1921: Mississippi Poetry Society organized

The Poetry Society encouraged the writing of good verse and published the collection of the best poems written in the state.  It published a quarterly called The Mississippi Poetry Journal.

1921: United States purchases land for Mississippi Choctaw reservation

June 19, 1921: Fire sweeps through Pascagoula and destroys fifty buildings

The damage for the fire was estimated at $500,000.

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