> Saw the story about the mayor who did not want to lower the flag to half staff for Dolly. It got me thinking.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/missis … -her-death

Basically, he said he didnt want to cheapen the gesture.

He felt it should only be for soldiers, heroes, etc.

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So it got me thinking.

The town is called Olive Branch, Mississippi.

I was curious why it got that name.

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Simply, they named the town for the post office.

Curiosity hit me again and I wondered what the name was before it was called "Olive Branch"

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The original name of the town was "Cowpens"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Branch,_Mississippi
Flinn conveyed the land to Blocker for $6,400 (equal to $206,400 today) in 1840. A small community initially known as "Cowpens" sprang up in the early 1840s. The name was changed to "Watson's Crossroads" in 1842. In 1846, when a post office was established, the name was changed again to "Olive Branch". Frances Wilson Blocker, a descendant of one of the community's founders, suggested the name as a way to symbolize the biblical story of a dove bringing a branch to Noah.

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Cowpens