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Woodville
a4pril 21-23 & 28-30
Selected by Harvard University as the town “best typifying the antebellum South,” picturesque Woodville was one of Mississippi’s first cities. Woodville will open its homes for tour on two different weekends.
Special Attractions
The home of Judge Edward McGehee, Bowling Green, was burned by Northern troops in 1864. A reenactment in stereophonic sound is offered to tourists in the shadows of the pillars still standing today. The Burning of Bowling Green will be held on Friday and Saturday at 4:15 o’clock and on Sunday at 1:30 and 5:30 o’clock on both weekends during Pilgrimage.
Rosemont Plantation, boyhood home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, is included in all tours. Five generations of the Davis family are buried in the cemetery on the grounds of the home.
Tour Information
Eight homes, four each weekend, and three churches will be open from 10 until 4 o’clock on Friday and Saturday and from 1:30 until 5 o’clock on Sunday. Prices for homes are $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for students. Information and tickets are
Catchings Home
available at Town Hall on the Courthouse Square.
Pilgrimage homes, Rosemont Plantation and Bowling Green are open by appointment year round for motorcoach tours. The Civic League will make arrangements for lunch at one of the churches and provide a guide.
Additional Information
Woodville Civic Club (T)
P.O. Box 328 Woodville, MS 39669
Cold Spring Plantation
Day Home
Desert Plantation
Ferguson Home


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