On Industrial Road, 0.1 miles east of High School Circle, on the right when traveling east.
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Long-time Neshoba County resident Bob Ferguson (1927-2001) was a key shaper of the “Nashville Sound” of the 1960s and ‘70s, as the producer of hundreds of major recordings and writer of such classic country songs as “Wings of a . . . — — Map (db m140732) HM
On Pecan Avenue (Mississippi Route 19) north of Shady Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Adam Monroe Byrd (1859-1912) built a home near this site and began a law practice in 1885. Byrd served as the Neshoba County superintendent of education (1887-89), in the Mississippi Senate (1889-96) and House of Representatives (1896-97), as . . . — — Map (db m140999) HM
On Carver Avenue north of Rea Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1909 Edward and Julia Stevens founded a school for Philadelphia's African American children in the Black Masonic lodge near Wilson Street. In 1922, the Neshoba County School moved into a new building on Rea Street funded by the Rosenwald . . . — — Map (db m140989) HM
On Recreation Road at Industrial Road, on the right when traveling north on Recreation Road.
Established here in 1949, the annual Choctaw
Indian Fair, formerly known as the Green Corn
Festival, showcases the cultural traditions of the
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians including
food, arts and crafts, stickball (kabotcha toli),
and . . . — — Map (db m234964) HM
On Mississippi Route 19 at County Road 515, on the left when traveling north on State Route 19.
On June 21, 1964 voting rights activists John Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church, were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led . . . — — Map (db m60474) HM
On County Road 515 at State Highway 19, on the right when traveling west on County Road 515.
On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered near here by members of the Ku Klux Klan and local law enforcement. They were volunteers for Mississippi Freedom Summer, a drive to register black voters. While . . . — — Map (db m93139) HM
On Pecan Avenue (Mississippi Route 19) at Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Pecan Avenue.
On April 23, 1863, Union cavalry led by Col. Benjamin F. Grierson approached Philadelphia from the north en route to Newton Station. Seeing armed citizens ahead blocking the road, which ran across this block, Col. Grierson ordered his men to . . . — — Map (db m141000) HM
On State Highway 21 at County Highway 2628, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 21.
First Catholic Church in Neshoba County. Erected ¼ mile w. in 1860 on land given by Daniel and Elizabeth Rush. Building burned and replaced in 1875. Present church moved to Philadelphia in 1910. — — Map (db m179035) HM
On Byrd Avenue at Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on Byrd Avenue.
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A native of Philadelphia, Marty Gamblin began his long career in the music business through booking bands while still in high school. He later worked closely with Mississippi songwriter/performer Jim Weatherly, and ran Glen . . . — — Map (db m140736) HM
On Main Street (Mississippi Route 16) at Byrd Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
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From his boyhood days performing here, Marty Stuart displayed singular zest for every flavor of country music. Beginning as a teenage mandolin player with Lester Flatt, he became an ebullient Grand Ole Opry star, "hillbilly . . . — — Map (db m130000) HM
On West Beacon Street (State Highway 16) west of Center Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Constructed using funds raised by public subscription, this monument was dedicated in July 1912, to the memory of citizens of Neshoba County who served in the Civil War (1861-1865).
The statue on the monument was damaged by a windstorm in 1990 . . . — — Map (db m130057) HM WM
Near Mississippi Route 21 at County Road 147, on the right when traveling north.
"Mississippi's Giant Houseparty," the
Neshoba County Fair was founded in 1889
as a stock and agricultural exhibition
and soon expanded to include horse racing,
carnival rides, political speeches and
musical entertainment. In the late . . . — — Map (db m234962) HM
On Mississippi Route 21 at County Road 147, on the right when traveling north on State Route 21.
Est. in 1889, the Neshoba County Fair fosters political, agricultural, educational, and social exchanges of knowledge and ideas. Home of the state's only licensed horse track since 1922 and the nation's largest campground fair, the Fair is . . . — — Map (db m140932) HM
On Mississippi Route 21 west of Highway 15, on the right when traveling west.
5 mi. S.W., an institution famed since 1890 for its exhibits of farm products and livestock. horseshows and races, political oratory, and social get-togethers. — — Map (db m140929) HM
On East Myrtle Street east of Byrd Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Built in 1955, the county jail remained in use until 1978. Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were held here after being arrested in 1964. On June 21, 1966, a voter registration march, led by Ralph Abernathy and . . . — — Map (db m141006) HM
Near West Beacon Street (Mississippi Route 21) west of Front Ave, on the left when traveling west.
The blues form reached both artistic and emotional peaks in the works of Otis Rush, who was born south of Philadelphia in Neshoba County in 1935. His music, shaped by the hardships and troubles of his early life in Mississippi, came to fruition in . . . — — Map (db m140850) HM
On Poplar Avenue at Rose Street when traveling north on Poplar Avenue.
Located primarily along Holland and Poplar Avenues between Main and Rose Streets, the Philadelphia historic district is an important residential neighborhood that shows the prosperity enjoyed by this city during the early 20th century. Most of these . . . — — Map (db m93140) HM
This Pavilion was constructed in 1914 as a shelter for gatherings and a venue for entertainment and public speaking; it continues to serve these purposes for the Fair as well as provide a location for selected events in the off season. Entertainment . . . — — Map (db m140940) HM
On East Jackson Road (Mississippi Route 492) at Pine Street, on the left when traveling east on East Jackson Road.
Built by Wesley Boler in 1835. Used as stage coach inn on the Jackson Road. During Civil War Gen. Wm. T. Sherman spent the night here during raid of February, 1864. — — Map (db m140951) HM
