Point Leflore
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Truly Jones
N 33° 31.233 W 090° 11.039
15S E 761546 N 3712548
Point Leflore - N.E. 2 mi. at junction of Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers is site of extinct town founded in 1830's by Greenwood Leflore. Achieved great prosperity in era before Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM6YVE
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2009
Views: 12
Apparently, Greenwood Leflore had a falling out with the businessmen of his namesake town and created a rival town.
Date Installed:: 1954/01/01
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commission
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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