Rufus Ward, Local Historian & columnist for Columbus Commercial Dispatch newspaper will present "Stories & Reflections About & From Native Americans". He will talk about Pushmataha, "the greatest of all Choctaw chiefs", and the treaties of Dexter & Dancing Rabbit Creek.

Anderson Thomas, CEO of the long-running local family business, Shuqualak Lumber, will talk about the history of the Anderson and Thomas families in Noxubee County.