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Jackson is the capital of Mississippi and is one of two county seats of Hinds County. Named after General Andrew Jackson, it was developed in 1821 to be the state capital. After the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863, General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union troops over-ran Jackson and destroyed it. There was a natural gas boom in the 1920s, and also it's nicknamed "The City with Soul."
The Jackson market has a populace of 579,332. It belonged to the Choctaw Indians at one time. Mississippi Choctaw are now part of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and reside in numerous Native-American towns in the state.
The first European inhabitant was Louis LeFleur, and also Jackson was initially referred to as LeFleur's Bluff. In 1821, a state-commissioned report claimed LeFleur's Bluff was a beautiful area and also had lots of water and also timber and also accessibility to the Natchez Trail. The area then came to be the seat of state government. It was plated in 1822 in a grid pattern, and also city blocks contain many parks. The railway went through Jackson in 1840, which stimulated development after the War Between the States.
Jackson was a production facility for the Confederacy during the Civil War, making it a target of Union troops in 1863. Since the city was destroyed, few antebellum structures have actually made it through. However, the Governor's Mansion, the Old Capitol, as well as the Jackson City Hall remain.
After the War Between the States, financial recovery was slow. Mule-drawn streetcars became electrical in 1899. A brand-new capitol was built in 1903.
Born in Jackson in 1909, author Eudora Welty won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for, "The Optimist's Daughter." The Jackson Public Library was named after her, and her house is a National Historic Landmark. Jackson experienced a boom in the early 20th century, and also a brand-new Union Terminal was built. The King Edward Hotel opened in 1923 and also was a facility for distinguished events. The 1919 Standard Life Building set the record for the biggest reinforced concrete building at the time.
Natural gas fields were found in 1930 causing another boom that lessened the results of the Great Depression. This industry trailed off in 1955.
Throughout Mississippi's extended ban on booze, alcohol consumption and also betting prospered across the river in Flowood's Gold Coast. Those businesses closed down when Mississippi legalized alcohol in 1966. The state allowed riverboat gaming in 1990, and lots of gambling enterprises have opened.
Hawkins Field became an essential United States Army airbase in World War II, housing the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School after Nazi Germany overran the Netherlands.
Jackson was an important hub of civil rights protests in the '60s and also was the terminus of the James Meredith March. Meredith was the very first African American to register at the University of Mississippi. The very first lung transplant took place at the U of Mississippi Medical Center in 1963. Malaco Records calls Jackson home and is a leader in gospel, blues, and soul. Paul Simon tape-recorded at Malaco in 1973.
Harvey Johnson, Jr. ended up being Jackson's very first African-American mayor in 1997, and also he was a champ for the Convention Center. Jackson was denoted as one of the ten friendliest cities in the United States in 2013.
Jackson is in Hinds County and also some areas of Madison as well as Rankin counties. The eastern boundary is the Pearl River. It's bordered on the north by Ridgeland, on the east by Flowood and also Richland, the south by Byram and the west by Clinton. It has a total landmass of 113.2 square miles and also is drained by the Big Black as well as Pearl Rivers.
Jackson sits on top of a dead volcano that's 2,900 feet underground. The buried peak is under the Mississippi Coliseum. Jackson-Evers International Airport has continuous service to six cities.
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