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It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as " Rivière des Yazous " in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth.
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This originally was the Georgia and North Carolina border all the way back to the Mississippi River, until Tennessee was divided from North Carolina, and the Yazoo companies induced the legislature of Georgia to pass an act, approved by the governor in 1795, to sell the greater part of Georgia's territory presently comprising Alabama and Mississippi.
The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820.
Yazoo County was established on January 21, 1823.
In 1849 the county seat was moved once again, to Yazoo City where it remains.
Yazoo County was a battlefield in 1863 and 1864 during the American Civil War.
Jerry attended Mississippi State University, and was employed by the Mississippi Chemical Company of Yazoo City ; he died shortly after building a new home in Amite County.
Coahoma County was established February 9, 1836, and is located in the northwestern part of the state in the fertile Yazoo Delta region.
At the Yazoo settlements in Mississippi he was joined by Jean Benjamin who became the scientist for the expedition.
U. S. Route 49 ( part of which was formerly U. S. 49E ) through Yazoo City is named Jerry Clower Boulevard, after the famous comedian, a former resident of Yazoo City.
The community now known as Yazoo City was founded in 1824.
The town was later renamed Manchester then changed to Yazoo City in 1839.
During the American Civil War, a makeshift shipyard was established on the Yazoo River at Yazoo City after the Confederate loss of New Orleans.
The shipyard was destroyed by Union forces in 1863, then Yazoo City fell back into Confederate hands.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 did much damage to the entire Delta, but Yazoo City was restored and is now protected by an effective flood prevention system.
At approximately 8: 05 pm local time ( Central ), Yazoo City was struck by two tornadoes: first, an EF-2 tornado three miles southwest of town, then a second EF-2 within the city limits, causing significant damage to several downtown buildings.
It was revealed that the Yazoo Land Act sale to private speculators had been approved in return for bribes and after the scandal was exposed, voters rejected most of the incumbents in the next election, and the next legislature, reacting to the public outcry, repealed the law and voided transactions made under it.
Formed in late 1981 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke ( synthesizer ) and Alison Moyet ( vocals ), Yazoo was signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom and ( as " Yaz ") to Sire Records in the United States.
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