by
Reagan L. Grimsley
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2004
Located in the heart of Mississippi�s piney woods, Hattiesburg was named by William H. Hardy in honor of his second wife, Hattie Lott Hardy. Incorporated in 1884, the town quickly established itself as a regional center of the yellow pine lumber industry, and by 1910 it was the fifth largest city in...