Near West Point in Clay County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Payne Field Site

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Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

1. Payne Field Site Marker

Inscription.
Operated
May 1918 - March 1920.
125 Curtiss JN-4 Planes
533 acres. Cost $891,340
About 1,500 pilots trained.
Name for
Capt. Dewitt J. Payne

Marker erected August 23, 1968
50th Anniversary and Reunion

Erected 1968.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1920.

Location. 33° 39.065′ N, 88° 38.508′ W. Marker is near West Point, Mississippi, in Clay County. It is on Hazelwood Road west of Old Aberdeen Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1498 Hazelwood Road, West Point MS 39773, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi, in the Black Prairie,

and in the Golden Triangle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Clay County World War I Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Waverley (approx.

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3.2 miles away); West Point (approx. 3.2 miles away); Howlin' Wolf (approx. 3.2 miles away); Mary Holmes College (approx. 3.4 miles away); Chickasaw Burial Ground (approx. 5.6 miles away); Prehistoric Indian Burial Mound (approx. 5.6 miles away); Indian Camp Ground (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Point.

More about this marker. Appears marker is often used for target practice.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Payne Field. (Submitted on August 21, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Payne Field - parked Curtiss JN-4 Training Aircraft, 1918 image. Click for full size.

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2. Payne Field - parked Curtiss JN-4 Training Aircraft, 1918

Site of former Payne Field. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

3. Site of former Payne Field.

View of marker looking west on Hazelwood Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

4. View of marker looking west on Hazelwood Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 847 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 21, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.