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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P5K_love-is-immortal_Clinton-MS.html
This boulder is erected by the Mississippi College Rifles Chapter U. D. C. in grateful memory of the 104 men who went out from this college as Company E; 18th Mississippi Regiment, April 23, 1861. J. W. Welborn, Capt., Cuddie Thomas, 1st …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P1I_217-w-capitol_Jackson-MS.html
Is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by its inclusion in the West Capitol Street Historic District March 1980 National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P10_the-chatmon-family_Bolton-MS.html
Front The Henderson Chatmon family, which produced some of Mississippi's most important blues and string band musicians, lived near this site on Texas Street in 1900. Henderson's sons Armenter, better known as "Bo Carter" and Sam Chatmon record…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P0Z_malaco-records_Jackson-MS.html
Front Malaco Records, one of America's foremost labels in the fields of southern soul, blues, and gospel, was founded at this site in 1967. Malaco's studio was the first state-of-the-art recording facility in Mississippi. The label attained nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P0Y_queen-of-hearts_Jackson-MS.html
Front The Queen of Hearts, a primary venue for down-home blues in Jackson, opened at this location in the 1970s. During the following decades, owner-operator Chellie B. Lewis presented the blues bands of King Edward, Sam Myers, Big Bad Smitty, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P0X_scott-radio-service-company_Jackson-MS.html
Front Scott Radio Service Company, located at 128 North Gallatin Street, just north of this site, was one of the first businesses in Mississippi to offer professional recording technology. The Jackson-based Trumpet record label used the Scott s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOV_capitol-rally_Jackson-MS.html
Front On June 26, 1966, James Meredith's "March Against Fear" — led by Stokely Carmichael. Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd McKissick, and others after Meredith was shot and wounded — ended its three-week trek from Memphis with a rall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOU_champions-hill_Bolton-MS.html
Located 4.4 mi. S.W., is site of crucial battle in the Vicksburg defense, May 16, 1863. Grant, cutting off Johnston's relief, drove Pemberton from this hill across Big Black River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OON_tanglewood_Clinton-MS.html
Tanglewood was originally built ca. 1845 on Norrell Road, then just south of Clinton, by Andrew and Nancy Thomas for their daughter Mary Jane and her husband, James A. Criddle. By 1876 Tanglewood had come into the ownership of Captain William Lewi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOM_charles-caldwell-assassination_Clinton-MS.html
Charles Caldwell, Republican leader during Reconstruction, was assasinated outside Clinton's Store on the northeast corner of Leake and Jefferson Streets on December 30, 1875. Caldwell, a former slave, was a delegate to the 1868 State Constitution…
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