{"id":2926,"slug":"ida-b-wells-birthplace-holly-springs-mississippi","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Holly Springs is the apprenticed — the 'Bolling house' that's the father's work, the 'born on property' that's the daughter's start. The 'sixteen orphaned' is the forged — the 'yellow fever' that's the '78's killer, the 'five siblings' that's the burden's weight. The 'Free Speech' is the weapon — the 'co-owned' that's the paper's stake, the 'lynching named' that's the crusade's target.","The 'run out' is the priced — the 'office burned' that's the Memphis answer, the 'exile' that's the truth's cost. The 'Bible Sundays' is the raised — the 'only reading' that's the rule's limit, the 'KKK before' that's the childhood's lesson. Holly Springs is the kept — the 'Bolling house' that's the museum now, the 'father's craft' that's the walls' builder.","The file keeps Holly Springs: the apprenticed father, the orphaned sixteen, the weapon paper, and the kept house.","Ida B. Wells birthplace is the archive's Mississippi file — the enslaved girl who became the anti-lynching voice."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Ida B. Wells birthplace is the archive's Mississippi file — where the crusade began.","A house keeps its craftsman — the file's suggestion being that Wells's hold is the formed: the 'Bolling' that's the father's work, the 'yellow fever' that's the forging's fire, and the 'Free Speech' that's the weapon's name."]}],"name":"Ida B. Wells birthplace","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HISTORIC_BUILDING","CIVIL_RIGHTS"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The 1862 cabin site—where the anti-lynching crusader was born.","full_desc":"Ida B. Wells birthplace is a site in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The 1862 cabin site—where the anti-lynching crusader was born. It sits in the archive under the civil rights era and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.","address":null,"city":"Holly Springs","county":null,"state":"Mississippi","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":34.778017,"lon":-89.445819,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"MS batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2696,"type":"HISTORICAL_LEGEND","description":"The birthplace is documented—the lore is Wells’s memory. Ida B. Wells birthplace in Holly Springs, Mississippi carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","evidence_label":"Media reported","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ida B. Wells","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells-Barnett_Museum","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Wells was born July 16, 1862. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Ida B. Wells'. The date is part of the site's documented spine. The lore keeps its witness.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1862-07-16","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Ida B. Wells","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells-Barnett_Museum","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Ida B. Wells","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells-Barnett_Museum","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}