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![[flag of Algoma, Mississippi]](../images/u/us-msalg.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 9 October 2021
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Flag is white with the name and slogans around a white map of the state, all surrounded by four railroad tracks.
Photo of the flag from the 2012 conference of the Mississippi Municipal
League:
https://www.facebook.com/msmunicipalleague/photos/a.476364529049713/476366782382821
Masao Okazaki, 9 October 2021
Algoma, an Arabic [other sources say, Chickasaw] name meaning "God Abides"
was formed in 1904 on the extension of the C & G Railroad southward. On the
Cession of 1832, Stephen Daggett, a brother-in-law of Robert Gordon and wealthy
Connecticut trader came to Pontotoc and purchased large land holdings from the
Chickasaws. Some years later he sold much of his land to settlers and the
vicinity around old Algoma was rapidly settled. The Woods, Cameron and Owen
families were among the first purchasers of land from Daggett. A post office and
one or more stores were in operation at the old village prior to 1860 and at the
time of the railroad construction there were several business establishments in
operation. With the coming of the railroad all the business houses were moved to
the railroad station which was located one mile to the west. The new town was a
prosperous place during the years in which large tracts of timber were being cut
and marketed from the flatwoods area west of the village. The H.B. Owen Tie
Company was formed and thousands of cross ties were shipped from the railroad
station. After the timber had been cut the business of the town declined rapidly
and the railroad agency was reduced too only a prepay station.
The town
was surveyed into lots and streets and incorporated in 1911 with T.R. Powell as
mayor.
On March 13, 1913 a tornado hit Algoma, resulting in high property
damage. The following Sunday, the depot burned. It was replaced with a small
building. Later the same year, two downtown stores and the post office burned.
The Post Office was replaced and is still active at the present. As the timber
supply was depleted the area became a farming community. The town gradually
declined and R.A. Collins served as the last mayor from 1931-1933. The train
depot was taken away around 1959. In 1961 Algoma consisted of two stores, a post
office, and three churches Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Usher Valley and
of course the schools.
Algoma was again reincorporated in 1988 with
Lavert McCoy as mayor and is still growing in 2000. It has a volunteer fire
department, the same churches, a new post office, a renown restaurant, (owned by
a 1961 graduate of Algoma) a new park, a newly organized Historical Society and
many new residents. In the past two years the town has celebrated an annual
"Crosstie Festival", and as a community service of historical value have
recently moved the first school house to the Algoma site beside the gym.
Renovations and repairs are in process at this time.
https://msgw.org/pontotoc/communities/algocommunity.htm
Pontotoc County,
Mississippi Genealogy and History
Ivan Sache, 10 October 2021
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