Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Camp Williamson

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

1. Camp Williamson Marker

Inscription. In 1906 the Vicksburg Business League purchased nearly sixty acres of land and grading, one quarter mile east of this site, to attract a proposed National Guard rifle range. The range, which opened in 1907, included a store house, a concrete target pit, twenty targets, and a keeper's house. Camp Williamson closed in 1936 and was sold in 1953.

Erected 2012 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 32° 17.205′ N, 90° 54.095′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on U.S. 61 south of Old Cain Ridge Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicksburg MS 39180, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great

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River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tobias Gibson (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mississippi (approx. 1.7 miles away); Vicksburg Siege (approx. 1.7 miles away); U.S. Battery Benton. (approx. 1.8 miles away); Gibraltar of the Confederacy (approx. 1.8 miles away); Iowa (approx. 2 miles away); C.S. Company G, (approx. 2 miles away); C.S. Company A, (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg.

Also see . . . Vicksburg Post article on the marker dedication. (Submitted on May 28, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

The view east, towards the former rifle range direction. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

2. The view east, towards the former rifle range direction.

Looking south on U.S. Highway 61. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

3. Looking south on U.S. Highway 61.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2017. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,516 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 28, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.