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Kosciusko| City and administrative headquarters of Attala County, central Mississippi, on the Natchez Trace (frontier road following American Indian pathways), near the Yockanookany River, 101 km/63 mi northeast of Jackson; population (1990 est) 7,000. It is an agricultural market centre with lumber, textile, furniture, and other industries. |
| It was a station on the Trace from about 1811. |
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| The architect of the Americans' remarkable escape after the debacle at Ticonderoga was in fact not an American at all, but a brilliant young Polish military engineer, Tadeusz Kosciuszko (pronounced kosh-CHOOSH-ko). It covers over 6,900 km² and contains Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko for which it is named, and Cabramurra the highest town in Australia. Since then, he has scaled the highest mountain in each of the seven continents - Kosciuszko in Australia, 2,228m; Vinson in Antarctica, 4,897m; Elbrus in Russia, 5,642m; Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, 5,895m; Denali in the USA, 6,194m; Aconcagua in Argentina, 6,962m; and Everest, 8,848m. |