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"Old Covered Bridge. Near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, on an old road is this old bridge, one of a rapidly diminishing number and belonging to the bygone days of covered wagon and ox-team, when cotton was slowly and laboriously moved from plantation to the river for shipment by riverboat or barge to tidewater and special supplies were hauled back for home consumption…."
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"Old Covered Bridge. Near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, on an old road is this old bridge, one of a rapidly diminishing number and belonging to the bygone days of covered wagon and ox-team, when cotton was slowly and laboriously moved from plantation to the river for shipment by riverboat or barge to tidewater and special supplies were hauled back for home consumption…."
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- Title: Pictorial History: Mississippi Agriculture and Industry, Arranged by Mississippi W.P.A. Historical Research Project.
- Description: "Old Covered Bridge. Near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, on an old road is this old bridge, one of a rapidly diminishing number and belonging to the bygone days of covered wagon and ox-team, when cotton was slowly and laboriously moved from plantation to the river for shipment by riverboat or barge to tidewater and special supplies were hauled back for home consumption…."
- Call Number: Series 0443
- Filename: 73473-sb4-18.tif