Blue Mountain
early 1960's

A brief history taken from History of Tippah County, Mississippi written by Andrew Brown

During the Civil War, General Mark Perin Lowrey moved his family from Kossuth, where skirmishes were becoming more common to the safer southern part of Tippah County to escape the dangers of fighting.  When the war was over he returned to this area and decided to settle there permanently.  In 1873, General Lowrey began building a girls school that he named Blue Mountain Female Institute.  In the following years a community grew up around the school and on January 31, 1877,  Blue Mountain the town was incorporated.   More families moved to the area and several businesses were established.  Blue Mountain Female Institute became Blue Mountain Female College and eventually the name changed to Blue Mountain College and is still operating under that name today.

The first establishments in Blue Mountain were; a steam saw mill owned and operated by the Norris family, a general store owned by Mr. Spencer Gibbs, Macedonia Baptist Church, pastored by Rev. L. P. Cossitt,  a mercantile store owned by Mr. Oliver Ray,  and a doctors office owned and operated by Dr. Merritt.

In 1886, due in large part  to the friendship between Col. W. C. Falkner and Gen. Lowrey, the Ripley Railroad line was routed through Blue Mountain on it's way to Pontotoc.  This helped solidify Blue Mountain as a town and it's still a thriving village today.
 

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