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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6W_wises-gap-1816_Amory-MS.html
The first community in N. Miss., begun here by John Wise in 1816, had stores, a cemetery, a camp ground, a church called "Uncle Jimmy Wise's Meetinghouse," a blacksmith shop in which future Gov. Tucker worked.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XY1_amorys-tribute-to-the-heroes-of-1861-1865-a-war-memorial_Amory-MS.html
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Amory's Tribute
to the Heroes of
1861—1865
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List of Members Stonewall Camp #427, Amory, Monroe County, MS
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To the women of the Confederacy whose pious ministrations to our wounded soldiers soothed the las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQX_brigadier-general-john-gregg-historical_Aberdeen-MS.html
A native of Alabama, John Gregg (1828-1864) moved to Texas where he served as a member of that state's secession convention and later in the Provisional Confederate Congress. Elected colonel of the 7th Texas Infantry, Gregg was promoted to Brigadi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQW_aberdeen-mississippi-blues-historical_Aberdeen-MS.html
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In 1940 singer-guitarist Booker "Bukka" White, who lived in Aberdeen during the 1920s and '30s, recorded the blues classic "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues." Twenty-three years later the song's title enabled blues researche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQV_gilmore-sanitarium-historical_Amory-MS.html
The Gilmore Sanitarium was built in 1916 by Ellie Davidson Gilmore and his wife, Virginia. This twenty-two bed facility included a laboratory and operating room. The sanitarium served as Amory's primary hospital until 1961, after which the buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQU_chickasaw-cession-historical_Amory-MS.html
Area E. of Tombigbee R., S. of Gaines' Trace ceded in Chickasaw Council House Treaty, 1816. Became part of Monroe Co., 1821. South portion severed, 1830, at formation of Lowndes Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQT_mound-cemetery-historical_Amory-MS.html
Mound built circa 100 A.D. for the burial of high-status members of an unknown Indian tribal group. Cemetery established during the mid-1800s by the Nabers family and other early settlers of Monroe County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQS_cotton-gin-port-historical_Aberdeen-MS.html
South one mile. Initially an Indian trading post at southern terminus of Gaines Trace. Named for the cotton gin built by U.S. Government for the Chickasaw ca. 1801, it grew into an important river town and cotton market with formation of Monroe Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQQ_bienvilles-fort-historical_Aberdeen-MS.html
On May 22, 1736, a military force commanded by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Governor of French Louisiana, landed nearby to attack the Chickasaw. A palisade of 600 log posts was built near here as a base of operations. Defeated in the Battl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQP_becker-post-office-historical_Amory-MS.html
Becker's first Post Office
building operating from
1920 until early 1960s.
Given to the
Amory Regional Museum
by
Mr. Hershel Sandlin
in memory of his wife
Mrs. Kay Sandlin