[5] The fire started from unknown origin in the Hammock Building, a lodging house, and spread rapidly because of strong winds from the northwest.

[6] However, the pickle processing facility is now closed, and although the timber industry has declined since the boom years, it still sustains many businesses in Wiggins.

[7] The same day it was reported that Dewitt Armstrong, another African-American was flogged for making insulting remarks to white women.

[8][9] On November 21, 1938, another black man, Wilder McGowan, was lynched by a mob of 200 white men for allegedly assaulting a 74-year-old woman.

An investigator found there was no merit to the charge against McGowan, but rather that he was lynched because he "Did not know his place,"[10] and in addition had rebuffed a group of white men who had invaded a negro dance hall "looking for some good-looking nigger women".

In the late 1960s, U.S. Route 49 bypassed the downtown area, and many businesses moved from Pine Hill to other locations within Wiggins.

[16] During Pine Hill Day, area residents offered items for sale as arts & crafts, in farmers' markets, and as local cuisine.

To attract more visitors, other venues such as live music entertainment, competitive foot races, antique vehicle displays, commercial food vendors, and games for kids were added through the years, and the festival became a Spring event.