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Farm and timber land for sale in the famous Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, U.S.A. [map] /

by George T. Houston and Company
Publisher: Chicago :  Geo. T. Houston & Co., [1904] .Description: 1 map : col. ; 39 x 92 cm .Subject(s): Land companies -- Mississippi | Lumber trade -- Mississippi | Forest landowners -- Mississippi -- Maps | Real property -- Mississippi -- Maps | Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Maps | Maps -- 20th century Online Resources: Link to Electronic Resource
Item type Location Collection Call Number Status Notes Date Due
Online Online Electronic Resource Electronic Records MA/2002.0259(c) Open Shelf Link to Electronic Resource
Archive Request Archival Reading Room Maps MA/2002.0259(c) Available

Date of situation: [1904]

Shows Mississippi Delta region from Claiborne, Copiah, Simpson counties in the South to Tunica, DeSoto counties in the North with lands for sale by the Houston Co. shaded in black. Lands for sale are located primarily in Sharkey and Washington counties.

"For general information call upon or write Houston Bros., Vicksburg, Miss., Columbus, Miss., Cairo, Ill., Memphis, Tenn., Bigbee, Miss., Columbus, Miss., manufacturers, dealers, exporters [of] hardwood lumber, yellow pine, cypress ties and piling."

"Resident agent, Vicksburg, Miss."

Zoomify JPEG file, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, [2012]. Map scanned as TIFF file then converted to Zoomify JPEG file.

Mode of access: Internet browser.

Library copy encapsulated for preservation."