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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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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Of Mississippi's 82 counties, Yazoo County is the largest and Alcorn County is the smallest.