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Tombigbee Tales

A Podcast about Columbus, Mississippi - Its scandals, eccentric people, and our version of Southern Hospitality...which ain’t always so hospitable. Pull up and let me tell you about Mama and them. Bring you some tea because we are going to sit here a spell and catch up.

society & culture places & travel

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11:38

First State Funded College for Women in the US and...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/18

The women who fought for the first state funded college for women in the United States were Sarah "Sallie" Eola Reneau, Olivia Valentine Hastings, and Annie Coleman Peyton. Three of the most stubborn, brilliant, and courageous women the antebellum South ever produced. These ladies were no shrinking violets.

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10:13

Alva N. Temple and the Tuskegee Airmen

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/16

Alva Temple and three other Tuskegee Airmen won the 1949 inaugural USAF Gunnery Meet...essentially their version of Top Gun. Yet their names were never recorded as the winners and were listed as "unknown" until 1995 and their trophy stuck in the back of a storage closet at Wright Patterson AFB Museum. Temple retired to Columbus, Mississippi and opened a service station and radiator repair shop on HWY 69.

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53:35

Mississippi Author Julie Liddell Whitehead Hurricane...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/14

Mississippi author Julie Liddell Whitehead's new book Hurricane Baby is coming out this fall. Her publishing journey started with a short story within days of weathering Katrina in Brandon, MS and the book just kept growing from there. Follow along as she shares her book beginnings so far!https://julieliddellwhitehead.com/

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48:31

Mississippi Artist Lee Harper

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/07

Mississippi Artist Lee Harper is an amazing miniature artist. She lives in Oxford, MS where she is a painter and miniaturist who takes commissions. See her work at: https://www.instagram.com/leeharperoxford/ https://www.tinyhistorystudios.com/

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09:14

The Education Legacy of Stephen D. Lee

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/04

Stephen D. Lee was and is a controversial Southern figure; however, his emphasis on education was embraced not only by his son but by his direct descendants and their spouses. Their education has benefitted the world of aeronautics, law, forensic science, constitutional rights, and space exploration.

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06:54

Frances Glessner Lee, Mother of Forensic Science

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/03

Frances Glessner Lee, the Mother of Forensic Science, was the daughter-in-law of General Stephen D. Lee and his wife Regina. Her Nutshell Studies are still taught in homicide investigation training around the country.

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07:30

The Hairston Major League Baseball Dynasty of Lowndes...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/06/02

Sam Hairston was born in Lowndes County on the Hairston Plantation less than a month before the founding of the Negro League. He would grow up to play for the Birmingham Black Barons before being drafted by the Chicago White Sox.

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17:30

Minor League Baseball Teams of Columbus, Mississippi

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/30

Columbus, MS had three different minor league baseball teams that supplied multiple players to the MLB: 1907-1908 Columbus Discoverers (Cotton States League) 1912-1913 Columbus Joy Riders (Cotton States League) 1935 Columbus Bengals (East Dixie League)

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29:10

Red Sox Pitcher Ronnie Richardson and Mississippi...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/21

Former Red Sox Pitcher Ronnie Richardson shares his expertise with young men at his (soon to open) Mississippi Exclusive Pitching Academy in Columbus, MS. On Facebook: Mississippi Exclusive Pitching Academy w/Ronnie Richardson

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07:34

Blewett Harrison Lee

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/19

Blewett H. Lee, son of Confederate General S. D. Lee was a pioneer in Aviation Law and ensuring religious freedom for more esoteric beliefs.

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01:09:04

A Second Missing Sign and the Mississippi John Hurt...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/16

The sign at Avalon went missing before the fire. It turned up on the property next door to the Spain family who caused such an ugly fuss at last year's dedication and memorial walk at the St. James MB Cemetery where "Daddy" John aka Mississippi John Hurt is buried. Coincidence? Many updates related to the fire and local law enforcement. Mary Frances Hurt is seeking an attorney to deal with State Farm malfeasance in Mississippi. Any info please contact me here or on my FB (or the Hurt Foundation

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08:58

Ruth Ford and Charles Henri Ford - Columbus' First...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/07

Ruth Ford and Charles Henri Ford grew up in the Gilmer Hotel where their father ran the Cafe. Ruth would become an accomplished actress in film and on the stage and Charles Henri would gain notoriety as a poet and novelist.

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11:07

Alexander Meek - Poet, Orator, Statesman

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/06

Alexander Meek was a poet, orator, and statesman from Alabama. He married Eliza Cannon, the late wife of Col. William Cannon. Meek was a pro-Unionist who served as Alabama's Speaker of the House and at the state's secessionist convention. He is buried in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS.

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10:06

A Woman Named Frank - Frank Miller and Karl Jung

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/05/03

Frank Miller was the great-niece of Lucy Irion Neilson of Columbus, MS. How did one woman's essay change the course of Jung's work and facilitate his complete split from Freud?

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17:17

The Good Old Boys' Club

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/04/28

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13:49

Cleaning Up Carpenter's Messes

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/04/25

Nancy Luke Carpenter has spent/committed every dime (and then some) in the CVB marketing budget on her way out the door with six months left to go in the fiscal year. What else has she committed money to and the bills have just not rolled in yet?

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11:47

Nancy Luke Carpenter Swans About Town

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/04/20

Nancy Luke Carpenter is going to bleed the Columbus Cultural Foundation dry and ruin the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center's good name. Follow the money!

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17:02

Lucy Nielson's Journal 1860-1865 Columbus, MS

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/04/18

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07:11

Cash Strapped Nancy Carpenter

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/04/05

Where's Carpenter going to find the money to support her champagne life style with her lite beer budget at the Tennessee Williams Building?

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08:52

The New Anti-Tourism Director at the Tennessee...

Tombigbee Tales ·

2024/03/31

The New Anti-Tourism Director at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center wants to close it during Spring Pilgrimage...their busiest time of year!

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