Greenwood, Mississippi and Area

Last Updated March 29, 2002

A special Thank-you to Henry McCabe and Mike O'Neal of Greenwood, Mississippi. On March 21, 2001, Mike and Henry gave us a guided tour of the Greenwood area pointing out many important sites (see pages 2-4). In March 2002, Henry led us to the recently discovered remains of Lower Fort.

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(8-2000) Salem Cemetery, Carroll County, Mississippi. H. S. O'Neal, Co. I, 36th Miss Inf, CSA. Great Grandfather of Greenwood area resident, Mike O'Neal

Photo courtesy of Mike O'Neal, Greenwood, MS

(3-2000) Confederate Monument. LeFlore County Court House, Greenwood, MS
              
(3-2000) Confederate Memorial Building, Greenwood, MS. One of only two Confederate Memorial Buildings in the United States

(7-2000) The Yalobusha and Tallahatchie rivers meet here and form the Yazoo River. Greenwood Leflore, the Choctaw Indian Chief who sold his people up the river in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, owned a trading post near by

Photo courtesy of Mike O'Neal, Greenwood, MS

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