I wrote this a couple of years ago after making several trips through the Mississippi Delta to visit my oldest sister. She’s ...

In 1925, what would become Delta Air Lines started as the world’s first aerial crop-dusting operation in the Mississippi ...

crop dusting was the company’s primary focus. A group of investors acquired Huff Daland’s assets in December of 1928 and reincorporated as Delta Air Service (named after the Mississippi ...

She named the airline "Delta" in honor of the Mississippi Delta region, where its predecessor, Huff Daland Dusters, was founded as a crop-dusting operation in 1925 (it began carrying passengers in ...

Delta has evolved from a crop dusting operation in 1925 to a major ... with its first route going from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi, and its routes quickly expanded. However, its passenger ...

Matthew Robinson’s family has owned and farmed 100 acres near Memphis for four generations. The family bought the land with a loan from a local undertaker. The undertaker was white. Robinson’s ...

In 1925, what would become Delta Air Lines started as the world's first aerial crop-dusting operation in the Mississippi Delta region. Nearly a century after its first passenger flight ...

"It's the only airline that started as a crop-dusting company" Before Delta ... most of the center of the business was in the Mississippi Delta region. And so, that's where the name Delta comes ...