Mississippi Facts
There are some Mississippi facts that make the state of Mississippi a state with its own advantages. These Mississippi facts described below, talks of the best resources in the state of Mississippi.
• The Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula, Jackson County has the world’s largest shrimp on display.
• Condensed milk – a thick sweet version of milk – was developed by Gail Borden Jr. in 1856 in Liberty, Amite County.
• Edwards in Mississippi has the world’s largest cactus plantation.
• The largest cottonwood tree in the entire Unites States is in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
• Belzoni in Humphreys County is called the Catfish Capital of the World, Vardaman in Calhoun County the Sweet Potato Capital of the World, Greenwood in Leflore County Towboat Capital of the World and Greenville in Washington County the Towboat Capital of the World.
• The city of Petal, Mississippi has the International Checkers Hall of Fame.
• The first state in the country to have a planned system of junior colleges was Mississippi.
• One of the most well known Mississippi facts is that the king of pop, Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• One of the interesting Mississippi facts that you should know, is that the man who invented the dollar sign ($) is buried in Pinckneyville, Mississippi. He was one of the financers of the American Revolutionary War. He came up with the dollar sign in 1778.
• The largest collection of blues music is at the University of Mississippi Blues Archive in Mississippi.
• Mississippi gets its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along the western boundary of the state.
• Mississippi is also nicknamed Magnolia state, incidentally Magnolia is the state symbol.
• The state bird is the Mocking bird.
The fact that links Theodore Roosevelt to the teddy bear lies in an incident that took place while the president was hunting in Mississippi. His assistants cornered and found an American black bear and bound it and then called him to the spot so that he could shoot it. When he came to the spot he felt that he wouldn’t be a true sportsman to shoot an already injured bear.
Once this incident was made public, political cartoonist who drew cartoons for the Washington Post drew a cartoon strip that was published on the 16th of November, 1902 about the incident. Taking cue from this, a toy store owner Morris Michtom by name placed two stuffed toy bears, which his wife made in his shop window. He also asked that they be called Teddy’s bears after him – a proposition to which the President agreed. And so the first teddy bear manufacturer - Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, was born.