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    First Peoples: 13,000 BC–AD 1518

    When the last Ice Age ended more than 15,000 years ago, Mississippi looked much different from today.

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    Cultural Crossroads: Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans 1519–1798

    From 1519 to 1798, waves of European explorers, traders, and colonists came to the land now known as Mississippi.

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    Joining the United States: Territory, Statehood, and Treaties 1799–1832

    "Mississippi Fever" was a different kind of illness, one driven by a mad dash for fertile land to grow cotton.

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    Cotton Kingdom: Enslavement and Civil War 1835–1865

    As the 1830s drew to a close, Mississippians populated lands taken from the Choctaw and Chickasaw.

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    The World Remade: Freedom, Reconstruction, and Counter Revolution 1866–1902

    After the Civil War, Mississippi faced its next great challenge–creating a society not built on racial slavery.

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    Promise and Peril: Progressivism, Repression, and World War I 1903–1927

    Mississippi welcomed the new century as an opportunity for change.

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    Bridging Hardship: Great Depression, New Deal and World War II 1928–1948

    By 1930, Mississippians earned only about one-third of the national average income. 

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    Forging Ahead: Civil Rights, Diversification, and Innovation 1946–Present

    The decades following the Great Depression and World War II brought new opportunities and new
    challenges to Mississippi. 

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    Enduring Cultures

    Mississippi’s Native Nations created distinctive cultures and traditions. 

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    Sense of Duty

    The tradition of military service runs deep in Mississippi. 

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    Soul of the State

    The roots of creativity run deep in Mississippi. 

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