Scotlandville Research Paper
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Brandy Nicole Stewart
Ms. Yolanda Rodgers
English IV AP
30 March 2015
The History of Scotlandville
Scotlandville Magnet High School and it’s surrounding community has evolved through many changes over the years. The school has gone through changes such as being a community school, an academic magnet school, and a combination of both. The community was once a prosperous and thriving, but now a community that is overlooked by many. There is still much more changes that is needed to return the school and community to the prosperous and family oriented place it once was.
The area known as Scotlandville today was once just an isolated rural village near Scott’s
Bluff. It was named for a cotton planter whose plantation was located near the Mississippi River.
The name Scott’s Bluff was given because most traveling was done by people and freight was exchanged by boat. Sometime soon after the Reconstruction Period the area was given its official name. It was then named Scotlandville, Louisiana. The decision for this was because the railroad station to Yazoo and Mississippi Valley was named Scotland. There was a small depot located near Scotland Ave. and Scenic Hwy which was the Scotlandville Branch Post Office.
The U. S. Post Office Contract Station was awarded to the Simms’ Discount Pharmacy in
1986. The pharmacy was the first to be owned by females, Geraldine A. Simms and Ruby Jean
Simms. This was significant because it provided mailing for citizens who didn’t have transportation. Amanda Kelly Mackie lived in Scotlandville and married Arteal Kelly and
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together they opened many businesses such as the Kelly Bus Line. Amanda was a member of the earliest black families that became a business owner. During the time the Scotlandville Area had many goals. Their goals were to construct churches, schools and businesses. The oldest church in Scotlandville is Mount Pilgrim Baptist
Church which was built in 1893. Other churches
Brandy Nicole Stewart
Ms. Yolanda Rodgers
English IV AP
30 March 2015
The History of Scotlandville
Scotlandville Magnet High School and it’s surrounding community has evolved through many changes over the years. The school has gone through changes such as being a community school, an academic magnet school, and a combination of both. The community was once a prosperous and thriving, but now a community that is overlooked by many. There is still much more changes that is needed to return the school and community to the prosperous and family oriented place it once was.
The area known as Scotlandville today was once just an isolated rural village near Scott’s
Bluff. It was named for a cotton planter whose plantation was located near the Mississippi River.
The name Scott’s Bluff was given because most traveling was done by people and freight was exchanged by boat. Sometime soon after the Reconstruction Period the area was given its official name. It was then named Scotlandville, Louisiana. The decision for this was because the railroad station to Yazoo and Mississippi Valley was named Scotland. There was a small depot located near Scotland Ave. and Scenic Hwy which was the Scotlandville Branch Post Office.
The U. S. Post Office Contract Station was awarded to the Simms’ Discount Pharmacy in
1986. The pharmacy was the first to be owned by females, Geraldine A. Simms and Ruby Jean
Simms. This was significant because it provided mailing for citizens who didn’t have transportation. Amanda Kelly Mackie lived in Scotlandville and married Arteal Kelly and
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together they opened many businesses such as the Kelly Bus Line. Amanda was a member of the earliest black families that became a business owner. During the time the Scotlandville Area had many goals. Their goals were to construct churches, schools and businesses. The oldest church in Scotlandville is Mount Pilgrim Baptist
Church which was built in 1893. Other churches