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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AX1_houston-stackhouse_Wesson-MS.html
FrontAlthough Houston Stackhouse never became a major name in blues, he played key roles in Delta blues history as a sideman, mentor, and influence. A constant presence in Mississippi and Arkansas blues circles for several decades, he worked with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AX0_mississippi-mills_Wesson-MS.html
Site of cotton & woolen mills set up, 1866, by J. M. Wesson. Burnt, 1873; rebuilt, expanded & operated by Col. Ed. Richardson & Capt. Wm. Oliver with 2,000 employees. Closed 1910 & dismantled 1919.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUZ_smith-furr-pioneer-homesite_Wesson-MS.html
Deed U.S.G. 1816 Section 17Township 8- North Range 9- EastChristian Furr 1792-1850 Catherine Pierce Furr 1792-1882 Lott Furr 1834-1862 Martha Maxwell Furr 1824-1894 James William Smith 1864-1931 lst marriage: Mary Breedon Smith 1869-1901 2n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUT_copiah-lincoln-agricultural-high-school_Wesson-MS.html
On December 9, 1914, the Trustees of Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School had its first meeting and opened its doors to students on September 6, 1915. This building was one of the first buildings constructed on a sixty-five acre tract of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUR_old-wesson-public-school_Wesson-MS.html
According to its cornerstone, this structure was "ereted 1889; destroyed by fire 1890; rebuilt 1893." Built in the Romanesque style of Wesson's Miss. Mills, it is now the Oswalt Youth & Com. Center.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU5_wesson-hotel_Wesson-MS.html
Site of a hotel since 1864, this structure was built ca. 1877. Known originally as the Richardson House, the hotel was owned by Mississippi Mills, a once-flourishing textile mill founded by J.M. Wesson in 1864.
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