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L.Q.C.Lamar was born at the family home of “Fairfield,” in Putman County, Georgia, the son of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar and Sarah Williamson Bird. He was a cousin of future associate justice Joseph Lamar, and nephew of Buonaparte Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas. He graduated from Emory College, and in 1845, he [...]
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The record for the longest fumble recovery for a touchdown in Ole Miss football history belongs to Cassius Ware. Many a Rebel faithful remember the season opening whipping of the Auburn Tigers at Vaught-Hemingway in 1992. With Ole Miss leading, 21-14, and Auburn primed with a first-and-goal at the Rebels’ five-yardline, Joe Lee Dunn sent [...]
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The Howry-Hill-Sultan house, better known as Fiddler’s Folly, located at 520 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford, Mississippi, was built in 1878. In 1875, Charles Howry, prominent attorney, commissioned architect James Stewart to design this elegant Italianate house using pre-cut materials shipped by boat and assembled on site. Later, owners with an impressive violin collection named it [...]
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Jennifer “Grandmama” Gillom was born June 13, 1964, in Abbeville, located near Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi. From an early age, Jennifer showed her talent with a basketball and made a name for herself at Lafayette High School. She committed to Ole Miss after graduating from LHS. Gillom was the second-highest scorer in Ole [...]
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Bluebirds still swoop through the old cedars, and deer and silver fox roam the ancient boxwoods. Quiet, except for the owls calling in the dark, and mourning doves crying at dawn. Beautiful, bucolic St. Peter’s Cemetery, a few blocks northeast of the Oxford Square, is full of ghosts: the final resting place of an American [...]
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Barnard Observatory was a U.S. astrophysical observatory owned and operated by University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed in 1859, the building was part of the astronomy focus that Chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school. As a result of the outbreak of the Civil War, though, the purchase of the observatory’s telescopes was [...]
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THE BEST OF TIMES… It was two red letter days in Oxford. I grew up there, as did my father, so it’s always a good day when I get to the Square. Standing on a balcony and looking at the courthouse, with an old cherished friend, is as good as it gets for me. That [...]
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William Faulkner raised mules on his 320-acre farm about 17 miles northeast of Oxford. With the help of his brother, John, he bred mules and grew corn to feed them. In some of his works, he gave the mule a significant role as a symbol of strength, endurance and humility. J.R. Cofield recalls, “Bill saw [...]
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