GOODMAN's song hunter.(Looking Back)

From: Mississippi Magazine | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Cooper, Forrest Lamar | Copyright information

Some towns, like some people, are givers. The small Holmes county town of Goodman is one of those towns. On its very first day as a proposed location, April 7, 1858, the town hosted a "Great Railroad Celebration and Barbecue" to celebrate the completion of the Jackson-to-Canton railroad. The event was hosted by the Mississippi Central Railroad and was presided over by its president, Walter Goodman of Holly Springs. Goodman, who along with another railroad president later built the ...

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