Mileston Plantation
Mileston is an unincorporated community located in Holmes County about 20 miles north of Yazoo City and 6 miles south of Tchula on Highway 49 East. In the first half of the 20th century, several notable cotton plantations were in the area around Mileston. Marcella Plantation was one of the larger ones. Some others were Mileston Plantation, Good Hope Plantation and Refuge Plantation.
In the Fall of 1939 Marion Post Wolcott spent considerable time in this area doing her usual thing - taking pictures. These are of the Mileston Farms in October and November.
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In the Fall of 1939 Marion Post Wolcott spent considerable time in this area doing her usual thing - taking pictures. These are of the Mileston Farms in October and November.
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Picking Cotton
Storing & Ginning
Winter Oats
Pay, Shop, Etc
Socialize
Very late in the FSA series of New Deal farm resettlements, the government set up "Mileston Farms" as a 110-unit all-black cooperative.
