A trade town for local
cotton farms during the
19th century. Est. 1846 and
incorp. 1852. Declined
following shifts in trade to
the town of West Point on
the M. & O. R. R. and to the
nearby village of Abbott. — — Map (db m235115) HM
Excavated June 1934 by
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Dunbar Rowland, LL.D., Director
Jordan B. Chambers, Archeologist
— Marked 1934 by —
Horseshoe Robertson Chapter
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m107820) HM
Front
Erected 1927 by Horse-Shoe Robertson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in tender memory of Clay County World War Veterans.
West Point Army Officers:
Navy - Marine
{List of names}
Clay County Army . . . — — Map (db m107332) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m50299) HM
Marked 1934 by
Israel Miller Society
Children of the American Revolution
— Members —
{Listing of members and titles}
Built by A.J. Pearson & Sons — — Map (db m107821) HM
Named for Mary Holmes of Rockford, Illinois, who dedicated her life to education, this school was founded in Jackson in 1892 by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Board of Missions for Freedmen as a seminary for African American women. Mary Holmes . . . — — Map (db m107537) HM
Constructed ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 400 for the burial of high-status members of an unknown local tribal group. An associated village site lies across the highway to the Southwest. — — Map (db m107534) HM
Front
In memory of
those who fought to
liberate West Point
Feb. 21, 1864
Their actions resulted
in victory against
a vastly superior
Federal army. Their
bravery will always
be remembered.
Rear . . . — — Map (db m107823) HM WM
E. 10 mi. Plantation home built c. 1852 by Geo. H. Young. Octagonal cupola. Gen. N.B. Forrest visited here during the Civil War. National Fox Hunters Assn. organized here. — — Map (db m50160) HM
County seat of Clay (formerly Colfax ) County. Chartered November 20, 1858, one year after the arrival of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. — — Map (db m50298) HM
