[2] The Richland Male and Female Academy was opened prior to 1839 and was superseded by the Eureka Masonic College in 1848.

[3] Historic Eureka Masonic College, birthplace of the Order of the Eastern Star (OES), is located along Highway 17 in Richland.

The historic schoolhouse has also housed Masons and Company C, 15th Mississippi Infantry, of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.

[4] The 1st Mississippi Cavalry, of the Confederate States Army, was presented with its regimental colors on September 12, 1863, a gift of the ladies of Richland.

The ladies at Richland, a little village near where we are camped, sent us a very nice battle flag yesterday.