Collection of all posts covering the Gold Coast of Rankin County.
The most infamous bootlegger in Mississippi history was probably G.W. "Big Red" Hydrick. The Byram cotton farmer moved to Florence in the 1930;s and began a life of notoriety that spanned several decades on the Gold Coast of Rankin County. He killed a woman, burned down rival nightclubs, beat black female students, egged on the mob at the Woolworth lunch counter, and shot numerous people. In other words, he was a mean ole cuss who did what the hell he wanted to do when he wanted to do it.
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