MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 19

'Mississippi Highway 19' ('MS 19') is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs for 103 miles, serving the counties of Holmes, Attala, Winston, Neshoba, Newton, and Lauderdale.
On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner were driving on MS 19 from Philadelphia to Meridian after being released from the Neshoba County Jail. The three were evenutally pulled over by Cecil Price, a deputy with the Neshoba County Sheriff's department. Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner were eventually murdered by Ku Klux Klan members and buried in an earthen dam (see Mississippi civil rights worker murders).

Contents

Locales on Route

Major Junctions

References

Locales on Route

'From North to South'

★ West

★ Kosciusko

★ Philadelphia

★ Tucker

★ Meridian

Major Junctions

'From North to South'

★ U.S. Highway 51

★ Mississippi Highway 35

★ Mississippi Highway 43

★ Mississippi Highway 12

★ Natchez Trace Parkway

★ Mississippi Highway 14

★ Mississippi Highway 25

★ Mississippi Highway 15

★ Mississippi Highway 21

★ Mississippi Highway 16

★ Interstate 20/Interstate 59/U.S. Highway 11/U.S. Highway 80

★ Mississippi Highway 39

★ U.S. Highway 45

★ Alabama State Route 10

References

★ Magnolia Meanderings

★ Google Earth