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Family Reconnected With Son’s Message In A Bottle, Thanks To Shipyard Workers

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Family Reconnected With Son’s Message In A Bottle, Thanks To Shipyard Workers

August 30, 2022

Thirty-three years ago, students in Martha Burnett’s sixth grade class penned handwritten letters, rolled them up, slipped them into bottles and sealed them with wax. The classmates later field-tripped from… Read More

Vicksburg Port Eyes Expansion On Mississippi

May 7, 2021

It’s been more than 50 years since the Port of Vicksburg was founded on the Yazoo River Diversion Canal, north of where the Yazoo River meets the Mississippi River in… Read More

Vicksburg: A Center for Industry, History And Tourism Nighttime photo of the Ergon refinery, located within the Port of Vicksburgs’ harbor. (Photo courtesy of the Port of Vicksburg)

Nighttime photo of the Ergon refinery, located within the Port of Vicksburgs’ harbor. (Photo courtesy of the Port of Vicksburg)

Vicksburg: A Center for Industry, History And Tourism

October 4, 2019

Tucked away just north of where the Yazoo River meets the Mississippi River, at the southernmost point of the fertile Mississippi Delta, lies the Port of Vicksburg, a well-developed industrial… Read More