The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗During the Great Depression, the T.S. Faulk and Company Store in downtown Samson purchased a large shipment of snuff, which remained stationary at the town's depot for an extended period of time. This led to Samson being nicknamed "Snuff City, U.S.A." The nickname is commemorated today with a New Year's drop of a Rooster snuff can.
In an attempt to shed this moniker, several community groups decided to plant extensive beds of red roses along all the roads leading into Samson. With this planting, they hoped the new slogan "City of a Million Roses" would take root. However, as the roses gradually disappeared, the old slogan resurfaced.
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Start Samson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Samson’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Samson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Samson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Opp Commercial Historic District in Opp, 17 miles away.
Samson and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.