City of Jackson history

The state legislature first met there December 23, 1822.

The first railroad arrived by 1840.

Probably few if any of the camp’s 1848 miners settled in Botellas but a trading post was established on high ground 100 yards or so north of the ford and spring, beneath a spreading live oak which would soon became infamous.

But in spring, 1851, prospecting miners discovered gold in quartz rock ledges near Amador village a few miles northerly.

Maddened Mokelumne Hill politicians cozened the state legislature to wrest the seat from Jackson in 1852.

REVIVAL! With such a rich historical heritage and industrious people, Jackson, the county seat of Amador County since 1854, continues to thrive.

In 1905, Jackson became the first incorporated city in the county.

DISASTER! In 1922 Jackson was in the world’s headlines when the state’s worst mining tragedy smothered the lives of 47 miners deep within the Argonaut Mine.

Though mining died, timber harvest and milling continued and intensified circa 1940 with the arrival of Amador Lumber.

To commemorate those wide-open days, certain ad hoc Clamper-types in 1968 implanted in Jackson’s sidewalk a heart-shaped plaque on Valentine’s Day.

Hope Federal Credit Union (HOPE) was organized in 1995 by the members of Anderson United Methodist Church as Mississippi’s only church-sponsored credit union.

By 1999 HOPE was still extremely small and run by part-time volunteers.

In February 2000 HOPE expanded its field of membership to include several groups that share a mission of community development.

In August 2002, after a long tradition of collaboration, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD) became HOPE’s primary sponsor.

In 2005, HOPE was recognized as the fastest growing credit union in the nation for building its deposit.

At the end of 2008, HOPE merged with College Station Federal Community Credit Union, an organization located in College Station, Arkansas, with a 50-year history.

American Savings Credit Union became part of HOPE on January 1, 2009.

HOPE expanded its work to Alabama in October of 2017 when it merged with Tri-Rivers Federal Credit Union in Montgomery.