MISSISSIPPI

Statehood: Dec. 10, 1817, the 20th state.

State abbreviations: Miss. (traditional); MS (postal).

State capital: Jackson, Mississippi's capital since 1822. Other capitals were Natchez (1798-1802, 1817-1821), Washington (1802-1817), and Columbia (1821-1822).

Origin of Name: From an Indian word meaning "Father of Waters"

Major Industries: Agriculture, Fisheries, Manufacturing

Agriculture: broilers, cotton, soybeans

Manufacturing: petroleum products, food products, chemicals, wood products, machinery, electrical equipment.

Bordering States: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee

State motto: Virtute et Armis (By Valor and Arms).

State song: "Go Mis-sis-sip-pi" by Houston Davis. (se

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The Congress of the United States then created the Mississippi Territory on April 7, 1798. Blacks throughout the South gradually lost most of the rights they had gained after the Civil War. One contribution is an immense forestry industry. The Chickasaw controlled the northern part of the state. Other mineral resources include clay, sand and gravel, lignite, iron ore, limestone, and salt. As a result, a federal court in New Orleans ordered 33 Mississippi school districts to desegregate by December 1969. In 1699 they established the first fort and permanent settlement in the Mississippi region. Votes were submitted by 23,278 school children. Many white people opened segregated private schools and enrolled their children. De Soto is believed to have led his expedition westward across northern Mississippi late in 1540. Four nominations were made--the magnolia, oak, pine and dogwood. South of that line, settlers came from the British Atlantic Seaboard colonies. A former Georgia governor, George Matthews, was appointed the territorial governor.

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