Marshall County

Marshall County, Mississippi, is revisited through a collection of photographs, many never published before. The pictures capture townspeople and daily routines from a past that has largely passed, giving a visual account of the county's history.

The region's homes appear here again, from antebellum mansions to Victorian cottages. Scenes of cotton gins and wagons crowding the courthouse square show a farming economy that has nearly disappeared from the area. The collection moves from the hardship of sharecroppers at the turn of the century to the festivity of a homecoming parade in the 1950s.

Life in Holly Springs is covered across its many areas and social settings. Longtime residents of Marshall County should recognize familiar faces and businesses, while readers new to the region can follow its past in photographs taken by Mrs. Smith.