Several new additions have been added to the American Local History Network web site for Attala County, Mississippi. Links are provided below if you are interested in viewing these new additions. September 28, 2005 - A series of articles have been added dealing with Greenwood Leflore, the French / Indian for whom Greenwood and Leflore county are named. There is information on Greenwood's father, Louis Lefleur and the founding of Lefleur's Bluff where the Capitol of Mississippi now stands. A listing of the family cemetery at 'Malmaison', the plantation home built by James C. Harris for Greenwood Leflore, the 'Last Will and Testament of Greenwood Leflore', the "Treaty of Doake's Stand", the events and discussions just days before the signing of the "Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty", and the "Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty". Read about Greenwood Leflore's rise to fame from a youngster who could speak little English to become a wealthy plantation owner and a Mississippi State legislature. Some genealogical information on the Lefleur/Leflore family is included. Click on this link: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/greenwoodleflore-1.htm Greenwood Leflore October 8, 2005 - Excerpts from the book Tupelo have been added. Tupelo, by John Hill Aughey, is a first person, account, of a man imprisoned and condemned to execution by the officials of the South for his outspoken anti-Secession and pro-Union beliefs. He makes a truly miraculous escape, to report the details of his ordeal in what was to become a highly praised and popular autobiography. The Reverend Aughey served churches in Attala and Choctaw counties at the outbreak of the war between the states. To read this Presbyterian minister's account of the early days of the Civil War, Click on this link: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/greenwoodleflore-1.htm Tupelo Everette Carr County Coordinator - Attala County American Local History Network and MSGenWeb