State No 20, State Date December 10, 1817, Capital
Jackson, Population 2,844,658; 31st, 12/00, Area Codes 228 -
601 - 662, Nickname Magnolia State, Motto By valor and arms,
Origin Chippewa Indian words "mici zibi," loosely meaning great
river, Bird Mockingbird, Flower Magnolia, Tree Southern
Magnolia, Area 48434 sq.mi., 32nd Land 46914 sq.mi., 31st Water 1520
sq.mi., 25th Coastline 53 mi., 18th Shoreline 359 mi., 22nd, Colleges
Universities Mississippi State University. University of Southern
Mississippi., Agriculture Cotton, poultry, cattle, catfish,
soybeans, dairy products, rice, Industry Apparel, furniture, lumber
and wood products, food processing, electrical machinery, transportation
equipment, Tourism Fishing, Beach, Hunting, Cycling, National
Forests Bienville, Delta, Desoto, Holly Springs, Homochitto National
Forests, Tombigee National Forest., Song Go Mis-sis-sip-pi, State
Parks Anderson-Tully State Wildlife Management Area. Bienville National
Forest. Bienville State Wildlife Management Area. Bogue Chitto National
Wildlife Refuge. Buccaneer State Park. Calhoun County State Wildlife
Management Area. Caney Creek State Wildlife Management Area. Carver Point
State Park. Chickasawhay State Wildlife Management Area. Choctaw State
Wildlife Management Area. Clarkco State Park. Clarke County State Park Lake
Dam. Copiah County State Wildlife Management Area. Cossar State Park. DeSoto
National Forest. Delta National Forest. Florewood River Plantation State
Park. Golden Memorial State Park. Golden Memorial State Park Dam. Gulf
Islands National Seashore. Gulf Marine State Park. Hillside National
Wildlife Refuge. Holly Springs National Forest. Holmes County State Park.
Homochitto National Forest. Homochitto State Wildlife Management Area. Horn
Island National Wildlife Refuge (historical). Hugh White State Park. Indian
Bayou State Wildlife Area. J P Coleman State Park. John W Kyle State Park.
Kurtz State Forest. Lake Lowndes State Park. Leaf River State Wildlife
Management Area. Leroy Percy State Park. Little Biloxi State Wildlife
Management Area. Longfellow House National Historical Site. Malmaison State
Wildlife Management Area. Marion County State Wildlife Management Area. [more...]
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Mathews Brake National
Wildlife Refuge. Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. Morgan
Brake National Wildlife Refuge. Nanih Waya State Park. Natchez State Park.
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Okatibbee State Wildlife Area. Panther
Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Pascagoula River State Wildlife Management
Area. Paul B Johnson State Park. Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area.
Percy Quin State Park. Red Creek State Wildlife Management Area. Roosevelt
State Park. Roosevelt State Park Lake Dam. Shepard State Park. Simpson
Legion State Fishing Lake. Tallahala State Wildlife Management Area. Tippah
County State Fishing Lake. Tishomingo State Park. Tishomingo State Park Lake
Dam. Tombigbee National Forest. Tombigbee State Park. Tombigbee State Park
Lake Dam. United State Forest Service Ashe Nursery. Wall Doxey State Park.
Wall Doxey State Park Lake Dam. Winterville State Park. Yazoo National
Wildlife Refuge., Topography Low, fertile delta between Yazoo and
Mississippi rivers; loess bluffs streching around delta border; sandy gulf
coastal terraces followed by piney woods and prairie; rugged high sandy
hills in extream northeast, followed by black prairie belt, Highest Point
Woodall Mountain; 806 feet, 47th, Lowest Point Gulf Coast; sea
level, Media , Sports Jackson Bandits (ECHL) - Jackson.
Mississippi Seawolves (ECHL) - Biloxi. Tupelo T-Rex (WPHL) - Tupelo.,
Facts In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished
the world's first human lung transplant and, on January 23, 1964, Dr. James
D. Hardy performed the world's first heart transplant surgery. Borden's
Condensed Milk was first canned in Liberty. In 1902 while on a hunting
expedition in Sharkey County, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused
to shoot a captured bear. This act resulted in the creation of the
world-famous teddy bear. The world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old
Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula. The first bottle of Dr. Tichener's
Antiseptic was produced in Liberty., Biographies Red Barber
sportscaster, Columbus. Lance Bass singer, Laurel. Theodore Bilbo public
official, Poplarville. Jimmy Buffett singer, songwriter, Pascagoula. Craig
Claiborne columnist, restaurant critic, Sunflower., Link .
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