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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216S_carnegie-library_Houston-MS.html
Estab. in 1909, this is one of Mississippi's oldest community libraries and its first Carnegie library. School superintendent L.B. Reid secured money from Andrew Carnegie Foundation for this facility.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215J_houston_Houston-MS.html
On Natchez Trace. Named for Sam Houston, friend of Joel Pinson, donor of site. Made county seat at creation of Chickasaw Co., Feb. 9, 1836. In 1909 state's first Carnegie library built here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214N_egypt-station_Okolona-MS.html
During a raid in the winter of 1864-65, Union Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's cavalry encountered Confederates at Egypt Station on the Mobile & Ohio R.R. The Confederate force included a large number of former Union prisoners of war released on con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XYZ_our-confederate-dead-soldiers-monument-a-war-memorial_Okolona-MS.html
Front
Love's tribute
to a thousand
Southern
soldiers who
sleep in our
Confederate
cemetery, who
died in the war
1861—1865.
Right Side
List of Dead
Rear
List of the Living
Our
Confederate Veterans
1861—1865.
Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUF_okolona-college-historical_Okolona-MS.html
The Okolona Normal and Industrial School was founded in 1902 by Dr. Wallace A. Battle. It educated African Americans through high school and provided industrial training for young adults. At its peak, the school's enrollment topped two hundred stu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUE_battle-of-okolona-historical_Okolona-MS.html
In this vicinity on February 22, 1864, Benjamin Grierson ordered McCrillis' Federal brigade into a line of battle opposite Col. Barteau's Confederate brigade of Forrest's cavalry corps. Barteau's men, from the ridge east of the railroad, advanced …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUD_battle-of-okolona-historical_Okolona-MS.html
On February 22, 1864, Col. Jeffrey Forrest, commanding a Confederate cavalry brigade, was killed in action in this vicinity, near the extinct town of Prairie Mount. Born in 1838, Forrest was the younger brother of Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUC_okolona-in-the-civil-war-historical_Okolona-MS.html
Throughout the Civil War, Confederate forces were stationed in Okolona, taking advantage of the agriculturally rich prairie region. With a large supply depot, the town was the object of Union Raids at least twice. On February 22, 1864, Maj. Gen. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUB_confederate-cemetery-historical_Okolona-MS.html
As a station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Okolona was the site of a large hospital during the Civil War. In 1862, following the battle of Shiloh, hundreds of wounded Confederates were brought here by train. Those who died were buried in this g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUA_okolona-historical_Okolona-MS.html
Founded as Rose Hill 1845. Chartered as Okolona 1850. Named for Chickasaw Indian brave. Scene for three Civil War battles. First Mississippi Cavalry, C.S.A., was organized and equipped here.