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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW9U_beale-street-historic-district_Memphis-TN.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark.
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.
U.S. De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3M_congregation-b-nai-israel_Memphis-TN.html
Jews have been part of Tennessee's economic, social and political life since the late 18th century. Congregation Children of Israel, chartered by the State of Tennessee, March 2, 1854, rented and eventually purchased a building near this site at M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP84_u-s-supreme-court-rules-on-overton-park-and-i-40_Memphis-TN.html
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Tennessee could not go through Overton Park to build I-40 based on environmental issues. This east-west interstate now follows I-240 around the north side of Memphis. It remains the only inco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWZ_tom-brooks-park_Collierville-TN.html
Herbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community and can be seen in the physical beauty of Collierville's landscape as well as the design of the bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWX_chalmerss-collierville-raid_Collierville-TN.html
Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Gen. James R. Chalmers to "harass [Sherman's] rear and break the railroad behind him." Chal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWV_battle-of-collierville_Collierville-TN.html
Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun sights of Confederate cavalrymen intent on severing Fede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWU_crisscross-lodge_Collierville-TN.html
The home of Cecil and Laura Davis Elliott was designed in 1913 by architect Bayard Snowden Cairnes of the Memphis firm Hanker and Cairnes. Cairnes, who was trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, used a unique hexagonal plan that provided a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWS_shelby-county-memphis_Memphis-TN.html
Shelby CountyEstablished 1819; named in honor of ISAAC SHELBY who, along with Andrew Jackson, as appointed United States Commissioner; together they arranged the purchase of the Western District from the Chickasaw Indian Nation in 1818.
Memphis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWP_elvis-presley-and-sun-records-sun-records_Memphis-TN.html
FrontIn July 1954 Sun Records released Elvis Presley's first recording. That record, and Elvis' four that followed on the Sun label, changed popular music. Elvis developed an innovative and different sound combining blues, gospel, and country. Tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLV4_piggly-wiggly_Memphis-TN.html
Marker Front:With a brass band, a beauty contest, flowers for the ladies, and balloons for the children Clarence Saunders of Memphis opened the first Piggly Wiggly, America's first completely self-service grocery store, at 79 Jefferson Avenue (1/2…