H.T. Merrill from Luka, Mississippi performed the world's first round trip trans-oceanic flight in 1928.
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In 1902 while on a hunting expedition in Sharkey County, Mississippi, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear. This act resulted in the creation of the world-famous teddy bear.
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Greenville, Mississippi is called the Towboat Capital of the World.