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Hwy. 43
South
Original Natchez Trace
An original frontier
road used by Indians, boatmen, postriders, soldiers, missionaries and
government officials. The 450-mile trail stretched from Natchez,
Mississippi, through Kosciusko to Nashville, Tennessee. Now part of the
National Park System.
Jackson's Well
Legend says
that Andrew Jackson
camped above Kosciusko as he and his troops wearily marched back to
Tennessee after the Battle of New Orleans. This camp gave the sick and
wounded a chance to rest and recuperate. A 42-foot well was dug and walled
with rock on a ridge 100 feet above the old Natchez Trace. Just south of
Berea Church.

Shrock House and
Community
Shrock House, the
first structure in the Shrock Community, was built in 1858. Legend
suggests that local Indians participated in the construction of the house
in exchange for use of the grist mill and steam saw. The community
features Shrock Store and Shrock Church. Located near Goodman on Hwy. 14.
Alexander
Memorial
Presbyterian Church
This church was
organized in 1884 and moved to its present location on Tipton Street in
1910. It served as a black Christian educational site for the community
for many years. Jimmy Carr served as pastor for 62 years. Today, a
cultural outreach center is attached to the church.
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Bluff
Springs Manor
The only landmark remaining at Bluff Springs Village is an 1854 antebellum
colonial-style house. Magnus Teague gave it to his fourth daughter,
Bettie, a a dowry upon her marriage to Colonel J.K. Coffey. Located eight
miles west of Kosciusko on Hwy. 12. Listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
Bethel Church
Seven miles north of Kosciusko (off Hwy. 35 North) stands Bethel Methodist
Church. Organized around 1840, the present structure was built after the
Civil War. Many pioneer citizens are buried in the church-yard cemetery.
More recently, it is the burial place of A. Boyd Campbell of Jackson,
Mississippi, who was the President of the United States Chamber of
Commerce in 1955.
New Hope
Lutheran Church
The mother church of Mississippi Lutherans is nestled in an oak and pine
grove three miles south of Sallis. The Rev. George H. Brown, a South
Carolinian, organized the congregation in 1846. The present structure,
reminiscent of a colonial meeting house, was built around the turn of the
century. The building is open only on weekends.
Palmer Hall
Less than a mile east of Hesterville on Hwy. 35 North stands Palmer Hall,
home of Bethel Lodge No. 107 of the Masonic Order. Organized in 1848, this
lodge has been meeting here continuously since 1851 when the building was
constructed.
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