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REDISCOVERY OF THE JORDAN
By JO' JACKSON
Virtually forgotten Gulf coast river blossoms out as favorite spot for city farmers
Moss-draped oaks, flaming azaleas make Sanolan a charm spot cn Jordan. But this estate, owned by the S. Sanford Levys, also boasts a model dairy farm
A NEW ERA has come to the
Jordan river in Southern Mississippi. “City farmers” arc turning ravaged pine slump land along its banks into blooming gardens ar green pastures.
These new seniors along the river are mostly business and professional men from New Orleans who have discovered the beauties of the Jordan’s banks as a summer vacation spot.
Stretching for 30 miles, from Catahoula Creek south of Picayune down to Bay St. Louis, the Jordan once was the avenue for a thriving lumber industry. But between 1913 nnd 1929, the pine forests in the surrounding country were depleted without a thought of reseeding. When the last of the long leaf yellow pine hit tl' sawdust trail, the saw mil closed abruptly, leaving behind an idle river, fields of pine stumps and a lumber ghost town with one of the largest sawdust piles in the world.
ny the 1930s the Jordan was rediscovered by city folk nnd niu( h of Its river bank had gone back to a lush primitive state. Wild flowers grew
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