{"id":2288,"date":"2012-06-29T13:18:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T18:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?page_id=2288"},"modified":"2012-07-02T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T19:49:56","slug":"noteable-events-in-oxford-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/noteable-events-in-oxford-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Noteable Events in Oxford History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Noteable Events In <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Oxford History<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

1832 (October 20)<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong> Treaty of Pontotoc<\/strong><\/span> signed by Chickasaw Indians, ceding all their lands East of the Mississippi River<\/p>\n

1834<\/strong> \u2013 Land donated for future site of Oxford by John Chisholm, John D. Martin, and John L. Craig<\/p>\n

\"\"1836 (February 9)<\/strong> \u2013 Lafayette County created by Chickasaw Indian Cession (named for Marquis de Lafayette<\/strong><\/span>, the French hero of the American Revolution)<\/p>\n

1837<\/strong> \u2013 Oxford receives charter and is founded<\/p>\n

1839<\/strong> \u2013 J.E. Neilson Co, originally a trading post, is founded<\/p>\n

1840<\/strong> \u2013 Original courthouse built<\/p>\n

\"\"1841<\/strong> \u2013 Oxford becomes home of Mississippi\u2019s first university (It was T.D. Isom who recommended naming the city after Oxford, England, in hopes of this event becoming a reality.)<\/p>\n

1844<\/strong> \u2013 Rowan Oak<\/strong><\/span> is built<\/p>\n

1848<\/strong> \u2013 University of Mississippi opens its doors to 80 students<\/p>\n

1861<\/strong> \u2013 Civil War begins. Many of the area\u2019s men sign up and are shipped off to war. Ole Miss closes down.<\/p>\n

\"\"1862<\/strong> \u2013 Union General Ulysses S. Grant<\/strong><\/span> fights back troops commanded by Confederate General John C. Pemberton<\/strong><\/span> and occupies Oxford for most of December. Grant abandons his headquarters here after Confederate General Earl Van Dorn overruns the Union supply depot in Holly Springs, capturing over 1,500 of Grants troops.<\/p>\n

\"\"1864 (August 22)<\/strong> \u2013 Union Major General Andrew Jackson Smith<\/strong><\/span> invades Oxford and orders the town to be burned.<\/p>\n

1865<\/strong> \u2013 Civil War ends. Reconstruction begins<\/p>\n

1885<\/strong> \u2013 Original Federal Building constructed<\/p>\n

\"\"1898<\/strong> \u2013 Yellow Fever outbreak in Oxford kills 70 people<\/p>\n

1902<\/strong> \u2013 William Faulkner moves to Oxford with his family<\/p>\n

1907<\/strong> \u2013 Alcohol outlawed in Mississippi<\/p>\n

1962<\/strong> \u2013 University of Mississippi is integrated<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"1963<\/strong> \u2013 James Meredith graduates with a degree in history<\/p>\n

1968<\/strong> \u2013 Oxford\u2019s first alcohol laws are approved. Very first bar opens in the
\nHoliday Inn just off The Square.<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong> \u2013 Federal Building renovated and converted into City Hall<\/p>\n

1976<\/strong> \u2013 The Hoka Theatre<\/strong><\/span> opens in an old cotton gin just off The Square<\/p>\n

1979<\/strong> \u2013 Square Books is founded<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> \u2013 Fat Possum Records releases its first record; The band Blue Mountain <\/strong>forms in Los Angeles. Relocates to Oxford, Mississippi<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> \u2013The first incarnation of the band The Cooters<\/strong> is formed, called “The Cooter Family”; <\/strong>The band The Neckbones <\/strong>form.<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong> \u2013The Cooter Family is renamed The Cooters<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"1994<\/strong> \u2013 Double Decker bus is imported from England<\/p>\n

1995<\/strong> \u2013 First Double Decker Arts Festival takes place<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong> \u2013 The Hoka Theatre<\/strong> closes down<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong> \u2013 Gertrude C. Ford Center For the Performing Arts<\/strong><\/span> is completed<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong> \u2013 Oxford Film Festival is established<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> \u2013 The Local Voice<\/em> founded; Oxford Skate Park<\/strong><\/span> is built<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>2008<\/strong> \u2013 Presidential debate<\/strong><\/span>
\nbetween Barack Obama
\nand John McCain held at The Gertrude C. Ford Center For the Performing Arts at Ole Miss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Noteable Events In Oxford History 1832 (October 20) \u2013 Treaty of Pontotoc signed by Chickasaw Indians, ceding all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}