I would love to have a copy. Thank you for your offer to share your information Buena Faye Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burchfield, Mical D" <mical.d.burchfield@lmco.com> To: <msattala@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Historical Genealogy > Kosciusko sounds like a neat place. I have to make time to visit there > sometime. I have never been. > > The town of Granbury, Texas where I live has a nicely preserved old town > square. Almost all of the buildings on the square, including the > courthouse, have a state of Texas Historical marker on them. The whole > town square is (or was at one time) the only complete historical town > square in the National Register of Historical Places. The old buildings > have been repaired and restored and contain several shops, hotels, > restaurants and live entertainment theaters and plays now. With Lake > Granbury a couple of blocks away, it is a large tourist draw for this part > of the country. > > General Hiram Granbury, the Southern Civil War General who was killed at > the battle of Franklin, Tenn is buried there, as is Elizabeth Crockett, > wife of Davy Crocket who was killed defending the Alamo. Elizabeth > Crockett and her son were awarded several acres of land in Hood County, > near Granbury, for his sacrifice at the Alamo. There is lots of History in > the area. > > I would expect Kosciusko would be an interesting place to visit for us > that had past family living around there. > > For a 7th grade Texas History project, my son, who is a freshman in > college this year, Documented all the Texas Historical Markers in Hood > County (named for Civil war General John Bell Hood) We copied the text > from the markers and used photos that I took at each location and made a > Powerpoint presentation. He received an A+ on it. I will forward it to > anyone that might be interested. > > Mical > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Doug. Cummins > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:29 AM > To: msattala@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MSATTALA] Historical Genealogy > > Having knowledge of a popular eatery, "The Rib Alley"(Owner/Mgr, my cuz by > the way). situated on Kosciusko's historical square. I became aware of a > wealth of historical knowledge while dinning on their famous "Baby-Back > Ribs". You can see most of the old buildings that line the square and get > a clear view of the 1894 red brick Court House, the civil war statue and > of course and the original red clay bricks that once lined most the narrow > streets in Attala County. Just a few blocks to the east of the Rib Alley > Restaurant is an excellent source family genealogy, the Regional Library > on Jefferson Street. Most days Mom-Sat a clerk will be available assist in > your quest. So if your dining out, doing family research or both. You > won't be disappointed on first or next visit to Attala County. > > --- On Fri, 9/25/09, msattala-request@rootsweb.com > <msattala-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> From: msattala-request@rootsweb.com <msattala-request@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: MSATTALA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 50 >> To: msattala@rootsweb.com >> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 3:00 AM >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Attala County Books (E. R. Hutchison) >> 2. Re: Attala County Books (Molly Pere) >> 3. Re: Attala County Books (E. R. >> Hutchison) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:23:38 -0500 >> From: "E. R. Hutchison" <erhutchison@comcast.net> >> Subject: [MSATTALA] Attala County Books >> To: <msattala@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: >> <AA0B757280214546AAD1536AF213CD49@EdwardPC> >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="Windows-1252" >> >> The recent discussion of Attala County books reminds me to >> point out that my own book, "Yesterday: The >> descendants of John Hutchison and Elizabeth Frazier of >> Attala County," and several other books dealing with >> the history and genealogy of Attala and Madison County are >> now available for sale at a new shop in Canton. >> >> The store, known as The Emporium, is owned by my son and >> daughter-in-law, Ed and Amy Hutchison. It contains >> items from about 15 or 20 different vendors--including a few >> from Attala County--who are selling antiques, art work, >> books, women's clothes, jewelry (antique as well as >> costume), tee-shirts, games, magic tricks, furniture, >> glassware, collectibles, dolls, and a hundred other things >> that I am forgetting. >> >> If your travels take you to Canton--perhaps for the >> semi-annual flea market--please stop in and say, >> "Hello." You'll find The Emporium in a 100 year old >> building on the east side of Canton's historic Court House >> Square. >> >> Edward Hutchison >> www.ERHutchison.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:59:28 -0700 >> From: "Molly Pere" <mollypere@comcast.net> >> Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Attala County Books >> To: <msattala@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: >> <F4923614834E404ABD90B0A79AE87589@mollypere> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; >> charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Hi Ed >> I'd just love to come to Canton to see and shop in The >> Emporium , however , >> it would be a long time as I live in Seattle . Is there a >> way to find out >> which books on Attala and Madison Co ( I have ancestors >> from both ) are >> being sold there. Perhaps I can mail order some of the >> books. If you can >> provide a contact person and phone number ( or >> website if there is one ) >> for the store, I'd appreciate it. >> Thanks, >> Cousin Molly ( Can't remember exactly how we are relelated >> but I think we >> are :) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "E. R. Hutchison" <erhutchison@comcast.net> >> To: <msattala@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:23 PM >> Subject: [MSATTALA] Attala County Books >> >> >> > The recent discussion of Attala County books reminds >> me to point out that >> > my own book, "Yesterday: The descendants of John >> Hutchison and Elizabeth >> > Frazier of Attala County," and several other >> books dealing with the >> > history and genealogy of Attala and Madison County are >> now available for >> > sale at a new shop in Canton. >> > >> > The store, known as The Emporium, is owned by my son >> and daughter-in-law, >> > Ed and Amy Hutchison. It contains items from >> about 15 or 20 different >> > vendors--including a few from Attala County--who are >> selling antiques, art >> > work, books, women's clothes, jewelry (antique as well >> as costume), >> > tee-shirts, games, magic tricks, furniture, glassware, >> collectibles, >> > dolls, and a hundred other things that I am >> forgetting. >> > >> > If your travels take you to Canton--perhaps for the >> semi-annual flea >> > market--please stop in and say, "Hello." You'll >> find The Emporium in a >> > 100 year old building on the east side of Canton's >> historic Court House >> > Square. >> > >> > Edward Hutchison >> > www.ERHutchison.com >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> > MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:40:56 -0500 >> From: "E. R. Hutchison" <erhutchison@comcast.net> >> Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Attala County Books >> To: <msattala@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: >> <03E41CEBD34C4F469035B284E0D9D700@EdwardPC> >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Cousin Molly. >> >> You will find a link to my book, "Yesterday," at my website >> www.ERHutchison.com I have also posted several >> excerpts of the book on the Internet. These sites, >> too, are linked to the above URL. >> >> Jim Lacey wrote a very interesting book, "History Bits," >> that covers Madison County history. The Emporium >> carries it. Jim told me last week that there are now >> fewer than ten copies remaining of the thousand initially >> published. Anyone with an interest in Canton and >> vicinity will want this book. >> >> There are other books that relate to the history of the >> area but they are out-of-print and the shop has only one >> copy of each in stock. There are another 15-20 books >> that are of regional or statewide interest. They have >> local authors and/or local topics. >> >> Mrs. Porter's book about Sallis, Elma Heffner's book about >> the McLellan family, Mr. Johnson's book on the family of >> Samuel Isaiah White, and a collection of letters from the >> Neaves family, are excellent, but out-of-print, and I don't >> know where you would find a copy other than at the Kosciusko >> library. >> >> If you have other questions, please feel free to call me >> days at 601-906-8571. >> >> Ed Hutchison >> Madison, MS >> Home Page: www.erhutchison.com/hp.html >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Molly Pere >> To: msattala@rootsweb.com >> >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Attala County Books >> >> >> Hi Ed >> I'd just love to come to Canton to see and shop in >> The Emporium , however , >> it would be a long time as I live in Seattle . Is >> there a way to find out >> which books on Attala and Madison Co ( I have >> ancestors from both ) are >> being sold there. Perhaps I can mail order some of >> the books. If you can >> provide a contact person and phone number ( or >> website if there is one ) >> for the store, I'd appreciate it. >> Thanks, >> Cousin Molly ( Can't remember exactly how we are >> relelated but I think we >> are :) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "E. R. Hutchison" <erhutchison@comcast.net> >> To: <msattala@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:23 PM >> Subject: [MSATTALA] Attala County Books >> >> >> > The recent discussion of Attala County books >> reminds me to point out that >> > my own book, "Yesterday: The descendants >> of John Hutchison and Elizabeth >> > Frazier of Attala County," and several >> other books dealing with the >> > history and genealogy of Attala and Madison >> County are now available for >> > sale at a new shop in Canton. >> > >> > The store, known as The Emporium, is owned by >> my son and daughter-in-law, >> > Ed and Amy Hutchison. It contains items >> from about 15 or 20 different >> > vendors--including a few from Attala >> County--who are selling antiques, art >> > work, books, women's clothes, jewelry (antique >> as well as costume), >> > tee-shirts, games, magic tricks, furniture, >> glassware, collectibles, >> > dolls, and a hundred other things that I am >> forgetting. >> > >> > If your travels take you to Canton--perhaps for >> the semi-annual flea >> > market--please stop in and say, "Hello." >> You'll find The Emporium in a >> > 100 year old building on the east side of >> Canton's historic Court House >> > Square. >> > >> > Edward Hutchison >> > www.ERHutchison.com >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >> email to >> > MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the MSATTALA list administrator, send an email >> to >> MSATTALA-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the MSATTALA mailing list, send an >> email to MSATTALA@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of MSATTALA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 50 >> *************************************** >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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