A history of Tchula,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Tchula from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first permanent settlement at Tchula was made in the 1830s. The community takes its name from Tchula Lake.
In the 1960s most residents were farmworkers; the properties they worked on belonged to people living in other communities in the area. Mississippi columnist Sid Salter stated that the Tchula area had "Some of the best farmland in America" and "some of the most successful plantations".
In 1982, the city's first Black mayor, Eddie James Carthan, was incarcerated. Chris McGreal of The Guardian stated that the criminal charges were "trumped-up".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Tchula’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewStreet scene, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Tchula
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Tchula, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Tchula is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tchula has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clifton Plantation House in Tchula, 4.2 miles away.
Tchula and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Street scene (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.