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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YS8_carr-school_Vicksburg-MS.html
Carr School was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by William Stanton, a well-known architect, who had designed many religious, public, commercial and residential buildings across Mississippi.
The school was built in 1924 by the E.G. Parish Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRT_the-nations-most-destructive-flood_Vicksburg-MS.html
Torrential rains in the fall of 1926 and spring of 1927 set the stage for one of our Nation's worst natural disasters. Levees held back the water until breaks occurred at Mound Landing, MS and Pendleton, AR on April 21, 1927.
Bt the time the fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRS_president-mckinley-visits-the-land-of-cotton_Vicksburg-MS.html
When William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States (1897-1901), visited Vicksburg on May 1, 1901, cotton was "king" in Vicksburg and Warren County, as is evidenced by this arch of cotton bales (each weighing about 450 pounds)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRR_the-blues-are-the-roots-the-rest-are-the-fruits-willie-dixon_Vicksburg-MS.html
Famed musician and prolific song writer Willie Dixon was born in Vicksburg in 1915. In 1936, he moved to Chicago, taking with him an appreciation of African field songs, gospel, blues, and country music.
Over the next 50 years, Dixon created a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRG_the-vicksburg-garden-clubs-and-planters-hall_Vicksburg-MS.html
Vicksburg's first Garden Club was founded by Hester Craig Flowers in 1931 to "further the interest in home flower gardens and general beautification of the city."
By 1943, membership had grown to a point that the members were divided into twel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRF_the-founding-of-vicksburg-and-methodism_Vicksburg-MS.html
Methodism played a formative role in the founding of Vicksburg and Warren County.
In 1799, Rev. Tobias Gibson, a circuit rider in the Mississippi Territory established the Hopewell congregation in Warren County. In 1814, Rev. Newitt Vick, a Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRE_logging-on-the-river_Vicksburg-MS.html
One of Vicksburg and Warren County's greatest natural resources is its hardwood forests. For years, the harvesting of timber was hard work that was achieved by hard men and animals working in unison.
After trees were cut, oxen and mules were u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRD_brothers-of-the-sacred-heart_Vicksburg-MS.html
Known for strict discipline and demand for diligent work, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart took charge of the education of Vicksburg Catholic young men when they arrived at St. Aloysius Academy on the corner of First North and Grove streets in 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YQG_letourneau_Vicksburg-MS.html
In 1942. R.G. LeTourneau, the man largely responsible for the invention and development of earth-moving machines in wide use today, built his fourth manufacturing plant in Vicksburg. He brought with him a small group of talented men including Clyd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YQF_miss-mississippi_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant was started in 1934 with the annual event held in different cities until 1958. In that year, Vicksburg hosted its first pageant under the leadership of Mayor Johnny Holland and the Vicksburg Jaycees, and it…