Huff-Daland duster with pilot Harris 1920s from http://www.deltamuseum.org Accessed 7-7-2014

Curtiss JN-4 airplanes in a hangar at Payne Field, West Point, Clay County. photo by U.S. Signal Corps. c1918 accessed from Wikipedia 6-23-2014

Key Field. Meridian Lauderdale Co. B Crook, MDAH Feb, 2003. from MDAH HRI database accessed 6-15-2014

(Old) Highway 45 between Tupelo and Guntown, First concrete paved road in south. from Mississippi State Highway Department Conditions Map of State Highway System. 1928. from http://mdot.ms.gov/documents/planning/?dir=Maps/State%20Highway%20Maps%20Archive/ accessed 5-30-2014

West Feliciana RailRoad Company Office and Bank Gregory B. Free, MDAH April, 1977 from NRN on MDAH HRI accessed 5-13-2014

This series of blog post are based on the Mississippi entries from the 1976 document A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites.  The informal compilation sprang from a 1973 suggestion by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to the United States Department of Transportation.  Its purpose was not to be a definitive listing of significant transportation sites, but rather a collection of information on transportation-related sights that might be considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.  There were a total of five separate entries for Mississippi.  We’re looking at each item to see what their status is some thirty-odd years later.  This may give us some insight as to how effective this type of document is.  Scroll down to the links below to view all the posts.

A Nation in Motion: Railroad Structures

A Nation in Motion: Roadways

A Nation in Motion: Key Field

A Nation in Motion: Payne Field

A Nation in Motion: Robertshaw Co. Plantation at Heathman

A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites. August 1976