Mississippi - The Magnolia State - Greenville, Mississippi
Posted by: BruceS
N 33° 23.045 W 091° 04.015
15S E 679807 N 3695537
Historical marker located at Mississippi Welcome Center south of Greenville.
Waymark Code: WM37KB
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2008
Views: 37
Mississippi
The Magnolia State
Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699.
Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized
by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817. ~ text of marker