Jefferson Courthouse and Square in "Hand upon the Waters" (Location)

Submitted by jjoiner@keuka.edu on Tue, 2017-12-12 15:06
Text: 
"Hand Upon the Waters"
Location Key: 
Jefferson Courthouse and Square
Display Label: 
Jefferson
Map Icon: 
Courthouse
Authority : 
Faulkner map
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"A Rose for Emily"
"Appendix: Compson"
"Dry September"
"Elly"
"Go Down, Moses"
"Hand Upon the Waters"
"Knight's Gambit"
"Smoke"
Absalom, Absalom!
As I Lay Dying
Flags in the Dust
Go Down, Moses
Intruder in the Dust
Light in August
Requiem for a Nun
The Hamlet
The Mansion
The Reivers
The Sound and the Fury
The Town
The Unvanquished
X: 
1290
Y: 
810
Description: 

Jefferson is the county seat for Yoknapatawpha County. Historically, Louis Grenier and the other founding fathers of the county arrived "on horseback, through the Cumberland Gap from the Carolinas, where Jefferson was still a Chickasaw Agency post" (70).

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Courthouse and Square

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