LeFleur's Bluff State Park LeFleur's Bluff State Park LeFleur's Bluff State Park is a public recreation area located on the banks of the Pearl River off Interstate 55 within the city limits of Jackson, Mississippi. The state park is home to a lake, a 9-hole golf course, and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. The park is named for the trading post established on the banks of the Pearl River in the late 18th century by Louis LeFleur, a French Canadian trader. The village of LeFleur's Bluff eventually grew to become the city of Jackson. The area which is now LeFleur's Bluff State Park
Winfield S. Featherston in 1890. Featherston died from paralysis at his home in Holly Springs, Mississippi on May 28, 1891. He was interred in the town's Hillcrest Cemetery. Retrieved on October 19, 2008. Winfield S. Featherston Winfield Scott Featherston "Old Swet" (August 8, 1820 – May 28, 1891) was an antebellum two-term U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was later a state politician and a circuit court judge. Winfield S. Featherston was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee on August 8, 1820. He was the youngest of seven children of Charles and