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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7R_rosalie-cemetery_Natchez-MS.html
This marker is placed as a memorial to those early settlers of Natchez whose buried remains were discovered here during the Natchez Bluffs Stabilization Project in 1999. This bluff was originally part of the property purchased on December 22, 1820…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6W_natchez-city-cemetery_Natchez-MS.html
Established in 1822 on a ten acre tract, this cemetery grew into a park notable for its variety of 19th century iron and marble work. People of all walks of life are buried within the cemetery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY02_westville-mississippi_Mendenhall-MS.html
Westville, Mississippi was the original county seat of Simpson County.
The 1850 census recorded 5 sawmills, 4 grist mills, 3 cotton gins, 2 tanneries, finishing shops, shoemaking, blacksmithing, and 2 saddlery shops. The coming of the railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYV_first-presbyterian-church_Louisville-MS.html
First Presbyterian Church was organized in 1839 by Scottish-Irish settlers. Built in 1845, the sanctuary is the original church structure. According to local tradition, the church bell, cast in 1851 by the Andrew Meneely and Sons Foundry of West T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYU_hamill-spring_Sturgis-MS.html
Spring and small holding reservoir, which lie two miles north, were used during the droughts as a water source for settlers between the early 1800's and 1930. Also used to feed boilers for nearby Gus Boyd sawmill. Spring named for Robert Hamill, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYT_camargo-1847_Nettleton-MS.html
2 mi. NW was the flourishing port of Camargo, named by Veterans for their Mexican war camp. The town had a steamboat landing, schools, cemetery, and church. Confederates won a skirmish here, July 14, 1864
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYS_batte-of-corinth-1862_Corinth-MS.html
Site of Battery Williams. On Oct. 4 the cannonade from here devastated the Confederate troops attacking battery Robinette. The advance failed, forcing Gen. Van Dorn to withdraw his forces.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYO_c-s-a-rifle-pit_Corinth-MS.html
S. 3/10 mi. to rear of school. Of unique circular design, about 50 ft. in diameter, this pit was one of series built in 1862 as second line of defence against US troops advancing from Shiloh.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXY5_howlin-wolf_West-Point-MS.html
One of the giants of post-World War II Chicago blues, Chester Arthur Burnett, aka "Howlin' Wolf," was born in White Station, just north of West Point, on June 10, 1910. In his early teens Burnett began performing in the Delta and was later a pione…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXY4_west-point_West-Point-MS.html
County seat of Clay ( formerly Colfax ) county. Chartered November 20, 1858, one year after the arrival of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.