The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The indigenous Choctaw Indians occupied the Delta region for hundreds of years prior to the arrival of European settlers, with ancestors stretching thousands of years into the past. The first removal treaty carried out under the Indian Removal Act was the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, by which the Choctaw ceded about 11 million acres of the Choctaw Nation (now Mississippi) to the United States in exchange for about 15 million acres in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
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2000
CommonsItta Bena Home In The Woods Sign2022
CommonsItta Bena Mayor Thelma Collins (lower left) shares ideas wi…2015
CommonsEPA meets with academics and staff from Mississippi Valley …2015
CommonsCommunity members recommend steps to increase access to loc…2015
CommonsCommunity members attend a Local Foods, Local Places worksh…2015
CommonsA store owner gives a tour of unoccupied downtown property …2015
CommonsRoebuck Lake2013
CommonsIttabenahomeinthewoods2013
CommonsItta Bena MS WWI parade Love and Service for Our Boys float2013
CommonsIttaBenaCityLimitSign2011
CommonsMSMap-doton-IttaBena2007
CommonsMonument and Magnolias - Itta Bena Cemetery, Leflore County…20061 historic place in Itta Bena
Itta Bena has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 146 historic buildings, because Itta Bena Historic District alone counts 146.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.