Opened in 1937, Legion State Park was the fourth CCC-built state park in Mississippi. From 1954 to 1979 the park served the Boy Scouts of America as Camp Palila. Paul D. Thompson (1937-2016) was the last camp ranger and lived here from 1967 to 1979 . . . — — Map (db m244524) HM
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Born in Louisville in 1953, Carl Jackson played banjo here as a boy, and by age fourteen was backing Jim & Jesse on the Grand Ole Opry. By the age of twenty he had established a versatile career as a recording vocalist, . . . — — Map (db m140735) HM
This historic structure was built in 1851, as
the Masonic hall for Louisville Lodge No. 75.
Almost unchanged from its original design, it
has served as a school, a theatre for
plays and a concert hall. It now houses the
Louisville Chamber . . . — — Map (db m244517) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m50327) HM
During the Vicksburg Campaign. a Union
cavalry raid led by Colonel Benjamin H.
Grierson moved from LaGrange, Tennessee,
toward the Southern Railroad at Newton
Station. On April 22, 1863, the cavalrymen
rode into Louisville. It was nearly dark . . . — — Map (db m235113) HM
Spring and small holding reservoir, which lie two miles north, were used during droughts as a water source for settlers between the early 1800s and 1930s. Also used to feed boilers for nearby Gus Boyd Sawmill. Spring named for Robert Hamill, an . . . — — Map (db m50326) HM
Built between 1934 and 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Legion Lodge is the oldest structure within a Mississippi State Park. Constructed of stone and hand-hewn timbers, the lodge is a prime example of rustic architecture. Legion Lodge was . . . — — Map (db m140793) HM
Nanih Waiya is a Choctaw Indian name variously translated as "leaning or stooping hill," Nanih á waiya "A Place of Birth," or Nani á waiya "Place of fish birth or plentiful fish."
The period of construction of Nanih Waiya Mound is uncertain. . . . — — Map (db m235259) HM
[West face] In memory of the brave sons of Winston County, who, so bravely were willing to make the supreme sacrifice for the great principles for which the U.S. entered the Great World War in 1917. May the memory of their chivalry and . . . — — Map (db m244521) WM
In memory of those who served our country
Winston Countians who were killed in action or died as a result of wounds
World War I
Ernest Allen
World War II
Willis F. Addkison • James B. Black • Willie R. Brown • Clovis W. . . . — — Map (db m244519) WM
S.E. 10 ˝ miles is site of sacred Choctaw mound, the legendary birthplace of the race. Served also as fort and as a center of Choctaw ceremonials.
Mississippi Historical Commission • 1949 — — Map (db m130070) HM