Group Tour Escort Manual - Mississippi

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l The Waterways Experiment Station, in Vicksburg, is the largest research, testing and development facility of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers.
l The Biedenharn Candy Company Museum, in Vicksburg, commemorates the site where the world famous soft drink beverage,
Coca-Cola was first bottled in 1894.
l Arthur Guyton, of Jackson, is a physician and author of the most widely used text of physiology in the world.
l Leontyne Price, of Laurel, was the first African-American to achieve international stardom in the field of opera.
l Alcorn State University, in Jefferson County, is the world’s oldest land grant college for African-Americans.
l Burnita Shelton Matthews, of Hazlehurst, was the first woman federal judge in the U.S. and served the district of
Washington, D.C.
l The extremely popular Mississippi Gulf Coast is home to the world’s largest man-made beach stretching 26 scenic miles.
l The first nuclear submarine built in the South was produced in Mississippi.
l Will Price, of McComb, was the script consultant for the movie GONE WITH THE WIND, and later married actress, Maureen O’Hara.
l The rarest of North American cranes, the Sandhill Crane, lives in Mississippi in the grassy savanna of Jackson County.
l The Mississippi Delta is the birthplace of Blues music, the only music recognized as truly original to America.
l The Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) was founded in Mississippi in 1909.
l Mississippi is Choctaw for “Father of Waters,” and refers to the Mississippi River from which the state takes its name.