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Mississippi State Historical Industrial Museum
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc
Adopted on July 1, 2004.
Mississippi Industrial Heritage
Museum, Incorporated was adopted on July 1, 2004 as Mississippi's State Historical Industrial Museum.
MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended
SEC. 3-3-49. State Historical Industrial Museum.
The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Incorporated, is designated as
the state historical industrial museum.
SOURCES: Laws, 2004, ch. 451, § 1, HB 1442, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
The mission of the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum is
to recognize the achievements and preserve the cultural heritage of the
industrial age in Mississippi and to provide a sense of awareness and pride
in that heritage through programs of active public involvement.
Specifically, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will collect,
preserve, and display the artifacts, history, and folklore of the Soule'
Steam Feed Works and illustrate its fundamental link to the lumber industry.
By providing entertaining and educational information for the public, the
museum will positively promote enthusiasm for history, engineering, science,
and the industrial arts.
A new museum is being developed that will focus on the
preservation and interpretation of Mississippi's industrial history. In
2001, the Soule' Steam Feed Works closed its doors after nearly 110 years in
business. In July 2002, the modern equipment was sold at auction by the
owner, Robert Soule'. He sold the property to Jim McRae along with all the
old belt-driven equipment. McRae dreamed of restoring the old factory
buildings and turning the facility into a museum that could house his steam
engine collection and preserve the Soule' heritage and Mississippi's
industrial heritage, especially the lumber industry's contribution. In
October 2002, a non-profit corporation called the Mississippi Industrial
Heritage Museum, Inc. was formed, and in March the corporation received
501(c)3 status from the IRS.
Since that time the museum has received pledges and support from more than
100 individuals interested in the preservation of Soule' Steam Feed Works
and the promotion of Mississippi's heritage. Many historic items have been
donated including a large lumber-mill's steam engine and a mattress
factory's remaining antique belt-driven stitcher.
The site was designated a Mississippi Historic Landmark in Fall 2003.
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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