| History of Hazlehurst | Events Timeline | Robert Johnson Timeline |
| Date | Event |
|
1858 |
Last railroad spike driven |
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1865 |
State issued municipal charter |
|
1872 |
County seat moved from Gallatin |
|
1882 |
Merchant & Planters Bank charterd (4th oldest in state) |
|
1883 |
Faler Opera House Opened |
|
1886 |
Hazlehurst School District organized |
|
1891 |
Bank of Hazlehurst established |
|
1894 |
First town in the state to build gravel roads |
|
1895 |
Hazlehurst Courier established |
|
1902 |
Copiah County Courthouse built |
|
1904 |
Public Library formed |
|
1913 |
PTA organized |
|
1929 |
Town of Hazlehurst became City of Hazlehurst because of census increase |
|
1930 |
Chamber of Commerce organized |
|
1950 |
Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital opened |
|
1955 |
Professional baseball game between the Negro American League All-Stars and a Major League All-Stars team at Wise-Nesmith Field |
|
1969 |
Tornado hit Hazlehurst causing one million dollars in damage |
|
1978 |
New City Hall built |
|
1979 |
Covington Memorial Library/Copiah-Jefferson Library renovated |
|
1981 |
Beth Henley receives Pulitzer Prize for Crimes of the Heart |
|
1990 |
Hazlehurst has 125th Birthday Celebration |
|
2002 |
One hundred year celebration of the Copiah County Courthouse |
|
2006 |
Completion of the Ragsdale Avenue renewal project |
|
2006 |
Hazlehurst listed on the MS Blues Trail |