On County Road 387, 1 mile north of County Road 384, on the right when traveling north.
One of a number of bridge and ford
sites on the Yocona River, the
Dallas Jones Crossing was known
as Free Bridge at the time of the
Civil War. In 1898, during a Yellow
Fever outbreak in the Taylor and
Orwood communities, this crossing,
named . . . — — Map (db m235120) HM
On Blackmur Street (State Highway 315) 0.1 miles Main Street (State Highway 315), on the right when traveling east.
(Front)
On April 30, 1900, railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones died when his Illinois Central train, the "Cannonball," collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones, who once lived and worked in the railroad town . . . — — Map (db m55641) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 315) at Wood Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The North Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now the United Methodist Church, was organized one block East on November 30, 1870. It was created from portions of the Memphis, Alabama and Mississippi Conferences - Bishop . . . — — Map (db m55610) HM
On Panola Street east of Herring Street, on the left when traveling east.
Born in Water Valley in 1907, Hubert
Creekmore earned degrees from the
University of Mississippi and Columbia
University and studied at the University
of Colorado and Yale. A veteran of the
US Navy in World War II, he was a poet,
playwright, . . . — — Map (db m219817) HM
On North Main Street (Mississippi Route 315) north of Panola Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Water Valley, James Ford (1911-
1968) was a pioneer in archaeology.
Conducting extensive surveys across
the Southeast, including the Mississippi
Delta, he created a technique for
dating sites using ceramic seriation.
He also worked in . . . — — Map (db m219822) HM
On North Main Street (Mississippi Route 315) at Wood Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Robert W. Turnage is the fourth generation pharmacist in the Turnage family & new owner of Turnage Drugstore Inc. He trained & received his degree (Pharm.D) from the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy in 1999. Robert's great grandfather, Wade S. Turnage . . . — — Map (db m219826) HM