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Author Archives: Gordon Cotton

Gordon, a Vicksburg resident, is a historian, an author, a storyteller and a former curator of the Old Court House Museum in Vicksburg. He earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mississippi College. He has taught high school history and was a newspaper reporter and columnist for many years. Gordon has written and published numerous books on local history and culture.

Posted inDrink

The Mint Julep: Take a frosted sip of a sweet taste of the South

by Gordon Cotton May 18, 2017

It ranks right up there with moonlight and magnolias in making the South Southern. ~ It’s the mint julep. It might be served in a tall, thin glass with frost on the outside and droplets of cold water running down, chilling the tips of the sipper’s fingers. But the mint julep doesn’t have to be […]

Posted inMusic

Jubilee Singers

by Gordon Cotton February 9, 2017
Posted inHistory

Cemetery Epitaphs

by Gordon Cotton November 17, 2016
Posted inPortrait

Charles Riles

by Gordon Cotton November 17, 2016
Posted inHistory

Raymond Battlefield

by Gordon Cotton August 21, 2016
Posted inHistory

‘The Crisis’

by Gordon Cotton April 17, 2016
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