Yazoo / John E. Ellzey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellzey, John E., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yazoo County (Miss.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Yazoo County (Miss.).

Yazoo County (Miss.)--History--Pictorial works.

Yazoo County (Miss.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

With a diverse past, from Native American tribes to the first European explorers and settlers to the present day, Yazoo has always been intriguing. French explorers first named the river that flows through the area the River of the Yazous after the Yazoo Indian tribe, and the county and city were later named for the river. Yazoo County, established in 1823, is the largest county in Mississippi, situated in the west-central part of the state in the fertile valley formed by the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. After its organization, Yazoo County was rapidly settled by pioneers from other parts of Mississippi and from the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Contents:

Prehistory and Native Americans

Early settlers and communities

Civil War, reconstruction, and beyond

Early 20th century

Depression, recovery, and the good old days

Vanishing and lost Yazoo.

OCLC:

900733091