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词条 Bolivar, Mississippi
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  1. History

  2. In popular culture

  3. References

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Bolivar is an unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Bolivar was once the county seat, and Bolivar Landing was its port on the Mississippi River. Now permanently cut off from the river, Bolivar is a quiescent residential hamlet, while Bolivar Landing, immediately north and across the immense Mississippi Levee, is a cottage community on Lake Whittington.

History

When Bolivar County was established in 1836, the first county seat was located at Bolivar. William Vick sold {{convert|5|acre|ha|abbr=on}} of land to the county for $800, and it was then named Bolivar. The land was surveyed by B.M. Hines, who laid out the courthouse square, with town lots around it which were advertised for sale. An order was passed by the Board of Police (later called "supervisors") in 1840 to build a one-room courthouse at a cost of $595.

In 1844, the Board of Police ordered that the county seat be moved to a location north of present-day Beulah. Soon after, the county seat was moved to Prentiss, where a courthouse was erected.[2][3] After the near-destruction of Prentiss during the Civil War, the courthouse was placed on a flat-boat and carried down the river to Bolivar Landing.[4][5]

Trusten Polk, a former U.S. Senator and Governor of Missouri, was captured by Union forces at Bolivar Landing in 1863, along with his wife and two daughters.[6] In 1864, Union forces carried away cargo from Bolivar Landing, and set fire to several houses.[7] Also in 1864, Confederate soldiers burned the USS Collier near Bolivar Landing, though the ship was not destroyed.[8]

In 1874, high waters on the Mississippi River broke a levee at Bolivar Landing, forming a crevasse {{convert|1900|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide.[9]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the Caulk Island Cutoff in 1937, which diverted the course of the Mississippi River to enable a more direct route for shipping. This diversion removed Bolivar Landing from contiguous access to the Mississippi River (except for a small channel for recreational boats), and created Lake Whittington, an oxbow lake.[10]

In popular culture

Mark Twain mentioned Bolivar Landing in his parody "River Intelligence", published in the New Orleans Crescent in 1859. The fictional river captain Sergeant Fathom states: "When me and DeSoto discovered the Mississippi, I could stand at Bolivar Landing (several miles above "Roaring Waters Bar") and pitch a biscuit to the main shore on the other side."[11]

References

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1. ^{{gnis|667408}}
2. ^{{cite book | last = Olsen | first = Christopher J. | title = Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi: Masculinity, Honor, and the Antiparty Tradition, 1830-1860 | publisher = Oxford University | year = 2002 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RrBb2ThDuCkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
3. ^{{cite web | last = Sillers | first = Florence W. | title = The History of the County Seat of Bolivar County | publisher = City of Rosedale, Mississippi | url = http://cityofrosedalems.com/page11.html | accessdate = June 13, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web | last = Burrus | first = J.C. | title = My Recollections of the Early Days of Bolivar County | publisher = GenWeb | date = February 23, 1923 | url = http://msgw.org/bolivar/HBCRecollections.htm}}
5. ^{{cite web | last = Riley | first = Franklin L. | title = Forgotten Towns & Villages of Bolivar County, Mississippi | publisher = Genealogy Trails | year = 1902 | url = http://genealogytrails.com/miss/bolivar/extinct_towns.htm}}
6. ^{{cite web | title = Capture of Col. Trusten Polk | publisher = New York Times | date = September 29, 1863 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1863/09/29/news/mississippi-capture-col-trusten-polk-cotton-arriving-vicksburgh-gen-grant-s.html}}
7. ^{{cite book | last = Smith | first = Myron J. | title = Tinclads in the Civil War: Union Light-draught Gunboat Operations on Western Waters, 1862-1865 | publisher = McFarland | year = 2010 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lmWLppXvSVoC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
8. ^{{cite book | title = The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | year = 1891 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pNsUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
9. ^{{cite book | title = Annual Report: United States Army Signal Corps | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | year = 1875 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pr4MAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Bolivar%20Landing%22%22mississippi%22&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=%22Bolivar%20Landing%22%22mississippi%22&f=false}}
10. ^{{cite web | title = Lake Whittington | publisher = Delta Wildlife | url = http://deltawildlife.org/images/file_downloads/lake-whittington.pdf | accessdate = June 13, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite book | last = Wonham | first = Henry B. | title = Mark Twain and the Art of the Tall Tale | publisher = Oxford University | year = 1993 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qZBLO-JGnLsC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
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