Tishomingo’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Tishomingo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Tishomingo is named for Tishomingo, who signed the Treaty of Pontotoc in 1832. He served with Major-General Anthony Wayne against the Shawnees in the Northwest Territory and received a silver medal from President George Washington. During the War of 1812, he served under Andrew Jackson. After his service in the military, he retired to become a farmer until white settlers came onto his land. In 1837, a final treaty forced the Chickasaws to move to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Tishomingo died of smallpox on the Trail of Tears and is buried in Arkansas somewhere near Little Rock. His son, Iuka, is the namesake of the county seat of Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Tishomingo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tishomingo’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTishomingo Filling Station, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Tishomingo
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1990s
Nothing in Tishomingo is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tishomingo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bear Creek Fishweir #2 in Tishomingo, 3 miles away.
Tishomingo and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Tishomingo Filling Station (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.