The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-08-30
Iuka in 1905.

ni0l ic5lutnl Vi lukd, Uut uOW It
sides in Los Angeles, California.
{; luka is about seven miles from
the Tennessee River, in Tishomingo
3 county. As these names indicate,
the place is rich in Indian legend.
! School children from year to year
are required to write the history oil
the town, and in this way have
been unearthed and handed down
all the legends and traditions" Of
the old chief luka and his tribe.
The story OF the chiefs coming TO
drink the healing waters has been
often told, and two places are
pointed out where his ashes lie
one in the alley at the back Of
Hammerly's store, and the other
under native pine tree on the
lawn at the Brinkley place.
The town, being a health resort,
is widely known throughout the
3 South. 1t may be that Iuka's
mineral spring water is magnetic.
At any rate, the place possesses a
wonderful drawing power. Once
an Iukan, always an Iukan If not
in the flesh, at least in spirit-may
be truly said. 1t may be safely as
serted that the beautiful old
spring lot" is never forgotten by
those who have frequented it, and
when far away, they visit it in
dreams.
The building of the town began
with the completion OF the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad in
'57. But long before that time,
when the log cabin of the pioneer
was the only hostelry, the springs
were visited by health-seekers.
The town is beautifully situated
among the pine-crowned hills of
northeastern Mississippi. Cold,
crystal springs burst forth from
every hillside, and flow in limpid
streams through every vale. The
balmy, rosin-perfumed air exhiler.
ates, yet soothes. Romantic paths
wind up rugged sleeps, and down
through fowary dells. In this
favored spot, healthfulness and
beauty reign hand in band.
Iuka is known not only as a
health resort. 1t has place in
history. On September 19, 1862,
the battle of Iuka was fought, be-
tween the federal forces under
Rosencrans and the confederates
under Price. 1t was a fierce er-
counter. The fighting lasted only
a few hours, but hundreds CT brave
men on each side fell, killed or
wounded. 1t was early in the en-
gagement that Gen. Henry Little,
the brave Marylander," was
killed.
A most interesting history of th s
battle has been written and pub
lished by W.-Dadley, editor of
the Iuka Vidette. He probably
gives the most detailed account OF
the battle on record,
The battlefield, three miles south
of the town, is still p ace Of in
terest to sightseers. Some trees
cut and twisted by cannon balls,
ard others full of bullets, bear eyi-
dence of the desperate conflict that
took place forty-three years ago.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
have done much to commemorate
the deeds of the brave Southern
soldiers who fell in this battle. A
neat, substantial fence incloses
Shady Grove, the cemetery where
300 Confederate heroes sleep, and {
beautiful monument to their mem
ory has been erected in the enclos
ure. Marble slabs mark the grave
OF the fifty soldiers in the city Gem
etery.
The John Marshall Stone Chap
ter of the Daughters Of the Confed
eracy--named for Mississippi
honored governor, and Iuka's he
loved eitizen-is an enthusiast
band OF women whose loving hand
never tire in the good work Of th
organization.
Iuka has been noted from il
earliest days as seat of learning
The Iuka Female Seminary aou
ished here before the war and for
number Of years after. The lux
Normal Ins itute, founded in 1873:
was in operation twenty years an
\ did much to adSance<the cause !
edueation in Mississippi. Hundred
sachers went out from this il