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The Ross Barnett Reservoir, often called the Rez, is a reservoir of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The 33,000-acre (130 km 2) lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. The lake features 105 miles (169 km) of ...
University of Mississippi Medical Center. / 32.328853; -90.173159. University of Mississippi Medical Center ( UMMC) is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. UMMC, also referred to as the Medical Center, is the state's only academic medical center .
The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [1] was a violent disturbance that occurred at the University of Mississippi —commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as Segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American man James Meredith.
Hinds, Madison, and Rankin counties, Mississippi, U.S. Map showing the Pearl River in Mississippi. The 1979 Easter flood was one of the most costly and devastating floods to ever occur in Mississippi, United States, with $ 500–700 million in damages ($2.1 billion in 2020 dollars). [2] [3] It was the result of the Pearl River being overwhelmed ...
Holmes County, Mississippi. / 33.12°N 90.09°W / 33.12; -90.09. Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta. As of the 2020 census, the population was ...
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRVWSD) is a governing entity within the state of Mississippi tasked to manage a portion of the Pearl River basin, including the Ross Barnett Reservoir area, and its watersheds. The responsibilities of the district include: overseeing land management ...
David Eckert, Mississippi Clarion Ledger. April 14, 2024 at 8:24 AM. OXFORD ― Finally, Ole Miss baseball experienced some catharsis. It came courtesy of Jackson Ross, who delivered a two-out ...
Rosedale is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,873 at the 2010 census, [2] down from 2,414 in 2000. Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the first half of the 20th century.
78001606 [1] Added to NRHP. December 8, 1978. Rosswood is a historic Southern plantation located off of Mississippi Highway 552, in Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2] [3] [4]
Walter Ross Wade was born in 1810 in South Carolina. His father was Daniel Wade and his mother, Jean Brown Ross. His maternal grandfather was Isaac Ross, the first owner of the Prospect Hill Plantation. Career. He worked as a physician, treating patients in the Natchez District.