(C) Kelly Statue [map]
One of the few statues dedicated to the memory of a Mississippi resident is in the city cemetery in Kosciusko. There, the bereaved widower of Laura Mitchell Kelly immortalized his wife in sculpture. Story has it that Mr. Kelly sent photos of his bride in her 1890's wedding dress to a sculptor in Italy where the statue was made. From an upper story window of his East Jefferson Street home, Kelly viewed the statue erected in the family burial plot. However, its perfect likeness to his deceased love saddened him so much, he could hardly bear to look upon his tribute.

(D) Hwy. 43 South - Original Natchez Trace [map]
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.

(E) The Attala County Library [map]
The present building at 201 S. Huntington Street was completed in 1968 on the site of the old Kosciusko High School. It houses the Attala County Library and the Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System. The library has a special collection of books about Poland and Tadeusz Kosciuszko as well as one of the state's largest genealogy collections, which draws researchers from all over the country.

(F) Mary Ricks Thornton Cultural Center [map]
Corner of East Washington and North Huntington. Formerly a Presbyterian Church built in the country gothic style, this 1899 building now serves as a cultural center. The sanctuary features outstanding stained glass windows. The Kosciusko-Attala Historical Society purchased the building in 1987 and restored it. The Delta Gamma Founder's Room is also a feature of the center. A portrait of the three founders, Eva Webb Dodd, Anna Boyd Ellington and Mary Comfort Leonard, hangs in this memorial room which has been recently decorated and furnished beautifully with new draperies, red oak flooring, oriental rugs and antiques. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Mississippi Historic Landmark.

(G) Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church [map]
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.

(H) Hurricane Creek [map]
A short nature trail located 4-1/2 miles north on the Natchez Trace.

(I) Oprah Winfrey's First Church [map]
Oprah Winfrey is Kosciusko and Attala County's most celebrated native-born entertainer. Buffalo Road, now Oprah Winfrey Road, makes a loop off Hwy. 12 and passes Miss Winfrey's first church, now the Buffalo Community Center, her family cemetery and the site of her birth-place before rejoining Hwy 12.

(J) Holly Hill [map]
Picnic area 5 miles south on the Natchez Trace.

(K) Jackson's Well [map]
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.

(L) Bluff Springs Manor [map]
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.

(M) Bethel Church [map]
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.

(N) Palmer Hall [map]
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.

(O) New Hope Lutheran Church [map]
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.

(P) Central Hills Baptist Retreat [map]
360-acres of rolling wooded hills used primarily for retreat facilities by the Royal Ambassadors, a Mississippi Southern Baptist youth organization. Located seven miles northwest of Kosciusko, just off Hwy. 19 North.

(Q) Shrock House & Community [map]
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.

(R) Kosciusko Museum & Information Center [map]
Located at mile marker 160 on the Natchez Trace. Named for Polish hero, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who was the first foreign officer to receive a commission from the Continental Congress and to serve in General George Washington's army. He was the military engineer responsible for fortifications at major battles in the Revolutionary War such as Saratoga, New York.