http://www.concordiasentinel.com/ RSS Feed of The Concordia Sentinel en-us Copyright 2010 The Concordia Sentinel Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:25:00 CDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5418 Few steamboat tragedies during the 19th century received as much attention from the nation as the disaster about 42 miles south of Natchez near Black Hawk Point. http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5418 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:44:29 CDT http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5417 We'll find out in about month whether registered Republicans in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District are true conservatives or if they simply pay lip service to conservatism like many of their counterparts elsewhere in America. samhannajr@samhannajr.com (Sam Hanna, Jr.) http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5417 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:43:41 CDT http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5416 (Thirteenth in a series)In early 1940, Jefferson Davis Dickson, Jr. began a whirlwind process of developing "historic" sites as tourist attractions in Natchez. As a native of Natchez with family roots primarily in Jackson, he had a personal linkage to Mississippi history. http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5416 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:42:17 CDT http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5387 Often forgotten in the lore of the Mississippi is the great loss of life on the steamboats. Scores of steamers sank -- some due to obstacles hidden beneath the surface of the water and others due to overly taxed boilers fired extra hot to win a race. http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5387 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:11:05 CDT http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5385 (Twelfth in a series)In January 1940, Jefferson Davis Dickson, Jr. returned to the town of his birth, Natchez, and almost immediately began a whirlwind process of developing "historic" sites as tourist attractions in Natchez. http://www.concordiasentinel.com//news.php?id=5385 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:08:36 CDT