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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29HP_dr-rush-nutt-1781-1837_MS.html
Dr. Rush Nutt, who built Laurel Hill Plantation about 1815, is known for his agricultural and scientific study for initiating improvements in agricultural implements and techniques and for his civic contributions in early statehood days in Mississ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM297Q_old-town-of-rodney-layout_MS.html
The earliest references to the Rodney area are from the 1774 New England expedition led by General Phineas Lyman to organize a settlement on Big Black River. Captain Matthew Phelps, a member of this expedition, described the area as "firm rock on …
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Ca. 1815. Located almost one mile southwest, Laurel Hill is in the National Register of Historic Places. A single approach leads from the primary road one-fourth mile toward Rodney down a deeply cut roadbed bordered by moss-draped cedars and oaks.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM296B_history-of-rodney-her-rise_MS.html
The French were the first Europeans to claim this area, clled "Petit Gouffre", "Petit Golphe", "Petit Gulf", or "Little Gulf". In 1763, as a result of the French and Indian War, the area became the dominion of Great Britain. Spain captured British…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2969_old-rodney-presbyterian-church_MS.html
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the church was begun when the 1828 Mississippi Legislature granted a charter of Incorporation to the "Presbyterian Church of Petit Gulf". Later in 1828, the Town of Rodney was incorporated, the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM295Y_alcorn-state-university-1871_MS.html
Oakland College managed to continue operation until 1861. In 1871 the buildings were purchased for $42,500 by the State in order that a school might be established for blacks. Oakland College reorganized as Chamberlain-Hunt Academy and relocated t…
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1840-51. Greek Revival. This structure, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is one of the finest Greek Revival style remaining in Mississippi. The Chapel is in the familiar Greek temple form. Its two principal floors are raised abo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM295O_oakland-college_MS.html
1830 - Oakland College was founded by Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain. Chamberlain envisioned Oakland as serving the 300,000 inhabitants of Mississippi. Louisiana, and Arkansas. Representatives of three Louisiana parishes and eight Mississippi countie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28XS_history-of-rodney-her-fall_MS.html
The yellow tever epldemics of 1843 and 1898 were fatal to many residents of Rodney. Even though the Union gunboat "Rattler" fired upon the town, Rodney and her churches were spared destruction during the Civil War. Here was the disembarking poi…
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During the Civil War, on September 13, 1863, a skirmish oceurred at the church. On that Sunday morning the Union gunboat "Rattler" had docked at Rodney Rev. Baker, northern sympathizer who was to preach that day, invited Captain Fentrese of the…
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