A group of slaves who lived in Mississippi and were freed by their master in 1834 returned to Africa, and created the present-day state of Liberia.
Jackson is one of only four cities of the world sanctioned by The International Theater-Dance Committee to host the International Ballet Competition.
Mrs. Mamie Thomas was the first female rural mail carrier in the United States, using a buggy to deliver mail.
The world’s largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula.
The concept of selling shoes in boxes by the pair originated in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert’s Shoe Parlor on Washington Street.
Columbia’s Walter Payton was the first football player to win the coveted spot on front of a Wheaties box.
The world’s only cactus plantation is located in Edwards.
In 1871, Liberty became the first town in the nation to build a Confederate monument.
The largest Bible-binding plant in the country is Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood.
The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States.
Natchez was settled by the French in 1716 and is the oldest permanent settlement on the entire Mississippi River.
The Mississippi Sandhill Crane is the rarest crane in North America.
Burnita Shelton Mathews of Hazelhurst, MS served as the first female federal judge in the country.
The oldest book in America is an ancient Biblical manuscript, at the University of Mississippi.