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Now displaying: July, 2009
MS Moments 181 Rural Electrification 0
Jul 7, 2009
MS Moments 181 Rural ElectrificationGeorge Taylor discusses the Rural Electrification Act and what it meant to the lives of thousands of Mississippians.  He also tells the story of how the various electrical co-ops banded together to form the South Mississippi Electric Power Association and the challenges they faced.
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