Bob's Magnolia PV Park - Jackson Beach

  • Address: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
  • Phone: +1 601 932 4067
  • Website:www.city.jackson.ms.us
Bob's Magnolia PV Park
Jackson
Mississippi, USA

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  • The City of Jackson was founded in 1821 at the site of a trading post situated on a bluff on the west bank of the Pearl River. Legend tells that the trading post was operated by a French-Canadian trader named Louis LeFleur, and the town originally was called LeFleur?s Bluff. The Mississippi State Legislature wanted the seat of government moved out of the Natchez area and into a more central location. It commissioned three men to locate an ideal place for a town that could become the state capital. After surveying areas north and east of Jackson, Thomas Hinds, James Patton and William Lattimore proceeded southwest along the Pearl River until they reached LeFleur's Bluff in Hinds County. Their report to the General Assembly was this location had beautiful and healthful surroundings, good water, abundant timber, navigable waters, ... more on goingtothebeach.com

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  • www.city.jackson.ms.us

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