Historian Jim Phillips will present “Lost Treasures of Mississippi and Alabama” at noon July 20 in the meeting room of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.
Phillips will discuss both the lost and rediscovered treasures of Mississippi and Alabama from the 19th and 20th centuries. He will cover historical events such as the Boaz Whitfield antebellum gold coin hoard discovered in 1926 near Demopolis, Alabama; the missing 5-foot-tall jeweled gold cross from the early 1700s French settlement on Dauphin Island, Alabama; the lost antebellum treasures of the old Mississippi River mansions; the valuable late 1880s and early 1900s Hutchinson-style soda bottles; and many more.
Phillips will also display his mobile museum of 1700s and 1800s artifacts from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee.
People are encouraged to bring in old bottles, coins, tokens or paper money for Phillips to evaluate for free at the end of his presentation.
The free event is open to the public.
The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.
For information, contact Mona Vance-Ali at 662-329-5304 or mvance@lowndes.lib.ms.us.
You can help your community
Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but we need your help to continue our efforts. Please consider subscribing to our website for only $2.30 per week to help support local journalism and our community.
