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Anna

    Adams County, Mississippi


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Anna, located about 12 miles north of Natchez, was established as a Plantation stop. Records show that the land that Anna was located on was sold by John Snodgrass of Claiborn County, to Z.T. Barlow and George H. Swigart in 1835 for $363.


This land remained in the possession of the Barlow family for many years.Henry B. Robson eventually aquired the property and named the place Anna in Honor of his mother Anna Barlow Robson.


A Post Office was established in Anna in 1879. It operated for some years, but when Rural Free Delivery came about, it was discontinued.


Anna is the location of the Anna Site, (22 AD 500) a prehistoric Plaquemine culture archaeological site. It is the type site for the Anna Phase (1200 to 1350 CE) of the Natchez Bluffs Plaquemine culture chronology. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on September 14, 1993.


The Anna site is located on a bluff above the Mississippi River, and consists of eight platform mounds, six of which are situated around a central plaza. The largest being 50 feet in height and sits directly on the edge of the bluff overlooking the river. Deep ravines surround the mounds, and material, including Plaquemine culture pottery, is scattered in the area.


The construction of the Anna Site began about the year 1200, and the site was occupied until about 1500. The site was excavated in 1924 by archaeologists Warren K. Moorehead and Calvin S. Brown. James A. Ford, Jesse D. Jennings and John L. Cotter also worked at the site at different times over the next fifty years. The site was recommended by both Ford and Jennings to the State of Mississippi for purchase and future excavation and as a property for an archaeological museum, but the recommendations were not followed through.




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