Blues
The Bailey Bros
Bernard Jenkins
Jackie Bell
Ironing Board Sam
Barry Leach
Jesse Robinson
Smokestack Lightning Band
B.B. King
Lonne George
Doug Frank

Bluegrass/Old Time
The Scramblers
The Delta Mountain Boys
Hired Mans Horse
Sound Wagon

Country
Deja
Goodman County
Faith Hill
Tommy Bryan Ledford & The Dixie Nationals

Crooners
Jackie Bell
Lisa Palmer
Edward St. Pe
Lonne George

Folk
Laurel Isbister
SouthernCelt
The Hot Tamales

Funk
Drake Deville

Hip-hop
David Banner
7even:Thirty
Drake Deville
Skipp Coon
Kamikaze
The One JP
Chaos The Cage
Rah Fontaine
Capital-X

Improv
Cory Drake
mr. muddle
M.I.A.

Jazz
eZra brown
Barry Leach
Lisa Palmer
Piper Sleye
Russell Welch
Cassandra Wilson
Chris Alford
Rhonda Richmond
Color Sound Collective
Swing de Paris
Quinous Johnson

Rap
Rainmain
Rah Fontaine
Chaos The Cage

Rock
Alexanders Dark Heart
Caroline Crawford
Chad Wesley
Charity Soul Band
Circus of the Seed
Colour Revolt
Damaged Over Time
Doug Frank
Full Moon Circus
King Elementary
HarshWords
Jacqueline Nassar
Jonezetta
Living Better Electrically
Questions in Dialect
Red Hill City
Scott Albert Johnson
Simone
Storage 24
The Electric Hamhock
The Hardline Monks
The Try Force
The Weeks
Trial By Fire
Tuff Luvs
Wooden Finger
Nekisopaya
The Da Vincis
BoyScout

Singer/Songwriter

Owen Beverly
Laurel Isbister
Scott Albert Johnson
Eric Stracener
Cassandra Wilson
SouthernCelt
Lonne George
Doug Frank

A local artist who began doing abstract works and now primarily works on landscape art. 

http://matlockgallery.com

Who can join the MS Telco Federal Credit Union?

Any person who Lives, Works, Attends School, Worships or Volunteers in the Bloomfield or Riverwind developments in Pearl.  Also, in the areas of Pearl, South of Highway 80 and North of Old Brandon Road.

In addition to these areas, MS Telco Federal Credit Union is pleased to offer membership to employees and employees’ families of businesses/organizations in our Select Employment Groups(SEG).  See our website for a complete list of these SEG’s.

Hours of Operation:
Monday 8:00 am - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (drive-thru open until 6:00 pm on Friday)

409 Riverwind Drive
Pearl, MS 39208
www.mstelco.org

Phone: (601) 664-2085 Main FAX: (601) 664-9717
Toll Free: 1-800-431-4708 Teller FAX: (601) 664-1658

Email Member Service: mstelco@netdoor.com
Email Loan Service: loans@mstelco.org

Founding: how our dear old Jackson came to be.
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The Civil War
First Battle of Jackson Mississippi - 1863 - Civil War
Chimneyville
Articles of Secession

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Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era
Black Codes
Black Monday
Citizens Council
Redlining
Ku Klux Klan

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Civil Rights Era

Freedom Riders
Medgar Evers
March Against Fear
Southern Strategy
Republic of New Afrika
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Historic places

Ayer Hall-Jackson State University
1220 North State Street ~ traditionally a restaurant-space across from Baptist Hospital
Greenwood Cemetary
LEFLEURS BLUFF History
Pearl River History

The King Edward Hotel has a long and storied history, having originally opened its doors as the Confederate House in 1861. The Civil War saw the destruction of the Confederate House, but it was rebuilt in 1867 and named for “Major” R.O. Edwards. The old hotel soldiered on until 1923 when it was replaced with the present building.

The “new” Edwards Hotel was built with the idea of capturing the flourishing railway trade from the station just across the street.  No average railway hotel, however, the new Edwards would also capture the hearts of Jacksonians for generations to come.  Everyone from Charles Lindbergh to Eudora Welty would pass through its doors into a lobby gleaming with marble and light filtered through elaborate stained glass skylights.  The Edwards was more than just a hotel, servng as a showplace for the state.  Indeed, the state legislature almost made its second home in the grand lobby.  Cases of whiskey piled high didn’t make it any less comfortable for them. 

The Edwards found itself falling out of fashion as the auto age advanced.  A new owner, R.E. Dumas Milner, purchased the hotel in 1954 and decked its aaging halls with ornaments apropriate to the time.  Even the name was changed to approximate enhanced grandeur...Milner affixed “King” to the Edwards and promised “royal service.” Escalators and auto-lobbies sprouted throughout.  The grand rotunda was covered over to make way for an expanded ballroom.  Milner even added a large swimming pool upstairs.  These improvements may well have been necessary at the time, but they weren’t kind to the majesty of the building.  The progress of one day is the refuse of the next. 

The end came in July, 1967.  E. Bill Green, General Manager of the hotel at the time, locked the doors and the once great Edwards descended into twilight and darkening gloom.  Pigeons and transients were the only tenants for decades.  Would the Edwards have a bright future?  If many were to be believed, it wouldn’t.  Calls for the implosion of the building rose to a crescendo before the City of Jackson finally took action in 2002.  With the hotel under city ownership at last, something could now be done. 

David Watkins, Deuce McAllister and Historic Restoration Inc.  of New Orleans undertook the arduous task of restoring this handsome building in the late 2000s, with its grand opening having taken place in January 2010. The “King Edward” comprises a hotel (technically the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Jackson), a bar, restaurant, coffee shop and 64 luxury apartments.

Contact information:

Telephone number: 601.988.1330

Fax number: 601.988.1340

Web address: www.wearestarz.com