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| Mississippi Facts |
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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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Mississippi was the first state in the nation to have a planned system of junior colleges. |
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At Vicksburg, Mississippi, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station is the world's largest hydraulic research laboratory. |
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