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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTQ_w-c-handy_Clarksdale-MS.html
"Father of the Blues" composer and family lived at this site 1903-05. In
Clarksdale Handy was influenced by Delta blues which he collected
and later published as well as his own famous and influential music.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTP_carnegie-public-library_Clarksdale-MS.html
In 1909 steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was contacted by local women's club member Liliian Waddell about sponsoring a public library. In 1911 the Carnegie Foundation gave $10,000 to the city of Clarksdale to build and equip a public library, with th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTO_harvey-b-heidelberg_Clarksdale-MS.html
Harvey Brown Heidelberg was born in Shubuta, Mississippi, on March 7, 1883. Educated in the Shubuta school system and at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, Millsaps College in Jackson, and the University of Michigan, he began his career i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTN_delta-blues-inspires-w-c-handy_Cleveland-MS.html
While leading his orchestra at a dance on this site c. 1905, Handy was
unable to perform requested blues numbers. A local band stepped in
and stole the show. "My enlightenment came in Cleveland. That night
an American composer was born," he wro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTM_david-r-bowen_Cleveland-MS.html
A Cleveland High School graduate, Bowen (D-Miss.) served five terms in Congress (1973-1983). As chair of the Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Subcommittee and a member of the House Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTK_the-cleveland-depot_Cleveland-MS.html
Four railroad depots have operated here since Cleveland was incorporated in 1886. The first depot - two Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR cars tied together and parked together on a side track - disappeared when a prankster hooked it to an outgoing tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTI_hopson-plantation_Clarksdale-MS.html
On this site in 1944, the Hopson Planting Co. and International Harvester, revolutionized modern cotton farming by introducing the first commercially produced mechanical cotton picker.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTH_j-w-cutrer-house_Clarksdale-MS.html
Built in 1916, this Italian style villa was designed by Memphis
architect Bayard Cairnes and was the home of local attorney J.W.
Cutrer and his wife Blanche Clark Cutrer, daughter of Clarksdale
founder John Clark. Named Belvoir by the Cutrer fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTG_temple-beth-israel_Clarksdale-MS.html
Originally named Kehilath Jacob, Clarksdale's first synagogue was
built here in 1910. In celebration of the new temple, a Torah was
shipped from New York City and carried to the temple by members of
the congregation. In 1929, a larger temple wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTF_clarksdale_Clarksdale-MS.html
Founded 1868 at crossing of Indian trails and on possible route of De Soto's expedition. Chartered 1882. Coahoma co-county seat, 1892; sole seat since 1936. Home of Gov. Earl Leroy Brewer.