The first female rural mail carrier in the United States was Mrs. Mamie Thomas. She delivered mail by buggy to the area southeast of Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1914.
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The oldest game in America is stickball. The Choctaw Indians of Mississippi played the game. Demonstrations can be seen every July at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia.
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The largest Bible-binding plant in the nation is Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood, Mississippi.
