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Jacinto Museum & Original Stagecoach Trace Remains:
A view of the original remains of the old stagecoach trace road that used
to provide coach service to Jacinto four times a day. The trace remains
can be seen in the terrain as it slopes across the plane. The trace runs
alongside the museum, coming out of the woods, terminating right in front
of the Courthouse building
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Cross-Section of the Jacinto Jail Hanging Tree:
This cross-section of the massive Jacinto Jail Hanging Tree is the
only remnant of that silent witness to many a man's mortal life on
this earth. The tree was lost during a storm and this cross-section
was saved for the museum and will eventually be converted into a table |
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Hod & Plaster Spreader (& Other Period Tools):
Although sparse on relics pertaining to Jacinto and the Courthouse, the
Jacinto Courthouse Museum does have a fine collection of period farming
equipment, construction and commerce tools as well as a period medical
implement collection. Many items have been donated by local and area
families. Of note in this display are the locally found cannonball
fragments. The Hod & Plaster Spreader has a provenance interpretive card
which states that it once belonged to Claiborne Scroggins, a Union Soldier
of Company I, 122nd Illinois Infantry, who was a plasterer by trade |
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Judge's Hammer & Courthouse Relics:
Some Jacinto Courthouse related relics on display include the Judge's
Gavel and a couple of dug horseshoes that were most likely made by a
blacksmith in Jacinto. The Cornice Plane with the provenance interpretive
card was also owned by Claiborne Scroggins and was used to make the fancy
falderal on picture frames as well as the ornate 'gingerbread' on the
period homes of yesterday (refer to the face of the Jacinto Doctor's
Office building for an example). Purchased at an estate sale in 1956 for
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Original Jacinto, MS Newspaper:
During it's peak, Jacinto was home to two different newspapers. This is an
original rare copy of one of those papers, the 'North Mississippi Union' |
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Store Scales (1830):
Store scales used by John G. Barton at his store in 'Old Rienzi' in
the 1830's. Rienzi is a small period town down the road from Jacinto
that was also growing during the Civil War |
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