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"People of Pocahontas. Pocahontas, Miss. Mud Celebration, c. 1900. Gravel-surfaced roads were but a bright promise of the future when this scene of downtown Pocahontas was photographed sometime around the turn of the century. Photo courtesy of Josie Middleton collection. The road through Pocahontas was graveled about 1916-1917. Hwy 49 was paved in late 1920's. Completed in 1931. Knox Lowther." Street scene.
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"People of Pocahontas. Pocahontas, Miss. Mud Celebration, c. 1900. Gravel-surfaced roads were but a bright promise of the future when this scene of downtown Pocahontas was photographed sometime around the turn of the century. Photo courtesy of Josie Middleton collection. The road through Pocahontas was graveled about 1916-1917. Hwy 49 was paved in late 1920's. Completed in 1931. Knox Lowther." Street scene.
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- Item: 859
- Description: "People of Pocahontas. Pocahontas, Miss. Mud Celebration, c. 1900. Gravel-surfaced roads were but a bright promise of the future when this scene of downtown Pocahontas was photographed sometime around the turn of the century. Photo courtesy of Josie Middleton collection. The road through Pocahontas was graveled about 1916-1917. Hwy 49 was paved in late 1920's. Completed in 1931. Knox Lowther." Street scene.
- Date: 190x
- City/State: Pocahontas, Mississippi
- County: Hinds County
- Call Number: PI/2014.0007/Series I
- Filename: 125055-photo.tif