Forgot: My family name in Sunflower Co: Riddell Brock Segler Henson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Madyas@aol.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] new Moorhead, MS list > Hi Wanda, > I look forward to having you join the group and add what you might remember > about Moorhead. I have on loan, several yearbooks (1937-1940) from Sunflower > Agricultural High School and Junior College. What's interesting is how many > kids from neighboring towns/counties went to college there (it was a two-year > college.) Some of the towns were Moorhead, Indianola, Inverness, Sunflower, > Blaine, Ruleville, Drew, Greenwood, and many others. The grammar school there > was called Moorhead Consolidated School. The college is now called Mississippi > Delta Community College. They have an alumni association, but I'm not sure if > I would be able to track down students who were there in the 1930s when my > mother attended. I guess I could try writing to the college and see if they > have a historian or archives or whatever. I've searched all over the net > (including the Library of Congress, American Memory section) but haven't been able to > find any Depression-era photos of Moorhead. The only photo I've been able to > find is of the railroad crossing made famous by the phrase, "where the > Southern crosses the Yellow Dog" with an accompanying history which has actually > been interesting to read. > > Peggy Dyas > Researching: Ferguson in Mississippi > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >