Tom Hughes
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- May 27, 2019
- Location
- Mississippi
I found this relic years ago, but I was going through some relics in my collection today and wanted to share it with this forum.
Back in 2003, when the city of Jackson was building a parkway near downtown and bulldozed a section of the old Confederate works near Pointdexter Park, I dug this brass hotel key fob. After years buried in the soil, it's difficult to make out. But it reads:
R S
HOTEL
31
I've never been able to determine what the "R S" stood for. There was no hotel by that name in Jackson before, during or after the war.
However, the old Confederate Hotel had been located about 100 yards away from the site, run by a Mr. Shackleford.
Just another interesting relic found among the relics of the civil war years.
Thanks for looking!
Back in 2003, when the city of Jackson was building a parkway near downtown and bulldozed a section of the old Confederate works near Pointdexter Park, I dug this brass hotel key fob. After years buried in the soil, it's difficult to make out. But it reads:
R S
HOTEL
31
I've never been able to determine what the "R S" stood for. There was no hotel by that name in Jackson before, during or after the war.
However, the old Confederate Hotel had been located about 100 yards away from the site, run by a Mr. Shackleford.
Just another interesting relic found among the relics of the civil war years.
Thanks for looking!