About the Author

Tony Mozingo (tony@toottootpublishing.com) is an attorney and judge in South Mississippi. With more than fifteen years of experience in courtrooms around the south, he has contributed articles to newspapers and given countless interviews on a variety of issues, many of those concerning the crown jewel of the piney woods’ recreational venues, the Longleaf Trace Recreational Trail.

Since 2004, Tony Mozingo has done literally hundreds of interviews and spent hundreds of hours poring over and collecting research related to the Mississippi Central Railroad, which is now the Longleaf Trace. He’s had behind-the-scenes access to the construction and development of the Trace and has developed a close relationship with the few gifted curators of the history of the railroad and timber industries in the area. As the only writer who has studied every facet of the Trace’s journey though history, he’s had a truly unique perspective from which to document the Longleaf Trace for its official guidebook’s purposes.

Among Tony Mozingo’s personal accomplishments are his completion of dozens of triathlons and marathons, including the Ironman Hawaii World Championship. He regularly rides and runs on the Longleaf Trace and has raised thousands of dollars for projects related to the Trace through charity events.

Tony Mozingo is a graduate of U.S.M. and Mississippi College School of Law and currently lives in Lamar County, Mississippi with his wife Ashley, and children Robert Lee, Grace, and Millie Rose.