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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT5_ensign-william-devotie-billingsley_Winona-MS.html
A graduate of Winona High School and the United States Naval Academy Class of 1909, Ensign Billingsley was one of the "Bird Men" — the pioneers of naval aviation, the pioneers of the test pilot generation, and the grandfathers of the astrona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT4_legendary-home-of-the-blues_Tutwiler-MS.html
In his autobiography,
father of the blues, W.C. Handy
stated that he first heard the blues,
a native negro ballad form, in the
railroad station of Tutwiler in 1895.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT3_the-final-spike_Winona-MS.html
On Jan. 31, 1860 The Final Spike Of The Old Mississippi Central Was Driven Just South Of Winona Establishing For The First Time Direct Rail Service From The Great Lakes To the Gulf Of Mexico.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT2_jefferson-davis-memorial-highway_Winona-MS.html
Created by Congress in 1913, the highway in Mississippi follows U.S. 51, 49, & 90. Its central route runs from Fairview, Ky., Davis' birthplace, to Beauvior, his last home at Biloxi.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSZ_j-augustine-signaigo_Grenada-MS.html
J. Augustine Signaigo, born in 1835 in Italy, founded the Grenada Sentinel in 1854. A poet, he wrote the libretto of a hit Civil War operetta, "The Vivandiere." He served as president of the Mississippi Press Association in 1869. He died in 1876 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSY_j-augustine-signaigo_Grenada-MS.html
J. Augustine Signaigo, born in 1835 in Italy, founded the Grenada Sentinel in 1854. A poet, he wrote the libretto of a hit Civil War operetta, "The Vivandiere." He served as president of the Mississippi Press Association in 1869. He died in 1876 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSV_confederate-fort_Grenada-MS.html
Main defensive position on Yalobusha River line held by Gen. Pemberton in fall of 1862 to repel Gen. Grant, whose army of 25,000 was moving to attack Vicksburg.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSS_94th-infantry-division_Grenada-MS.html
First U.S. Army Division to achieve "Expert Infantry" recognition while training here at Camp McCain November, 1943 to July, 1944.
Distinguished World War II Service in European Theater Campaigns:
Northern France · Ardennes-Alsace
Rh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSP_camp-mccain_Grenada-MS.html
Established 1942 as a training facility for the United States Army during the Second World War and used until 1946. Named for Carroll Co. Miss. native, Major-General Henry Pinckney McCain (1861-1941).
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSJ_clinton-melton_Glendora-MS.html
The September 1955 acquittal of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till fueled further racial violence. Clinton
Melton was an outspoken black man who was gunned down here 2-1/2 months later by Milam's friend Elmer Kimb…