Editing Iuka, Mississippi (section)

== History ==
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Iuka is built on the site of a [[Chickasaw]] village that is thought to have been subordinate to the settlement at Underwood Village. The name ''"Iuka"'' comes from the name of one of the chiefs of the village. Iuka was founded by David Hubbard, a [[wagon train]] scout.

Euro-American settlers arrived with the [[Memphis and Charleston Railroad]] in 1857. Before the [[American Civil War]], the town boasted an all-female college, a boys' [[military academy]], and a fine hotel. The Civil War brought widespread devastation when a major engagement here occurred on September 19, 1862. The [[Battle of Iuka]] resulted in 1200 to 1500 killed or wounded. The dead [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers were buried in a long trench that eventually became Shady Grove Cemetery.

[[File:View of Iuka, Mississippi, from near the Brinkley House (5613688921).jpg|thumb|left|Iuka, circa 1865]]
The first [[normal school]] built in the former Confederacy after the Civil War, [[Iuka Normal Institute]], was built here. However, the town did not return to prosperity for many years. The building of [[Pickwick Landing Dam]] and [[Pickwick Lake]] by the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] brought activity back to the town.

In 1904, water from Iuka's mineral springs won first prize for the purest and best mineral water at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|World's Fair]] in [[St. Louis]].