Entertainment Hall of Fame; selects individ- uals in the entertainment field deserving of the honor; and determines the number to be honored each year. FOR MORE,INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Film Commission Post Office Box 849 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 47 MISSISSIPPI FAIR COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Plans and conducts the annual agricultural and industrial exposition held at the fairgrounds. 2. Plans other events for the promotion of Mississippi's agriculture and industry. 3. Plans and conducts the Dixie National Livestock Show each year. 4.''Plans and conducts the Mississippi State Fair. 5.1, Plans and conducts numerous other functions in the Mississippi Coliseum, such as concerts, horse shows, and ice follies. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Fair Commission Post Office Box 892 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 48 MISSISSIPPI FILM COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Encourages major motion picture and television film production in the state. 2. Ass ists film production companies by helping to select the actual location for filming, assisting in the arrangement of housing for production company members, catering, transportation of personnel and film, casting and locating extras, and securing antique costumes and props for period pictures. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Mississippi Film Commission 2000 Walter Sillers Building Jackson, Mississippi 39205 49 MISSISSIPPI GETTYSBURG MEMORIAL COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purpose MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: The commission was authorized to select a design and to erect a suitable monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to honor Mississippians who partici- pated as members of the Confederate States Army in the Battle of Gettysburg. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary of State State Capitol Jackson, Mississippi .39204 50 MISSISSIPPI-MEMORIAL STADIUM COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURI SDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Controls and regulates the operation of the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager Mississippi Memorial Stadium Post Office Box 4574 Fondren Station Jackson, Mississippi '39216 51 MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Identifies and analyzes potential for and assists with major resort, convention, and tourism facility development. 2. Serves and assists other state agencies and groups in tourism devel- opment. 3. Aids cities in areas of community appearance and site development. 4. Provides conceptual design services for facility development. 5. Maintains statistics on travel and tourism. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi Research and Development Center Post Office Drawer 2470 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 52 MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regionaly MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Affiliates with and assists the National Commission in promoting interest in and the development and use of the Great River Road as designated by the Federal Bureau of Roads. 2. Advises the Mississippi State Highway Department on matters concerning the Great River Road. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Chairman Mississippi Parkway Commission Route 7 Mayersville, Mississippi 39113 I/ DeSoto, Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena, Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, and Wilkinson counties. 53 MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Maintains state welcome centers and engages in a statewide antilitter campaign. 2. Develops and maintains roadside parks. 3. Controls outdoor advertising, screening of junkyards, landscaping, and scenic enhancement on state highways under the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. 4. Maintains the state highway system and administers highway construction in Mississippi using state and federal funds in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi State Highway Department Post Office Box 1850 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 54 NANIH WAIYAADVISORY C.OMMITTEE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purpose-/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Studies and develops plans for the preservation, development, and enrichment of Nanih Waiya Temple Mound in Winston County and Nanih Waiya Cave Mound in Neshoba County. 2. Reports and makes recommendations to the Governor and legislature for the proper development of the area as an official state historical @park. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary of State State Capitol Jackson, Mississippi 39204 1/ Neshoba and Winston counties. 55 NATCHEZ TRACE RIGHT-OF-WAY COMMISSION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Single-purpose MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Deals with the appropriate boards of supervisors and governing municipal authorities in procuring the right-of-way for the Natchez Trace. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary of State State Capitol Jackson, Mississippi 39204 56 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: Offers tours of the facility, which is the testing site for the new space shuttle rocket engines, the environmental and space laboratories, the Naval Oceanographic Center, and historical points of interest on the base. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director National Space Technology Laboratories National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39520 57 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, Federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Fosters.programs which represent the highest quality and professionalism of the arts. 2. Administers and funds a 50-50 matching grant program for nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt. The state of Mississippi, through the Mississippi Arts Commission, receives a state block grant for community art development, art educa- tion, and information. Mississippi received $205,000 for fiscal year 1977, to be matched locally on a 50-50 basis. 3. Offers special grants (on a 50-50 matching basis) for such things as artist-in-school programs. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi Arts Commission Post Office Box 1341 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 or Director National Endowment For the Arts Washington, D. C. 30506 58 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Makes financial assistance available to recreational and tourist facilities that are operated for profit, provided that: a. there is a demonstrated need for such facilities; b. such facilities contribute significantly to the local economy; and C. the facilities are open to the general public without exclusion. Makes funds available to local development companies for use in helping specific small businesses to expand or modernize their facilities or in helping new enterprises get started. 2. Provides specialized management and technical assistance to small businesses. 3. Participates with banks in loans or makes direct loans to small busi- nesses for working capital, construction, conversion or expansion, acquisition of equipment, facilities, or materials. SBA's share of an immediate participation loan may not, at the present time, exceed $150,,000. Direct loans may not exceed $150,000. However, when financing is not otherwise available on reasonable terms, SBA may guarantee up to 90% or $500,000, whichever is less, of a bank loan to a small concern. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Small Business Administration Field Office 690 Providence Capital Building Jackson, Mississippi 39205 or Director Small Business Administration 1441 "L" Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20416 59 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal I GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal (See Map 2.) MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Shares with state and local government agencies up to half the cost of construction, land rights, and basic facilities needed for public health and safety, access to and enjoyment of public recreation, and fish and wildlife developments in small watershed projects. 2. Offers technical assistance and planning services through local soil and water conservation districts. (See Map 3 for geographical boundaries of the administrative Resource Conservation and Development area of Mississippi.) 3. Provides assistance to local bodies, associations, and others in pro- moting conservation and development. 4. Makes watershed loans available to local organizations through the Farmers Home Administration to finance the local share of project costs set forth in approved watershed work plans. This same assistance is available to project sponsors in 11 watersheds where work is authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1944. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: State Conservationist Soil Conservation Service United States Department of Agriculture Post Office Box 610 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 or Director Soil Conservation Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C. 20250 60 Map 2 UNITED STATES SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ALCORN TUNICA RIONALL _7 TOMAH UNION PREMT11 QUITMAN [17A c APIOMM PONTOTOC C. YA OBUSH. CA@HOLW BOLWAR TALLAHATCHIE CHICKASAW MONROE ..ENAOA -A L IL A ENST A 4 CARROLL WN LOINNOIS SUNFLO"HIR TON OKTII E.A ICHOCTAW ATTALA RINST N NO. _]11MPE1 IAIW MA'O LEAKE "ISH' SON PARMOON SCOIT .4O.1ON LAUDER ..w f 5- SMITH AVER CLARKE CLAIBORNE COP- IEIIER@ COWIN T . I.A.RIONCE Q4..AM& FAANKLII 1EIIE.SON.AlM LAM ... P Penn MAN AM T E P@ -.VE. IT0.9 AC SON PR.W. ... 0C. SOURCE: Mississippi Research and Development Center, 1977. 61 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Conducts census of transportation that contains information on outdoor recreation, business and convention travel, and sight-seeing and enter- tainment categories for the different regions of the United States and for selected states. Conducts periodic canvasses and sample surveys, collects current data, and furnishes statistical services to other government agencies. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Bureau of the Census United States Department of Commerce Washington, D. C. 20230 62 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Provides grants and loans for tourism projects in areas legally recognized as recreation areas. 2. Provides financial assistance to areas of high unemployment and low median family income to enable them to stabilize and diversify their economics and create new and permanent job opportunities. 3. Makes grants and loans for public works and development facilities projects. 4. Makes loans on attractive terms for business development projects. 5. Provides technical assistance. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Economic Development Representative Economic Development Administration 630 Milner Building Jackson, Mississippi 39201 or Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Administration United States Department of Commerce Main Commerce Building Washington, D. C.- 20230 63 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, federal GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Federal MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Makes grants for: a. acquisition of real property that is appropriate for rehabilitation and conservation activities; b. appropriation for preservation or restoration of historic sites, urban beautification, conservation of open spaces, natural resources, or scenic areas, provision of recreation, or the guidance of urban development; and c. acquisition, construction, or installation of public works, facilities, senior centers, historic properties, utilities, streets, street lights, and water and sewer facilities. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 consolidated several existing tourism-related programs for community development into a new single program of community development block grants. States, cities, counties, and other units of general local government, as well as cer- tain community development and citizen associations, are eligible to receive funds. Grants can be for up to 100% of activity costs. 2. Makes comprehensive planning grants under the revised Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 to eligible grantees. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Department of Housing and Urban Development Jackson Office . I 300 Woodrow Wilson Avenue, West Jackson Mall Jackson, Mississippi 39213 or Secretary United States Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20410 64 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, BUREAU OF BUSINESS RESEARCH TYPE ORGANIZATION: Governmental, state GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Conducts research, prepares plans, and provides consultant services. 2. Publishes annually the Analysis of Travel Related Sales In Mississippi. 3. Publishes quarterly the Mississippi Gulf Coast Tourist Industry. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Business Research School of Business Administration University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401 65 I I I I I I I .1 I NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OFFERING MINOR TOURISM ASSISTANCE SERVICES I I I - I I I I I I I I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Nationall/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Provides technical assistance to historical societies and individual members. 2. Publishes a monthly magazine, History News. 3. Publishes technical leaflets and reference handbooks on subjects such as historical and genealogical research and restoration and maintenance of museums and historic buildings. 4. Offers educational programs and seminars for historical administrators. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director American Association for State and Local History 1315 Eighth Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee 37203 1/ United States and Canada. 69 CRAFTSMEN'S GUIID OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Provides market assistance to craftsmen. 2. Provides an information clearinghouse to individuals and organizations. 3. Conducts workshops and other instructional programs. 4. Sponsors crafts fairs and exhibitions. 5. Publishes "Mississippi Crafts Calendar" in cooperation with the Agricultural and Industrial Board. 6. Affiliates with the Hand Weavers Guild of America, the American Crafts Council, the American Museum Association, Mississippi Art Association, and the National Association of Woodcarvers. FOR MORE,INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, Inc. Post Office Box 1341 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 70 EAST MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regionall/ MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Maintains current resource materials on its member counties. 2. Provides liaison services between member counties and sources of assistance in tourism development and promotion. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director East Mississippi Council Post Office Drawer 1428 Columbus, Mississippi 39701 1/ Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Greene, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lownd-e-s, Monroe, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Wayne, Webster, and Winston counties. 71 MISSISSIPPI ART ASSOCIATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Promotes the growth, understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts in Mississippi. 2. Provides major art exhibitions from the nation's leading museums, galleries, and private collections. 3. Operates facilities for tours and field trips. 4. Hosts professional art and art-related programs, conferences, and conventions. 5. Sponsors a traveling lecture and exhibition program. 6. Programs and operates the Mississippi Museum of Art in the Civic Arts Center and Planetarium in Jackson, which is scheduled for completion in March, 1978. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi Art Association Post Office Box 1330 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 72 MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC COUNCIL TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Encourages local chambers of commerce to develop and promote local attractions. 2. Publishes "Let's Talk Mississippi." FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: General Manager Mississippi Economic Council Post Office Box 1849 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 73 MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: State MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Publishes the quarterly Journal of Mississippi History_. 2. Holds annual meetings and presents programs to those interested in Mississippi history. FOR MORE,INFORMATION CONTACT: Director Mississippi Historical Society Post Office Box 571 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 NOTE: A list of local historical societies is given in Appendix D. 74 NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: National MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Furthers the national policy of preserving for public use America's heritage of historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects. 2. Facilitates public participation in the historic preservation movement and serves that movement through educational and advisory programs. 3. Accepts and administers for public benefit and use significant historic properties. 4. Advises local preservationists about what is worth saving, how to orga- nize effective preservation action, and how to preserve, restore, inter- pret, and raise funds for projects. 5. Administers a limited matching grant-in-aid program to assist nonprofit or public agency member organizations in meeting costs of retaining professionals needed to advise or assist in preservation projects. 6. Sponsors conferences.and seminars on a wide range of subjects including the economic benefits of preserving buildings, historic site administra- tion, preservation and building codes, historic districts, preserva- tion of deserted ghost towns, and preservation of historic gardens. 7. Publishes a monthly newspaper, a quarterly journal, and many technical publications that range from comprehensive directories of-federal and state preservation programs to window treatments for historic houses. 8. Maintains nene historical museums throughout the United States and owns a number of buildings used residentially, commercially, or cooperatively with other organizations. 9. Administers a program for the acceptance of exterior and open space easements on significant historic properties and their surrounding land. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Director National Trust for Historic Preservation 740-748 Jackson Place, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20006 75 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS TYPE ORGANIZATION: Private, area development GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION: Regional (See Map 3.) MAJOR TOURISM FUNCTIONS: 1. Aids local governments and groups in the preparation of park designs and master plans for development. 2. Plans and promotes orderly growth and development on a regional and local basis. 3. Acts as a regional clearinghouse for review of federal grants within the district. 4. Secures federal grant and aid funds. 5. Offers technical assistance in various areas of economic development. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Director Central Mississippi Planning and Development District 2675 River Ridge Road Jackson, Mississippi 39216 Executive Director East Central Planning and Development District 410 Decatur Street Newton, Mississippi 39345 Executive Director Golden Triangle Planning and Development District Post Office Drawer DN Mississippi State, Mississippi 3062 Executive Director North Central Planning and Development District Post Office Box 668 Winona, Mississippi 38967 Executive Director North Delta Planning and Development District Post Office Box 1244 Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614 Executive Director Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District Post Office Box 6-D Booneville, Mississippi 38829 76 Executive Director South Delta Planning and Development District Route 1, Box AB 52 Greenville, Mississippi 38701 Executive Director Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District 1020 32nd Avenue Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 Executive Director Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District Post Office Box 636 Meadville, Mississippi 39653 Executive Director Three Rivers Planning and Development District 99 Center Ridge Drive Pontotoc, Mississippi 38863 77 Map 3 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS TUNICA DESOTO j T-A. I A110-- 'TIE.OMING NORTHEAST' TATE I PRE.T1 MISSISSIPPI B ONEVIL'E 0 PANG AIE" IFE NORTH DELTA I QUITMAN ITAINAM- OA.O.A M.TOTDC 0 LARKS ALE PON OTO THREE SO-AR YALOBUSMA AL 7@ RIVERS TALLANA- HIE CHICK Al NONAGE I GRENADA C -io----T 85T AR LL o@Gci-mii LORINDES SUNFLONER INAWNGTOIN OXTIw9 INONA LI 0 1 GREEN ILL STA GOLDEN HoLME5 - I E@S ATTAL; VI TON N.V. @-..L TRIANGLE SOUTH DELTA A NORTH ENTRAL $.A El MIS ISSIPPI @oo MADISON LEAKE -03A IE-IR I%AQuekA 1. SCOTT Ewl@ C) DISTRICT OFFICE EAST CENTRAL JACKS W CENTRAL SMITH IAvER MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI C-ZRNE COIIA. JEFFERs.. A-E COVINGTON 1O.E. L-IINCIE ADAMS t 0 t E MEADVILLE@ A. I.. I GREENE 'AMITE TKI SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 1fA.L -IR GEORGE SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI sloNE 4ACKSON A-w. HANCOCK GULFPORT 0 SOURCE: Mississippi Research and Development Center, 1977. 78 APPENDICES I I I I I I I I Appendix A ALPHABETICAL INDEX I I I I I . . I I I I I I Appendix A ALPHABETICAL INDEX Page American, ssociation for State and Local History . . . . . . . . . 69 Area Tourist Councils , * * * * * , , , * 5 Bienville Recreation District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Brice's Cross.Roads - Tupelo Battlefield Commission . . . . . . . . 34 Chambers of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Confederate Monumental Park Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Cottonlandia Eaucational and Recreational Foundation, Inc. . . . . . 22 Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . 36 Discover America Travel Organizations, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 23 East Mississippi Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Gulf Coast Convention Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Gulf Coas@ Innkeepers Association of Mississippi, Inc . . . . . . . . 24 Gulf Regional Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Harrison County Advertising Advisory Commission . . . . . . . . . 8. nternational Gardens of Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Jiackson Innkeepers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jefferson College Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, Mississippi Marketing Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, Department of Tourism'Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mississippi Art Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Mississipp i Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mississippi Council on Tourism, Parks, and Recreation . . . . . . . 10 Mississippi Department of Archives and History . . . . . . . . . 45 Mississippi Economic Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Mississippi Entertainment Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Mississippi Fair Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mississippi Film Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mississippi Gettysburg Memorial Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 50 83 Appendix A (Continued) Page Mississippi Historical Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Mississippi Innkeepers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Mississippi Memorial Stadium Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mississippi Research and Development Center . . . . . . . . 52 Mississippi Restaurant Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Mississippi River Parkway Commission . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 53 Mississippi State Department of Education, Vocational-Technical Division, Office of Distributive Education . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mississippi State Highway Department . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Mississippi State University, Cooperative Extension Service . . . . . 12 Nanih Waiya Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Natchez-Adams County Convention Promotion Commission . . . . . . . 13 Natchez Trace Right-of-Way Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Space Technology Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 National Endowment for the Arts, National Council on the Arts . . . . 58 National Trust for Historic Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Planning and Development Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Central Mississippi Planning and Development District . . . . . . 76 East Central Planning and Development District . . .. . . . . . 76 Golden Triangle Planning and Development District . . . . . .. . 76 North Central Planning and Development District . . . . . . . . 76 North Delta Planning and Development District . . . . . . . . . 76 Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District . . . . . 76 South Delta Planning and Development District . . . . . . . . . 77 Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District . . . . . . 77 Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District . . . . . 77 Three Rivers Planning and Development District . . . . . . . . 77 Southern Travel Directors Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Small Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Tourism Study Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Travel Research Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service . . . 60 84 Appendix A (Continued) Page United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census . . . . . 62 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 United States Department of Commerce, United States Travel Service . . . 15 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development . . . . . 64 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service . . . . 16 United States Travel Data Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Warren County Tourist Promotion Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 17 85 0 Appendix B INDEX OF NONSTATEWIDE ORGANIZATION BY COUNTY Appendix B INDEX OF NONSTATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS BY COUNTY Adams County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Jefferson College Advisory Committee tion and Development District Natchez-Adams County Convention Pro- MO tion Committee Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District Alcorn County Area Tourist Council I Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Northeast Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Amite County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Attala County Area Tourist Council 3 North Central Mississippi Planning and East Mississippi Council Development District Benton County Area Tourist Council I Northe('ast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Northeast Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Bolivar County Area Tourist Council 2 South Delta Planning and Development Northwest Mississippi Resource Con- District servation and Development District Calhoun County Area Tourist Council 1 Three Rivers Planning and Development Northeast Mississippi Resource Con- District servation and Development District 89 Appendix B (Continued) Carroll County Area Tourist Council 3 North Central Mississippi Planning and Cottonlandia Educational and Recrea- Development District tional Foundation, Inc. Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- tion and Development District Chickasaw County Area Tourist Council 3 Three Rivers Planning and Development Northeast Mississippi Resource Con- District servation and Development District Choctaw County Area Tourist Council 3 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Mississippi Council tion and Development District Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- ment District Claiborne County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Planning and Grand Gulf Military Monument Com- Development District mission Southwest Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District Clarke County Area Tourist Council 3 East Mississippi Council Bienville Recreation District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Central Mississippi Planning tion and Development District and Development District Clay County Area Tourist Council 3 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Mississippi Council tion and Development District Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- ment District 90 Appendix B (Continued) Coahoma County Area Tourist Council 2 Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- North Delta Planning and Development tion and Development District District Copiah County Area Tourist Council 4 International Gardens of Mississippi Central Mississippi Planning and Development District Covington County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Bienville Recreation District ment District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District DeSoto County Area Tourist Council 1 North Delta Planning and Development District Forrest County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- Development District vation and Development District Franklin County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning tion and Development District and Development District George County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Gulf Regional District ment District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District 91 Appendix B (Continued) Greene County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- East Mississippi Council ment District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District Grenada County Area Tourist Council 1 North Central Mississippi Planning and Development District Hancock County Area Tourist Council 5 Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Gulf Coast Innkeepers Association of tion and Development District Mississippi, Inc. Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Gulf Regional District ment District Gulf Regional Planning Commission Gulf Coast Convention Bureau Harrison County Area Tourist Council 5 Harrison County Advertising Advisory Gulf Coast Convention Bureau Commission Gulf Coast Innkeepers Association of Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission Mississippi, Inc. Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Gulf Regional District tion and Development District Gulf Regional Planning Commission Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- ment District Hinds County Area Tourist Council 4 Confederate Monumental Parks Commission Central Mississippi Planning and Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission Development District Jackson Innkeepers Association Holmes County Area Tourist Council 2 Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- North Central Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District 92- Appendix B (Continued) Humphreys County Area Tourist Council 2 South Delta Planning and Development Northwest Mississippi Resource Conser- District vation and Development District Issaguena County Area Tourist Council 2 South Delta Planning and Development Northwest Mississippi Resource Conser- District vation and Development District Itawamba County Area Tourist Council I Three Rivers Planning and Development Northeast Mississippi Resource Con- District servation and Development District Jackson County Area Tourist Council I Gulf Regional Planning Commission Gulf Coast Convention Bureau Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Gulf Coast Innkeepers Association of tion and Development District Mississippi, Inc. Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Gulf Regional District ment District Jasper County Area Tourist Council 3 East Mississippi Council Bienville Recreation District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Central Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Jefferson County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Jefferson Davis County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- Development District vation and Development District 93 Appendix B (Continued) Jones County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Bienville Recreation District ment District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District Kemper County Area Tourist Council 3 East Mississippi Council Bienville Recreation District Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Central Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Lafayette County Area Tourist Council 1 Three Rivers Planning and Development Northeast Mississippi Resource Con- District servation and Development District Lamar County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Southeast Mississippi Resource Con- ment District servation and Development District Lauderdale County Area Tourist Council 3 East Mississippi Council Bienville Recreation District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Central Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Lawrence County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Leake County Area Tourist Council 3 Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Bienville Recreation District tion and Development District East Central Mississippi Planning and Development District 94 Appendix B (Continued) Lee County Area Tourist Council 1 Three Rivers Planning and Development Brice's Cross Roads - Tupelo Battle- District field Commission Northeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District Leflore County Area Tourist Council 2 North Central Mississippi Planning and Cottonlandia Educational and Recrea- Development District tional Foundation, Inc. Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- tion and Development District Lincoln County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Lowndes County Area Tourist Council 3 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Mississippi Council tion and Development District Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- ment District Madison County Area Tourist Council 4 Central Mississippi Planning and Develop- Bienville Recreation District ment District Marion County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- Development District vation and Development District Marshall County Area Tourist Council I Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Northeast Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District 95 Appendix B (Continued) Monroe County Area Tourist Council 3 Three Rivers Planning and Development East Mississippi Council District Northeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District Montgomery County Area Tourist Council 3 North Central Mississippi Planning and Development District Neshoba County Area Tourist Council 3 Nanih Waiya Advisory Committee Bienville Recreation District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- East Central Mississippi Planning vation and Development District and Development District East Mississippi Council Newton County Area Tourist Council 3 East Mississippi Council Bienville Recreation District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Central Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Noxubee County Area Tourist Council 3 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site tion and Development District Advisory Committee East Mississippi Council Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- ment District Oktibbeha County Area Tourist Council 3 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Mississippi Council tion and Development District Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- ment District 96 Appendix B (Continued) Panola County Area Tourist Council I North Delta Planning and Development District Pearl River County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- ment District vation and Development District Perry County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- ment District vation and Development District Pike County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning tion and Development District and Development District Pontotoc County Area Tourist Council 1 Three Rivers Planning and Development Northeast Mississippi Resource Conser- District vation and Development District Prentiss County Area Tourist Council 1 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conser- Brice's Cross Roads - Tupelo Battle- vation and Development District field Commission Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District Quitman County Area Tourist Council 2 Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- North Delta Planning and Development tion and Development District District 97 Appendix B (Continued) Rankin County Area Tourist Council 4 Central Mississippi Planning and Development District Scott County Area Tourist Council 3 Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Bienville Recreation District tion and Development District' East Central Mississippi Planning and Development District Sharkey County Area Tourist Council 2 South Delta Planning and Development Northwest Mississippi Resource Conser- District vation and Development District Simpson CountX Area Tourist Council 4 Central Mississippi Planning and Develop- Bienville Recreation District ment District Smith County Area Tourist Council 3 Southeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Bienville Recreation District tion and Development District East Central Mississippi Planning and Development District Stone County Area Tourist Council 5 Southern Mississippi Planning and Develop- Gulf Regional Planning Commission ment District Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- vation and Development District Sunflower County Area Tourist Council 2 South Delta Planning and Development Northwest Mississippi Resource Conser- District vation and Development District 98 Appendix B (Continued) Tallahatchie County Area Tourist Council 2 Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- North Delta Planning and Development tion and Development District District Tate County Area Tourist Council I North Delta Planning and Development District Tip_pah County Area Tourist Council 1 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Northeast Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Tishomingo County Area Tourist Council I Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Northeast Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Tunica County Area Tourist Council 2 Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- North Delta Planning and Development tion and Development District District Union County Area Tourist Council 1 Three Rivers Planning and Development Northeast Mississippi Resource Conser- District vation and Development District Walthall County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District 99 Appendix B (Continued) Warren County Area Tourist Council 4 Warren County Tourist Promotion Central Mississippi Planning and Commission Development District Washin&ton County Area Tourist Council 2 South Delta Planning and Development Northwest Mississippi Resource Con- District servation and Development District Wayne County Area Tourist Council 5 Southeast Mississippi Resource Conser- Bienville Recreation District vation and Development District East Mississippi Council Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District Webster CountX Area Tourist Council 3 Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- East Mississippi Council tion and Development District Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- ment District Wilkinson County Area Tourist Council 4 Southwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Southwest Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District Winston County Area Tourist Council 3 Nanih Waiya Advisory Committee East Mississippi Council Northeast Mississippi Resource Conserva- Golden Triangle Planning and Develop- tion and Development District ment District Yalobusha, County Area Tourist Council 1 North Central Mississippi Planning and Development District 100 Appendix.B (Continued) Yazoo County Area Tourist Council 4 Northwest Mississippi Resource Conserva- Central Mississippi Planning and tion and Development District Development District 101 I I I i I I I Appendix C I INDEX BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION i I I I I I I I I I Appendix C INDEX BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION Page GOVERNMENTAL, STATE Brice's Cross Roads - Tupelo Battlefield Commission . . . . . . 34 Confederate Monumental Park Commission . . . . . . . . . . 35 Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Advisory Site Committee . . . . . . 36 Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . . 37 Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission . . . . . . . . . . 38 Jefferson College Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, Mississippi Marketing Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, Tourism Department . 9 Mississippi Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mississippi Council on Tourism, Parks, and Recreation . . . . . 10 Mississippi Department of Archives and History . . . . . . . 45 Mississippi Entertainment Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . 47 Mississippi Fair Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mississippi Film Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mississippi Gettysburg Memorial Commission . . . . . . . . . 50 Mississippi Memorial Stadium Commission . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mississippi Research and Development Center . . . . . . . . 52 Mississippi River Parkway Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Mississippi State Department of Education, Vocational-Technical Division, Office of Distributive Education . . . . . . . . 11 Mississippi State Highway Department . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Mississippi State University, Cooperative Extension Service . . . 12 Nanih Waiya Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Natchez Trace Right-of-Way Commission . . . . . . . . . . 56 Tourism Study Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 University of Southern Mississippi Bureau of Business Research . 65 GOVERNMENTAL, STATE (WITH MUNICIPAL, CO UNTY, OR REGIONAL JURISDICTIONS) Area Tourist Councils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bienville Recreation District . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 International Gardens of Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . 40 105 Appendix C (Continued) Page GOVERNMENTAL, LOCAL Gulf Coast Convention Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Gulf Regional Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Harrison County Advertising Advisory Commission . . . . . . . 8 Natchez-Adams County Convention Promotion Commission . . . . . 13 Warren.County Tourist Promotion Commission . . . . . . . . . 17 GOVERNMENTAL, FEDERAL National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Space Technology Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 National Endowment for the Arts, National Council on the Arts 58 Small Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service . 60 United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census . . . 62 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development . Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 United States Department of Commerce, United States Travel Service . 15 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development . . . . 64 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service 16 PRIVATE, NATIONAL American Association for State and Local History . . . . . . . 69 Discover America Travel Organizations, Inc. . . . . . . . . 23 National Trust for Historic Preservation . . . . . . . . . 75 Southern Travel Directors Council . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 United States Travel Data Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 PRIVATE, STATE Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Mississippi Art Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Mississippi Economic Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Mississippi Historical Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Mississippi Innkeepers Association . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Mississippi Restaurant Association . . . . . . . . . . . 27 106 Appendix C (Continued) Page PRIVATE, LOCAL AND REGIONAL Chambers of Commerce .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cottonlandia Educational and Recreational Foundation, Inc. . . . 22 East Mississippi Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Gulf Coast Innkeepers Association of Mississippi, Inc. 24 Jackson Innkeepers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Planning and Development Districts . . . . . . . . . . . 76 PRIVATE, INTERNATIONAL The Travel Research Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 107 I I I I I I I I Appendix D I LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN MISSISSIPPI, 1975 1 1 I- I I I I I I I Appendix D LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN MISSISSIPPI, 1975 BOLIVAR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Dr. Curt Lamar, Secretary-Treasurer Delta State University Cleveland, Mississippi 38732 BOONEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. Post Office Box 309 Booneville, Mississippi 38829 CALHOUN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY c/o Mrs. Upton Cole Calhoun City, Mississippi 38916 CARROLL SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES Miss Hallie Eggleston Carrollton, Mississippi 38917 CHOCTAW-PIONEER HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRENCH CAMP ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE Mr. Warren E. Taylor 841 Pinehurst Place Jackson, Mississippi 39202 CITY OF OCEAN SPRINGS HISTORICAL COMMITTEE Mrs. Dolores Davidson Smith, Secretary 810 Iberville Street Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564 COLUMBUS AND LOWNDES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Hunter M. Gholson, President 421 10th Street South Columbus, Mississippi 39701 ENTERPRISE-CLARKE COUNTY HISTORIC SOCIETY Mr. Billy Mitts Box 83 Enterprise, Mississippi 39330 HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Norton Haas, President 128 Court Street Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39520 HATTIESBURG AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. R. A. "Jeff" Esarey, President 1808 Third Terrace Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401 Appendix D (Continued) HISTORICAL SOCIETY NORTH MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE - THE METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. W. Carroll Drawer U Grenada, Mississippi 38901 HOLLY SPRINGS AND MARSHALL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs. John Williamson, President 210 Park Avenue Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635 HOMOCHITTO VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. Melvin K. Bruss, Director Box 337 Crosby, Mississippi 39633 JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 4602 Fort Street Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567 JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. Ernest Breithaupt, President Lorman, Mississippi 39096 JUNIOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY Dr. Jack Gunn Delta State University Cleveland, Mississippi 38732 LEFLORE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 133 E. Jefferson.Street Greenwood, Mississippi 38931 MARION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. Vernon Pierson c/o Chamber of Commerce Columbia, Mississippi 39429 MERIDIAN-LAUDERDALE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY c/o Mr. Robert Coit Lamar Building Meridian, Mississippi 39301 MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY Dr. R. A. McLemore P. 0. Box 51 Clinton, Mississippi 39056 MISSISSIPPI COAST HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Julia Guice Box 513 Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 112 Appendix D (Continued) MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE METHODIST HISTORICAL COMMISSION Dr. J. B. Cain, Director of Research Washington, Mississippi 39190 MISSISSIPPI GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Bruce H. Nicholson, President 5614 Brentwood Jackson, Mississippi 39211 MISSISSIPPI RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. H. C. Yeager, Secretary-Treasurer Box 9973 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 MONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Charles G. Hamilton, President Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730 NATCHEZ HISTORICAL SOCIETY T. H. Gandy, M. D., President 401 North Pearl Street Natchez, Mississippi 39120 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY Dr. David Sansing, President Box 181 University, Mississippi 38677 NOXUBEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. T. W. Crigler, President Macon, Mississippi 39341 PANOLA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Robert Riser, President Box 272 Batesville, Mississippi 38606 PORT GIBSON-CLAIBORNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Col. Samuel B. Magruder Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 SCOTT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. Richard S. Lackey, President Post Office Box 389 Forest, Mississippi 39074 ORDER OF THE STARS AND BARS Dr. James B. Butler Historian-General Post Office Box 1055 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 113 Appendix D (Continued) SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, MISSISSIPPI DIVISION Newton W. Carr, Jr., Commander Post Office Box 907 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 THREE CHOPPED WAY ASSOCIATION Dr. James B. Butler Post Office Box 1055 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 VICKSBURG AND WARREN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs. T. L. Sims, President 1008 Cherry Street Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 VICKSBURG FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION Mrs. Frances Sheets, President Post office Box 254 Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 WEBSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Frances Overby Rogers Post Office Box 531 Eupora, Mississippi 39744 SOURCE: Mississippi Arts Commission. 114 I I I I I I . I I I Appendix E MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SITES I (LISTED OR PENDING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES) I I I I I I I I i Appendix Map E-1 MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SITES LISTED OR PENDING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES R11111 0, A" ZERO 109 1 2 148 1152 09 79, TUNICA 71NT '11611) 104 1 L@_ '!4 --4 TATE .T,_ 63 61 1 88 UNION 62 PANOLA LAFAYETTE LE TAWANSK, I AND U.TNA.1 10,128,150, PQNTOTOC 11, 2, 153 66 1 1 165 1 @196 'g;8,96, 135 YALOOUSHA CAL 99 C'- 31 BOLIVAR - - ROE HIE CHICK IN 113,10144 2 '65,151 149,155, 118,140 - -AY 166 1 92 WEBSTER 11 1- iFKLL---@ ZNTGC.EAj LOWN066 182 5FLOWER 158, c' - 163, 64, 1 OIL IBSENA 175,202 174, 1 1C. TAW 5,102, 6,7,8 1 136,139, 114,186, 'q"1N005TO' 1951146,159 194 114@ OL.ES - WIWTO;; NOXWEE HUMPHREYS ATTACA 187' 1 _-J@ 11 @El 84 9 1 196 187, 83 145 117 IA400 LEAKE XE-ER -O.SON 1 73,81,156 1 L 26, 200 89 .SSACUI A 197 WARREN - 7 119,141,142,172,180, -as SCOTT -NEPITON 27,28,29,30,31,32,80,86 192,204 116@ @33 3 4 16,117,18,19,2 0,2 1,2 2,2 3, JASPER CLARKE 24,25,67,68,69,70,71,72, 77,95,98,103,134,137 CLAIBORNE 157,164,177,193,203 1COPIAH 'GON 41,42,43 44 45 46 JEFFERS N 1 15 76,100,167,; 6, 123,130,198,199 47,48,49,50, LAWRENCE I ADAM 51,52,79,19- 40,74,75,94,112, @'.'OFFE.SOL@ 35,36,37,38,39, FRANKLIN I 114,115,116, IS 120 124,125, 1, WItK A. j LANIA" @REIT FERRY SOME ---@P E 126 127 129 N A- 1 154 171:173: S@- J 110 176:178 , 181 , 108 1122@ 133 1 58 106 1 183 188,190 ALT 01' HALL PEARL Ali ER GEORGE STONE I JACKSON --rHA.P1ISOAI N IF.AN.OC. 154,59,60,8 15657 121 CL W111 -,PRNT" 62 1E L.E I " 2@150, L- TAW, T.c 12 66,1 18, 99 ..'c. IN OWN KTIBEIE C@ 195 ji ... WEE Y@ TMARL.-@' @STOPIE -RD' $2, t 85,91 101, 97 85 SOURCE: Mississippi Department ofArchives and History. Accession record for The National Register of Historic Places, 1977. 117 1 . Battery Robinette was the scene of an unsuccessful Con- 29. The Old Courthouse in Vicksburg is the symbol of Con- federate assault on Union lines during the Battle of federate resistance in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1862- Corinth in 1862. 1863; it is a National Historic Landmark. 2. Jacinto Courthouse was the Tishomingo County Court- 30. Planters Hall was built circa 1834, and now houses the house from 1854-1870. Vicksburg branch of the Planters Bank of the State of 3. The Confederate Armory Site is the site of the Jones- Mississippi. McElwain and Company Iron Foundry established in 31. Vicksburg National Military Park is the site of the decisive 1859. It was converted to an armory for the Confederate campaign in the West during the Civil War. government in 1861 and was burned by Earl Van Dorn's 32. Snyder's Bluff is the site of Fort Saint Peter, erected by Confederate troops in 1862. the French in 1719 and destroyed by Indians in 1729, It 4. Cave Springs offers an excellent study of the Paleozoic was reoccupied in 1862 by Confederate forces who rocks of the area and shows the ability of groundwater to erected batteries and fortifications referred to as Fort dissolve these rocks. Snyder. It was evacuated when Vicksburg was besieged 5. Belmont is one of the few antebellum houses left standing and controlled by Federal forces until the close of the in the Delta; it was built circa 1857. war. 6. The J. Z. George Law Office was the office of James Z. 33. Merrehope is a 26-room Academic Revival mansion George, Chief Justice of the Mississippi State Supreme evolved (circa 1904) from a late nineteenth century Court, U. S. Senator, and principal author of the 1890 two-story home. Mississippi State Constitution. 34. Grand Opera House was built in 1890 and was used as an 7. Malmaison Site is the site for the Home of Greenwood opera house and music hall until circa 1909. Leflore; the house burned in 1942. 35. D'Evereaux is one of Mississippi's best examples of Greek 8. Merrill's Store is reputedly the oldest brick structure in Revival architecture, built circa 1840. Carrollton. 36. Jefferson College was incorporated in 1802 and opened 9. Eureka Masonic College (0. E. S. Shrine) was built in for classes in 1811; its restoration began in 1972. 1847 and is recognized by the Eastern Star organization 37. Longwood is the largest and most elaborate of the octa- as its birthplace. gon houses built in the United States; it is a National 10. The Faulkner House, Rowan Oak, was the home of Nobel Historic Landmark. and Pulitzer Prize author William Faulkner; it is a Na- 38. Kings Tavern was built circa 1789 and is probably the tional Historic Landmark. oldest building in Natchez. It served as the mail and 11. Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemo- stagecoach station at the end of the Natchez Trace. rates the victory won by General Nathan Bedford Forrest 39. Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill District includes the on June 1, 1864. site of the second Fort Rosalie, the city promenade/park 12. The Cotton Gin Port Site on the Tombigbee River is one established during the administration of Spanish Governor Tupelo, fought on July 14, 1864. Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, and the nineteenth-century 13. The Cotton Gin Port Site on the Tombigbee River is one flatboat-steamboat landing on the Mississippi. of the three possible locations where the DeSoto expedi- 40. Dunleith was built circa 1855 by General Charles C. Dahl- tion may have crossed the river in the fall of 1540; this gren on the site of an earlier house. It is an excellent was the terminus of the Gaines Trace and the site of example of Greek Revival mode. major steamboat shipping. 41. Van Dorn House was built circa 1820 by the father of 14. The S. D. Lee House was built in the mid-1840s; it Confederate General Earl Van Dorn. became the home of Stephen D. Lee in 1890. 42. Port Gibson Battlefield is the site of an 1863 assault on 15. The Wesson Hotel was built circa 1877; it was originally Federal troops under Major General Ulysses S. Grant by known as the Richardson House for its builder and son of Confederate forces led by Brigadier General John S. the president of Mississippi Mills, John P. Richardson. Bowen. 16. The Big Black River Battlefield is the site of a battle 43. Rocky Springs was a settlement as early as 1792 on the fought on May 17, 1863, after Confederate forces with- Old Natchez Trace. drew from Champion Hill. 44. The Old Natchez Trace in Claiborne County was devel- 17. Capitol Green, in Jackson, was designed in 1822 as part of oped to provide a quick and efficient communications the original city plan. route between the nation's capital and the capital of the 18. Champion Hill Battlefield played a crucial role in the Mississippi Territory. Vicksburg campaign. Strategically, this battle was among 45. Grand Gulf Military State Park was the scene of consider- the most decisive military events of the Civil War. able military activity during the Federal campaign to 19. City Hall in Jackson has served as the seat of the city's capture Vicksburg. The existing earthworks are well government since 1847. preserved. 20. The Civil War earthworks in Battlefield Park are the most 46. Ruins of Windsor are an example of Residential Greek tangible remains of extensive fortifications erected around Revival architecture. It was built in '1861 and burned in Jackson during the Civil War. 1890. 21. The Governor's Mansion in Jackson has been the official 47. Laurel Hill Plantation House was built circa 1815 by Dr. residence of Mississippi governors since 1842. Rush Nutt, one of the three founders of Oakland College 22. Manship House was built circa 1857 for Charles Manship, and a pioneer in agricultural and scientific study during who, as mayor, surrendered the city of Jackson to Gen- territorial and early statehood days of Mississippi. eral William T. Sherman on July 16, 1863. It is an excel- 48. Mount Locust Historic House was built circa 1789 as a lent example of Gothic Revival architecture and one of one-room cabin. It was restored and is now maintained by the few Jackson houses to survive the Civil War. the Natchez Trace Parkway. 23. New Capitol in Jackson has been the seat of Mississippi 49. The Old Natchez Trace in Jefferson County consists of State Government since 1903. two segments, one a three-mile section in front of Mount 24. Old Capitol in Jackson was the seat of Mississippi State Locust. Government from 1839-1903; the building now houses 50. The second section of the Old Natchez Trace in Jefferson the State Historical Museum. County is a 3.5-mile section north of Cole Creek. 25. Raymond Battlefield is the site of the defeat of Confed- 51. The Rodney Presbyterian Church was chartered in 1828; erate forces under General John Gregg by Union General the present structure was erected circa 1832. Restoration McPherson's Corps. of this building has been initiated by the Rodney Founda- 26. Chapel of the Cross was built 1850-1852 as a memorial tion and the state of Mississippi, to John T. Johnston. It is an outstanding example of 52. Springfield Plantation House was built by Thomas Green nineteenth-century Gothic Revival church architecture. Jr. Tradition has it that Andrew Jackson married Rachel 27. Balfour House, home of Emma Balfour, who kept a de- Robards at the site or in the vicinity in 1791. tailed diary chronicling the siege of Vicksburg, was built 53. Longino House was built circa 1884. It was occupied until circa 1836. 1888 by A. H. Longino, who later became the 35th 28. Pemberton House was the headquarters of General John Governor of Mississippi. C. Pemberton during the siege of Vicksburg. It is a Na- tional Historic Landmark. 118 54. Beauvoir was the home of Jefferson Davis, 1877-1889. It 84. Jaketown Site is one of the most significant archaeo- was here that he wrote Rise and Fall of the Confederate logical sites in Mississippi because of its long, almost Government. continuous occupation through part of the Poverty Point 55. Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island was built circa 1859- period (circa 1700 B.C. - 400 B.C.) and all subsequent 1863; its construction was authorized by Jefferson Davis, archaeological periods of the -Lower Mississippi Valley. Secretary of War. It is now part of the Gulf Islands 85. Margaret Emilie, built around 1912 was originally named National Seashore. Dorothy Hilzheim. 56. Old Spanish Fort was built 1721. It is reputedly the oldest 86. Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield is the site of the first land building in the lower Mississippi Valley. engagement in the numerous Federal attempts to capture 57. The U.S. S. Cairo, now located at Ingalls Shipyard in Vicksburg. Pascagoula, was the first victim of an electrically activated 87. Nanih Waiya MounclanclVillage Site isthe site of archaeo- torpedo in Naval history. The ship participated in the logical collections which indicate an occupation span of campaign to take Vicksburg. from approximately the time of Christ until after white 58. Ford House was the scene of the Pearl River Convention contact. The large flat-topped mound was probably built of 1815 and was built circa 1810. during the Mississippian period. 59. Biloxi Garden Center was owned by John Henley. Civil 88. Old Tishomingo County Courthouse, built around 1888- War mayor of Biloxi, from 1850-1872. 1889, served as the courthouse for Tishomingo County 60. Milner House (Grasslawn) was built prior to the Civil War until 1971. by Dr. Hiram Alexander Roberts. It was the home of 89. Nanih Waiya Cave Mound is a natural geological forma- Joseph William Milner circa 1940-1950, who achieved tion considered by many present-day Mississippi Choctaws major public improvements for Gulfport during his to be the "Mother Mound." lengthy mayorality. 90. Inzer Site is an archaeological site whose surface collec- 61. Hollywood Site is a well-preserved site with earthen tions indicate prehistoric occupation from circa 500 B.C. enclosures. It is the possible site of Quiz-Quiz, the pre- A temple mound is the site's most prominent feature. historic town visited by DeSoto. 91. Gillis House, built prior to 1838, is one of the few houses 62. Pharr Mounds have been labeled Deasonville on the basis remaining from the early nineteenth century to illustrate of the preponderance of cord paddle marked pottery the importance of Biloxi as a summer home for New found there. Orleans residents whose wealth was based on cotton 63. Bear Creek Site was occupied during the Mississippian speculation. period. 92. Confederate Earthworks are tangible evidences of the 64. Teoc Creek Site is the second oldest Poverty Point culture defenses constructed by the Confederates for the protec- site in the Southeastern region, dating circa 1392 B.C. tion of the river crossings and the Mississippi and the 65. Bynum Mounds were first occupied circa 700 A.D.; they Mississippi Central and Mississippi-Tennessee Railroads at were later reoccupied by the historic Chickasaw people. Grenada. 66. Chickasaw Village Site was where Chickasaw Indians were 93. Fort Pemberton is the site of the Confederate fortifica- first noted by the chroniclers of DeSoto's expedition tions which thwarted the Union advance in the Yazoo during the winter of 1540-41. The Treaty of Pontotoc Pass Expedition. The Star of the West was scuttled in the Creek in 1837 forced the Chickasaws to move to Okla- Tallahatchie River behind the fort to obstruct the channel. homa. 94. Monmouth was built circa 1820 by John Hankinson, a 67. Berry Mound is of the Late Woodland period. relation of the prominent Schuyler family of New York. 68. Dupree Mound serves as a source for some of the key Acquired by John Anthony Quitman in 1826, who served Plaquemine culture pottery types. in the State Legislature, the United States House of 69. Floyd Mound contains information on the archaeology of Representatives, and as Governor of the State of Mis- the Big Black River Valley. sissippi. 70. Pocahontas Mound A is important in Plaquemine culture 95. Boyd House is a one-story frame and clapboard Greek characteristics. Revival dwelling built circa 1856 for James H. Boyd, 71. Pocahontas Mound B is of Late Woodland and Early Mayor of Jackson, 1842-1844,1850,1858. Mississippian periods. 96. Yazoo Pass Levee was utilized to link the Mississippi, 72. Boyd Mounds in Ridgeland are Deasonville (300-500 Coldwater, Tallahatchie, and Yazoo rivers prior to the A.D.) or Bayland (500-700 A.D.) construction of a levee between Moon Lake and the 73. Holly Bluff Site is an archaeological site for the Lake Mississippi River in 1856. George phase of the Mississippian culture and isa National 97. Jackson Landing Site is probably the largest extant pre- Historic Landmark. historic earthwork in Mississippi. Earliest construction 74. Emerald Mound, adjacent to the Natchez Trace Parkway, stages have been dated at 400 B.C. is the second largest temple mound in the United States. 98. Millsaps-Buie House was built circa 1888 for Major 75. The Grand Village of the Natchez, a National Historic Reuben Webster Millsaps, one of Mississippi's leading Landmark, is now being archaeological ly restored. financiers and philanthropists during the post Civil War 76. Mangum Mound is a s *ite illustrating the spread of South- period. His initial endowment stimulated the establish- ern Cult ceremonialism. ment of Millsaps College. 77. Governor's Mansion has been the official residence of 99. Treaty of Pontotoc Site is the site of the Chickasaw governors since 1842 and is a National Historic Landmark. Council House, where the Treaty of Pontotoc was signed 78. Parchman Place Site is the type site for the Parchman on October 20, 1832. By the terms of this treaty, the phase, circa 1450 A.D. Three platform mounds survive, Chickasaw ceded to the United States all of their remain- along with remnants of other smaller mounds. ing lands east of the Mississippi River. 79. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church was the setting in 100. Centers Creek Mound is one of the finest Coles Creek 1894 for the christening of the future Most Reverend (circa 700 A.D.-1 000 A.D.) sites in Mississippi. Bishop Charles P. Greco, Bishop of the Diocese of 101. Biloxi Lighthouse, built 1848, is the most prominent Alexandria (Louisiana). Bishop Greco was the first landmark on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mississippian to become a Roman Catholic Bishop. Built 102. Winterville Site is a large Mississippian period ceremonial around 1868, the church is an outstanding example of site. It represents the zenith of prehistoric developments carpenter gothic church architecture. in that part of the Mississippi Valley. It was here that the 80. Vicksburg Siege Cave is thought to be the last remaining initial contact occurred between the Plaquemine culture Civil War cave in Vicksburg. to the south and the Mississippian culture to the north. 81. Casey Jones Wreck Site is the site of the wreck in which Most of the mounds on the site were probably con- Casey Jones, colorful Illinois Central engineer, was killed. structed somewhere between 1200-1400 A.D. 82. Magnolia Hotel, constructed in 1847, is thought to be the 103. Peyton House was built 1831-1834 by John B. Peyton, oldest hotel structure surviving on the Mississippi Gulf one of the early settlers of central Mississippi; and, Coast. according to his obituary, the founder of Raymond. 83. Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site was the site of the 104. Civil War Earthworks, Tallahatchie Crossing were erected signing on September 27, 1830, of the Treaty of Dancing in December, 1862, by Major General James B. McPherson Rabbit Creek, which provided for the ceding of the for the purpose of controlling the vital crossing of the remaining Choctaw land in Mississippi to the United Tallahatchie on the Old Holly Springs-Oxford Road. States Government. 119 105. Mount Holly was built circa 1855 by Margaret Johnson 122. Rosemont, built between 1810 and 1817, is a typical Erwin Dudley, daughter of Henry Johnson, one of the specimen of territorial Mississippi plantation architecture. early, large landholders in the Delta, and later owned by The house is particularly significant for its association William Hezekiah Foote and Huger Lee Foote, prominent with Jefferson Davis, by whose parents the house was planters and politicians. built and whose relatives lived there until 1896. 106. United States District Courthouse was the first federal 123. Oakland Chapel is a significant example of Greek Revival building in Forrest County, completed in 1910. architecture in the temple form. Begun in 1838 as the 107. Catledge Archaeological Site mounds represent the Three main building of Oakland College, site is now occupied by Coles Creek period (circa 950 A.D.) and are laid out to Alcorn State University. form perfect isosceles triangle. 124. Stanton Hall was built between 1851 and 1857 by Fred- 108. Fort Adams Site, constructed in 1799 for control of erick Stanton, an Irishman, and is one of the state's finest military and commercial traffic on the Mississippi River, examples of Greek Revival architecture. was the United States outpost and port of entry on the 125. Connelly's Tavern, built during the Spanish rule, is a two- border of Spanish territory. story structure with double galleries and canted roof. It 109. Davis' Mills Battle Site was the scene of December 21, is located on Ellicot's Hill overlooking the Mississippi 1862, defense by a Federal garrison of the Mississippi River. A moat and drawbridge are other unique features Central Railroad trestle over Wolf River, 20 miles north of this structure. of Holly Springs. 126. Melrose was constructed around 1845 for John T. 110. Amite County Courthouse is an outstanding combination McMurran. The house is a somewhat austere example of of vernacular architecture and the Federal style. This Greek Revival domestic architecture and is particularly building has been the site of much social and political important as no major structural changes have been made, activity in Amite County. 127. Auburn is considered one of the finest buildings in 111. Waverly was built circa 1852 by George Hampton Young, Natchez. Built by Levi Weeks in 1812 for Lyman Harding, an influential planter and local politician. The two-story, this neoclassical house is dominated by a giant portico wing pavilion house still contains much of its original with Roman Ionic columns. decorations, including balusters, mantel, and chandeliers. 128. Ammadelle was begun in 1859 by Thomas Pegues and It is an excellent representative of a plantation complex designed by the English architect, Calvert Vaux. of its time. The building housed Confederate officers and 129. Commercial Bank Building, chartered in 1833, was was the site of the organization of the first national fox required to have a banker's residence included as part of hunting association. the building for security measures. 112. Mistletoe was built in 1807 by John Bisland as a wedding 130. Buena Vista Cotton Gin was built around 1848 and con- gift for his son Peter. This is the earliest of three extant verted to steam power between 1857 and 1861. It was houses associated with the Bisland family, which was owned by James Watson, a wealthy planter of Claiborne influential in the Pine Ridge and Natchez areas. The house County. One of the few cotton gins to employ steam is one of the earliest and best-preserved examples of the power prior to the Civil War, this is the only example of open-back-hall floor plan so popular in Mississippi in this which above-ground remains exist. era. 131. Wilsford (Wilford) Site consists of a prehistoric village site 113. John Nelson Site is one of the largest Late,Archaic sites as well as a small, rectangular platform mound. The appar- (circa 1000 B.C.) in Mississippi. ent method of constructing these houses is unusual, there 114. Arlington is one of four Federal style villas which estab- being nothing comparable mentioned in the archaeo- lished basic form for later homes in Natchez. logical literature of the area. 115. Montaigne was built 1854-1855 for Confederate General 132. Oliver Site reveals two distinct occupations of the area, William Thompson Martin (1823-1910) and wife, the Coahoma (Baytown period) and the Hushpuckena- Margaret Dunlop Conner Martin, on land that had been Oliver (Mississippian period). No evidence of transition part of the historic "Linden" tract. Monteigne is signifi- from one period to the other has been found. cant as the former home of one of five Mississippians who 133. Thomas Batchelor House is one of the finest and most achieved the rank of Major General in the Confederate sophisticated structures erected during the 1820's and army. 1830's in southwest Mississippi. The Federalist house 116. Site of Fort Dearborn was established as a fortification exemplifies the popularity this - style enjoyed prior to for U. S. troups in 1802-1803 near the territorial capital the emergence of Greek Revival in this area. of Washington, Mississippi. 134. Civil War Earthworks on Bailey Hill are the best preserved 117. Montauk Mound, located between Deer Creek and U. S. fortifications of their kind in Jackson. Highway 61, was the terminating point of a joint army 135. Norman Site consists of a village occupation area of and navy expedition by Federal forces of Major General approximately 40 acres comprising three small mounds. William T. Sherman and Acting Rear Admiral David D. This site has one of the most varied accumulations of Porter to reach the Yazoo River by way of a series of prehistoric pottery types in the Yazoo Basin, especially creeks and bayous. This endeavor, if successful, would those types associated with the Tchula period. have allowed them to silence the guns of Snyder's Bluff 136. Montgomery Hall, constructed in 1902, is a manifestation on the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg. of the Beaux Art's classicism as it was interpreted particu- 118. Alligator Mounds is considered to be significant archaeo- larly throughout the southern states. Montgomery Hall is logically because of its potential for answering questions historically significant as one of the oldest and most focal on the economic base and settlement patterns of several buildings on the Mississippi State University campus. The prehistoric cultures represented there. structure is also significant for its position in the history 119. Federal Fortifications along Bear Creek are a part of the of the region's architecture. extensive works erected by the Federal army during the 137. Sub Rosa is a good example of the vernacular form of the summer of 1863. They were to serve as a cordon of an Greek Revival style brought to Mississippi by immigrants outer perimeter to protect the rear of the Federal army from the Carolinas. Built by John and Margaret Greaves laying siege to Vicksburg. after 1852, the house is a two-story frame structure with 120. Williamsburg is known historically as the John Baynton a f ive-bay facade. House. Built by Natchez land speculator, John Baynton, 138. Humber Site is a Late Mississippian period (circa 1400- between 1830 and 1840, the house later became the 1700 A. D.) village and cemetery complex occupying two home of the Junkin family, antecedents of John R. miles of a natural levee in west central Coahoma County. Junkin, the late Speaker of the Mississippi House of Impressive in size, the site represents the florescence of Representatives. native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. 121. L&N Railroad Depot was constructed in 1904 to replace At least two native populations are represented at this site. an earlier station. It was enlarged in 1918 and continued 139. J. M. Stone Cotton Mill was designed by Stewart W. to serve traffic along the L&N Railroad's Mobile to New Cramer in 1902 and named for former governor and Orleans coastal route until passenger service was dis- second president of Mississippi State Agricultural and continued in 1971. Mechanical College, John M. Stone. 120 "i'40. The Burrus House-" Hol lywood," although in a state of 155. Mound Cemetery Site consists of a single conical burial deterioration, is the only extant "mansion type" structure mound, which stands about 20 feet high and is approxi- remaining in Bolivar County. Construction began on the mately 125 feet in diameter. Construction probably took house in 1858 by John C. Burrus, who was among the place during the Miller 11 period (A. D. 1-300). As a first to settle in the county when lands were opened by Miller 11 burial site the mound could be invaluable in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. clarifying socioreligious practices and subsistence- 141. The McNutt House is the only structure remaining in the settlement systems of this period. state associated with Alexander Gallatin McNutt, twelfth 156. B. S. Flicks Memorial Library houses the collections of the Governor of the State of Mississippi. The building was Yazoo Library Association which was founded in 1838. begun in 1826. The building was constructed in 1900. 142. Flowerree was constructed in 1877 and contains some of 157. Central Fire Station, constructed 1904-1905, is the the finest plasterwork of the High Victorian age in Missis- oldest extant fire station in Jackson. sippi. Built by Colonel Charles C. Flowerree, who was the 158. The Whaley Site could provide additional knowledge of youngest colonel in the Confederate Army, the structure the Baytown and Mississippian periods. is a two-story, five-bay house. 159. The Lyon's Bluff Site consists of an earthen mound 143. Erwin House was constructed circa 1830 by Junius R. approximately 20 feet high and surrounding village area. Ward. It is believed to be the oldest extant structure Its mound, constructed during the late prehistoric period, remaining in the county. is one of the largest Mississippian mounds in its section of 144. The Hester-Standifer Creek Site is a large multicomponent Mississippi. site covering approximately six acres. Excavations indi- 160. The Neill Archaeological Site is primarily significant cate a fairly continuous and heavy occupation from the because of its deep, undisturbed midden, a buildup of Late Paleo Indian period through the Early Archaic approximately 800 years. period. 161. Battle of Corinth Site -Confederate Assault Position. The 145. Old Robinson Road-Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Battle of Corinth occurred on October 3-4, 1862, when was named for its surveyor, Raymond Robinson, and was Major General Sterling Price joined General Earl Van constructed, beginning in 1821, to decrease by one-half Dorn, CSA, to attack the Federal garrison at Corinth the time and distance between the lands opened to settle- under the command of Major General William S. Rose- ment in 1816 in the Columbus area and the capitol in crans. Battery Powell was captured by the Confederates, Jackson. but failure to capture Battery Robinette forced a retreat 146. Textile Building, constructed in 1900 to house the to Hatchie Bridge. ambitious but short-lived Textile School of what was then 162. Jacks Site is a small village site on a natural levee of an old Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, is the river channel loop, probably a relict Mississippi River oldest extant academic building on the Mississippi State course. Testing of the site could add information on the University campus as well as a significant monument in Poverty Point cultural sequence.* the history of industrialization, and particularly of cotton 163. The Lane's Chapel Site consists of a large, well-preserved manufacturing, in Mississippi. conical mound, measuring 100 feet in diameter and 12 147. Star of the West, built in 1852, was recipient of the first feet high. The site is significant because it may be able to shot fired in the American Civil War in Charleston Harbor shed some light on the culture of its builders, probably on January 9, 1861. prehistoric people of the Mississippian period. 1411* Moore's Creek Site is one of only two known undisturbed 164, The Smith Park Architectural District contain 5 a high archaeological sites in Alcorn County and one of three concentration of significant buildings illustrating architec- known sites in northeast Mississippi representing the tural tastes during the period 1840-1940. Of the 22 Middle Archaic period. buildings contained within the district, 16 are judged to 149. Lawson Site is a 200' x 100' oval shaped midden contain- be of architectural significance. ing two feet of undisturbed artifactual material. Tests 165. Beaver Dam Archaeological Site (Holly Grove Site) is the revealed that the bulk of the deposit is of the Archaic only site of its combined geological and cultural type period with a thin bottom stratum representing Early presently recorded in the northern Yazoo Basin. Beaver Archaic occupation. Dam was occupied by several groups at different intervals 150. L.G.C. Lamar House, built circa 1856, was purchased by of time, including very brief use by peoples of the Marks- Lamar's wife in 1868. The house was occupied by Lamar ville, Baytown, and Mississippian periods. However, the until 1888 when he was appointed by President Cleveland heaviest occupation seems to have been in the Late Paleo- to the Supreme Court. His residency here spanned his Indian-Early Archaic periods, circa 9,000 to 5,000 years career as congressman, senator, and Secretary of the ago. Interior. 166. Old United States Post Office and Courthouse Building 151. Owl Creek Site was first described by Rush Nutt in the was completed in 1887 and is a Romanesque Revival early 1800's as seven mounds encircled by a ditch, In structure, a style rarely adopted for Mississippi buildings. 1935, Moreau Chambers reported five mounds only. 167. The Lavelle Site contains approximately 10 to 20 centi- Archaeological work suggests that the Owl Creek Site was meters of undisturbed cultural deposits, making it one of a large palisaded village of the Mississippian Culture with the few prehistoric sites in Newton County which has not an earlier Miller I I occupation. been destroyed by agriculture. Cultural materials collected 152. Curlee House is a Greek Revival house built circa 1857. from the site indicate that it was an Early or Middle Following the Battle of Shiloh, the house was the head- Woodland period campsite. quarters of Confederate generals Braxton Bragg and Earl 168. The Mutt-Thomason Site is one of the few relatively Van Dorn and Union General Halleck. undisturbed Miller I I-Miller I I I village sites in the Tupelo 153. St. Peter's Episcopal Church is of great importance as the area.* oldest religious structure in Oxford and a once-designated 169. The Isaiah T. Montgomery House, located in the Missis- "Cathedral Church" of the Episcopal Diocese of Missis- sippi Delta town of Mound Bayou, is a red brick, two- sippi. The congregation of the Church was organized in story structure built over a full above-grade basement. 1851 and by 1860 had completed the present church Built circa 1910, this was the residence of one of Missis- structure which follows the designs of nineteenth-century sippi's early black leaders. Montgomery, a former slave of American architect Richard Upjohn. St. Peter's history is Jefferson Davis, founded the all-black town of Mound also enhanced by a number of prominent men who have Bayou to afford blacks the opportunity to exercise self- served or worshipped here. government. 154. Hope Farm is one of the few surviving eighteenth-century 170. The Donelson House was the Bolivar County plantation structures in Mississippi. Hope Farm has retained its of Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871), a prominent general character as a structure of the Spanish Provincial soldier, lawyer, politician, diplomat, and nephew of period in Mississippi. The house is presently owned by Mr. President Andrew Jackson. and Mrs. J. Balfour Miller. Mrs. Miller is the founder of the Natchez Pilgrimage. 121 171. The William Johnson House is a two and one-half story, 188. The Briars is considered the most fully developed and three-bay brick structure, constructed between 1840- sophisticated example of the long, low "undercut" 1841 by William Johnson, "The Barber of Natchez," a architectural form indigenous to the lower Mississippi free black whose diaries, written between 1835-51, are Valley. The residence is also significant for being the highly significant documents which chronicle his profes- setting in 1845, of the marriage of Jefferson Davis and sional and financial activities in antebellum Natchez. Varina Ho.well.* 172. Cedar Grove was built for John Alexander Klein in 1840. 189. Chickasaw Village Site is the most significant of the It is a good example of Greek Revival domestic design. numerous sites associated with Chickasaw history be- 173. Oakland is a one-story, brick, Greek Revival house con- tween Line Creek in Mississippi and Duck River in Ten- structed between 1838 and 1844 by Horatio Sprague nessee. The site was the center of the Chickasaw villages Eustis on land given to his wife by her father, Henry and settlements of the eighteenth century.* Chotard. In 1858 it became the residence of John Minor 190. Elms Court was constructed circa 1836, and is a signifi- who is remembered for his pro-Union sympathies during cant and well-preserved example of the Greek Revival the Civi 'I War. style. It is one of the most prominent "suburban villas" 174. The Rowland Site is one of the few undisturbed archaeo- in the Natchez region.* logical sites in Mississippi. Investigation could recover 191. Christ Church, constructed in 1858 for the first Episcopal information about the floral and faunal resources utilized congregation in the state, is revered as the "cradle of by the inhabitants as well as village and individual house Episcopacy in Mississippi." Succeeding two earlier church plans.* buildings, the existing one is among the best-documented 175. The Black Site is a combination village and mound site structures in the state. and could provide information pertaining to both mound 192. The Sprague is the largest and most powerful steam tow- construction and the pattern of houses in relation to It.* boat ever constructed. The Sprague is also significant for 176. The Elms is one of the oldest and most unusual "sub- its role in the development of commerce and transporta- urban villas" in Natchez. It is a highly significant example tion during the first quarter of the twentieth century. of "picturesque eclecticism" achieved through a variety of 193. The Cedars is one of the oldest houses extant in Clinton mass and irregular outline. and Hinds County. The Cedars is typical of the simple but 177. The Edwards Hotel is significant for its excellent design spacious vernacular form of Greek Revival cottage once and its association with the political and social life of the popular in Mississippi. Its exact date of construction is capital city. The structure and form of the building are unknown, but land records indicate that there was a derived from the commercial style of the late-nineteenth structure on the site by 1839, and architectural evidence century, though ornamented with Neoclassical Revival places the period of the house at 1835-1850. motifs. 194. Hickory Sticks reflects the history of Columbus, 178. Rosalie is one of the earliest fully developed and most Mississippi's settlement, growth, and development. prominent "suburban villas" in Natchez and is considered Certain features of the grounds suggest that there may a highly significant example of Neoclassical domestic have been some prehistoric settlement here. The nine- architecture. In addition, the mansion is locally significant teenth century house represents, in its two phases of as the headquarters of the Federal Army during its occu- construction, two important periods of Columbus history. pation of Natchez.* The builders of the house, as well as subsequent owners, 179. Federal Siege Trench is the best-preserved Civil War earth- occupied prominent positions in the growing Tombigbee work remaining from the Siege of Corinth. It was con- River community. structed as part of the Federal offensive attempting to 195. The Old Natchez Trace at milepost 198 goes down a small encircle the town and its Confederate garrison. hill on the west side of the parkway, 180. St. Francis Xavier Convent is significant as one of the 196. The Old Natchez Trace crosses and recrosses largest and best-preserved examples of Gothic Revival Kosciusko-French Camp road. The present road has here architecture in Vicksburg. closely followed the original trace. 181. Gloucester is one of the oldest and best-reserved suburban 197. The Old Natchez Trace, Ridgeland vicinity, Madison mansions in the Natchez region and is considered one of County, Mississippi, is grown up with pine trei the best examples of Neoclassical domestic architecture in undergrowth and has high banks. Near here the state. In addition, Gloucester is the only structure In Brashers operated an inn beginning in 1806. Mississippi associated with its first territorial governor, 198. The Old Natchez Trace, Port Gibson vicinity, Claiborne Winthrop Sargent. The Gloucester Cemetery is the only County, Mississippi, was historically known as Grindstone remaining site associated with Seargent S. Prentiss, an Ford. This is an interpretive site on the Natchez Trace and important figure in the early political history of the state there are exhibits telling of the Trace and Grindstone and one of its celebrated orators. Ford. At the time of the Civil War there was a bridge at 182. Town of Colbert and the Town of Barton contain the the crossing, but it has since been destroyed. well-preserved archaeological remains of two of the 199. The Old Natchez Trace, Port Gibson vicinity, Claiborne earliest towns established in the portion of old Lowndes County, Mississippi, is in about the same condition a s it County west of the Tombigbee River after that area was was when it was abandoned with the exception of some opened for settlement by the Treaty of Pontotoc in 1832,* erosion and vegetative cover that is growing on the trail.* 183. Fair Oaks, built circa 1822, has achieved local prominence 200. Robinson Road construction began in late summer or as the residence of several important families of the fash- early fall of 1821 to connect the isolated counties of ionable Second Creek neighborhood six miles south of Lowndes and Monroe with the rest of the state. Natchez. In addition, the structure is architecturally 201. Routhland was the home of John Routh, "at one time the significant as an interesting vernacular form possessed of largest cotton planter in the world," and was once owned sophisticated, well -calculated, and skillfully joined interior by Cheries Clark, the Civil War governor of Mississippi.* woodwork. 202. The Sweethome Mound site consists of what appears to 184. Battery Williams is the best preserved of Corinth's Federal have been a conical mound situated on a, sandy ridge on fortifications. the inside curve of the Tallahatchie River.* 185. Tullis House is one of the most substantial and elaborate 203. Ayer Hall, constructed in 1903 as the first academic of the vacation homes constructed on the Mississippi Gulf building on the Jackson College USU) campus, is today Coast during the early peak period of the area's popu- the only extant original structbre on the grounds of this larity in the 1850's. It is important as a sophisticated institution and is significant for its role in the develop- blend of academic and regional design elements, practi- ment of education for black Mississippians.* cally executed with the best available local building 204. The Corners, completed in 1873, is a highly individual materials. The building has been altered little since its architectural composition which includes elements of construction in 1856. several styles. The house was built by John A. Klein as a 186. Riverview, built circa 1847, is the most outstanding of wedding gift to his daughter, Susan, who married Captain Greek Revival architecture in Columbus in its monu- Isaac Bonham on May 7,1873.* mental scale and richness of interior design. 187. First National Bank of Greenville was the first federally- chartered bank in Washington County, and is today one *Nomination to National Register of Historic Places pending. of the oldest fede ra I ly -chartered banks in continuous operation in the state. SOURCE: Department of Archives and History. 122 IIIIHIMINIM 3 6668 14103 8416 vmm@ I PM