“I’m going to wait here in the car. The Gypsy graves are at the top of the hill, on the left,” Mrs. Elsie McWilliams told me...
It is doubtful that many people have ever heard of John Leland, but Americans owe him a heartfelt thanks. Leland deserves more than a footnote in...
He was born in Virginia, grew up in Kentucky, and lived in many parts of the country, but when Zachary Taylor was elected president of the...
Friday, Oct. 16, was or is (depending on when you read this) National Boss’s Day, and it caused me to reflect on some bosses I’ve had...
She told a tragic tale: Her name was Marie, and her husband had been a Union soldier who moved to Vicksburg and married her after the...
“I’m thinking of running for the office of tax collector,” the voice on the phone said. “What do you think about this?” The caller was Marguerite...
Dressed in riding jodhpurs, a frock coat and fashionable boots and hat — and with a $10,000 diamond ring covering half of his finger — Tom...
As shots rang out just above the trees, the boys who were perched among the branches “came out of those trees like overripe pears falling,” wrote...
The monument is much like any other. It is white marble with a rounded top, standing several feet high and on a broad base. Attached to...
It was a nice duplex on Robinson Road in Jackson. Linda Bilbo was a real estate agent, and she had the house built. She occupied one...
