Newport and Jackson County

Newport and Jackson County
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781439655238
ISBN-13 : 1439655235
Rating : 4/5 (235 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Newport and Jackson County by : Tim Watson

Download or read book Newport and Jackson County written by Tim Watson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost 200 years, Jackson County has been a typical farming community in the Mississippi Delta. Based on timber, cotton, and freshwater pearls, its early economy produced great wealth for a small group of landowners. In the 1920s, Jackson County was the 10th-largest cotton producer in the country. However, with the arrival of the tractor in the 1950s and the departure of the laboring classes, the county's economy spiraled downward. The tensions in this social mix led to a creative fermentation that allowed Jackson County to become one of the birthplaces of rock and roll. Images of America: Newport and Jackson County tells many of the colorful stories of the history of the county, from land barons and sharecroppers to Elvis, illuminating the rich heritage of its apparently simple towns and communities.


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