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In 1805, the Choctaw Indian Agency was located in the area now known as Ridgeland. The Agency was called Turner Brashear's Stand. The agent in charge was Silas Dinsmor. Around 1850, Brashear's Stand was renamed King's Inn. The Inn was used as a headquarters by Stephen D. LeeGeneral Stephen Lee during the American Civil War. King's Inn was lost to fire in 1896. In 1853, James B. Yellowley founded the community of Yellowley's Crossing (later named Jessamine, after his wife). Two Chicago developers, Edward Treakle and Gordon Nichols, purchased the land from Yellowley and founded Highland Colony. They laid out a city which they named Ridgeland and enticed settlers from the Northern US to move south. Farming thrived with pears and strawberries among the chief crops. Modern-day Ridgeland maintains ties to its past, as can be seen in the Highland Colony Parkway which runs north through the town, the Dinsmor community and its sister development, Silas Meadow, the Strawberry Patch Park, and Pear Orchard Road. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgeland%2C_Mississippi
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