Raymond: A Kaleidoscope of History

A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette

The Kaleidoscope fascinates us all, and we watch - and wait - sometimes holding our breath, as the patterns of color continue to change with the passage of time.

• Establishment of Raymond as the Seat of Hinds County
• Raymond in the 1840s and 1850s
• Cooper's Well
• Pre-Civil War Hotels
• The Raymond Courthouse
• Railroads In Raymond
• Raymond's Early Churches
• The Battle Of Raymond
• Post Civil War Years
• Reconstruction
• The Turn Of The Century
• Restoring The Merchants & Planters Safe
• Raymond's Early Schools: Consolidated School, Agricultural High School And Junior College