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Alcorn State 52, Jackson State 34, (November 19, 1994) - Steve McNair's penultimate college game was played in front of 62,512 fans inside Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium as the annual JSU-Alcorn rivalry reached a fever pitch. McNair capped off his campaign for the Heisman with a 533-yard performance.
Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32°17′56″N90°11′06″W32.299°N 90.185°W. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, USA. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Jackson–Vicksburg–Brookhaven, MS Combined Statistical Area is made up of eight counties in central Mississippi and consists of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Brookhaven, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area, the Vicksburg micropolitan area, and the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 census placed the Jackson ...
32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W / . 32.29626°N 90.18569°W. / 32.29626; -90.18569. Type. Art museum. Website. www .msmuseumart .org. The Mississippi Museum of Art is a public museum in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the largest museum in Mississippi.
Jackson Volcano is an extinct volcano 2,900 feet (880 m) beneath the city of Jackson, Mississippi, under the Mississippi Coliseum. The uplifted terrain around the volcano forms the Jackson Dome, an area of dense rock clearly noticeable in local gravity measurements. [1] E.W. Hilgard published his theory of an anticline beneath Jackson in 1860 ...
Smith–Wills Stadium was the home of the Jackson Mets from 1975 to 1990. The Jackson Mets were a Texas League AA affiliate of the New York Mets. The Mets moved into Smith–Wills stadium prior to the end of construction. At the home opener for the Mets in 1975, the stadium still lacked a roof over the press-box, and still had an unpaved ...
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy (MCPP) is a free-market, conservative think tank located in Jackson, Mississippi.The organization's stated mission is "To advance the constitutional ideals of liberty and justice for all Mississippians by employing an evidenced-based approach to public policy whereby we advocate for and advance real conservative ideas with policy makers, members of the ...
358 ft (109 m) [1] Lake Hico was a cooling pond reservoir built on 16th section school land in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1950s. Its primary purpose was to provide water for the adjacent Rex Brown Plant, which generates electricity with steam. Initially, Lake Hico was open to the public for recreation. The lake was closed to the public in the ...