Fernwood Country Club was
organized by Philip H. Enochs, Jr.
and Edgar L. Enochs in 1924 on
land donated to the club by the
Fernwood Lumber Company which
was owned by Philip H. Enochs, Sr.,
Isaac C. Enochs, James L. Enochs,
and their . . . — — Map (db m243282) HM
Pre Crash: Rise of the Simple Man
In 1964 Lynyrd Skynyrd began humbly in Jacksonville, Florida. The founding members jokingly named the band after a gym coach, Leonard Skinner. Eventually, after numerous police interruptions of the band's . . . — — Map (db m146841) HM
Two mi. N. Named for Maj. A.H. Holmes; second county seat of Pike Co., 1816-1875. It declined when bypassed by railroad, 1857. Cemetery contains graves of Rev. War soldier Peter Quin and other early settlers. — — Map (db m122616) HM
This public burial ground was established
in 1823 on land donated by Colonel Peter
Quin. Jr. for Holmesville, which became
the seat of Pike County in the Mississippi
Territory in 1816. The first burial was that
of Lucretia Quin, the infant . . . — — Map (db m201279) HM
Pike County was formed on December 9, 1815; carved out of Marion County. Her first Seat of Justice was located in the bustling community of Holmesville (Ratified by the Mississippi General Assembly
n December 11, 1816). Situated on the Bogue . . . — — Map (db m129213) HM
During the Civil War, The Central House Hotel that was located near the railroad was converted to a hospital. When more than 200 soldiers died there from wounds or disease, they were buried here. Many of the men are unidentified. Civil War veterans . . . — — Map (db m102961) HM
George Chadwick House
(Originally Mike Day Home)
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1890 — — Map (db m243240) HM
Harper Baptist Seminary was organized here in 1941. The school's origin can be traced to Harper Baptist College, formerly located near Gloster in Amite County. Named in honor of Dr. Simon Harper, a former slave and community leader, the college was . . . — — Map (db m102866) HM
This building, erected in 1879,
is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, and houses
the law office of Wayne Dowdy,
member of the United States
House of Representatives 1981-1988, — — Map (db m243170) HM
Pike County, named for Zebulon Pike, was organized in 1815. In 1875, the county seat was moved from Holmesville to Magnolia, and a courthouse was built the next year. All records were lost when the wood-frame building burned in 1881. Rebuilt in . . . — — Map (db m49943) HM
The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was
established in 1928 for the education of black
youth in the Sherman community from Pike and
Amite counties. Partial funding for the school
was provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund,
while the land was . . . — — Map (db m201231) HM
The Holmes House, 405 North Cherry Street, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
c. 1900 — — Map (db m243250) HM
McComb's office car originally known as the "Club Car Dixie," was built in 1883 by the
Jackson and Sharp Co. of Wilmington, DE for the Vicksburg and Meridian Railway which
became the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway in 1889. After being renumbered . . . — — Map (db m201299) HM
Dancing in the street accompanied the inauguration of this unique refrigerator car that was fabricated here in the
McComb shop. Construction began on car #51000 on August 12, 1946 and was completed on September 25 1946, as a
one-of-a-kind . . . — — Map (db m202648) HM
Aylene "Mama" Quin was born in Walthall County
and moved to McComb in 1953. Quin was a local
businesswoman and community pillar who supported
SNCC organizers and McComb's 1961 voter
registration drive. Throughout the 1960s. Quin . . . — — Map (db m273189) HM
In the 1950s, as a founder of rock 'n' roll, Bo Diddley helped to reshape the sound of popular music worldwide. His original style of rhythm and blues influenced
generations of musicians. He was one of rock's most influential artists because he had . . . — — Map (db m201232) HM
Acclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man", "Bo Diddley', "Say Man" and "I'm a . . . — — Map (db m104326) HM
McComb Neoclassical Revival landmark built by Hilborn B.
Holmes in 1912. Home of Julius H. & Elizabeth Brent in 1940. The
Brents served God and country through their humanitarian
spirit, buildings they erected & service in the MS . . . — — Map (db m243289) HM
This school for Black students, located at the corner of
St. Augustine & Elmwood Streets, was built in 1937.
Mr. Commodore Dewey Higgins served as the Principal from
1937-1958. The first female Principal was Mrs. Georgia
Westbrook. From fall . . . — — Map (db m272661) HM
On August 30, 1961, Burglund High School students
Brenda Travis, Robert Talbert, and Ike Lewis held a
sit-in at McComb's segregated Greyhound bus station.
After their arrests, Travis and Lewis were later
expelled from school. On September 25, . . . — — Map (db m273194) HM
The Burglund Supermarket was owned by several Black businessmen in the Burglund community. The store served as a primary source of food for area residents.
The supermarket included a meat market and employed a number of resident of the . . . — — Map (db m272447) HM
Side 1 Elected president of the Pike County branch of the NAACP in 1954, Curtis Conway Bryant (1917-2001) played a major role in early civil rights activism of southwest Mississippi. He campaigned to expand membership in the NAACP, led large . . . — — Map (db m108990) HM
For over 100 years the caboose was as much a part of the freight train as the locomotive.
Placed at the end of the train, the caboose was home to the conductor brakeman and flagman
providing a vantage point for trainmen to watch for signs of . . . — — Map (db m201241) HM
Castro Coleman, aka "Mr. Sipp," is the rare artist who has
managed to simultaneously achieve acclaim as both a gospel
and blues artist. A child prodigy from family of gospel musicians,
he first gained national attention with his group the True . . . — — Map (db m272446) HM
Side A The similarities between blues and gospel
music are embodied by Castro Coleman, born
in McComb in 1976, who garnered multiple
awards in both fields. A child prodigy inspired
by B.B. King. Coleman began touring with a
family gospel group . . . — — Map (db m272371) HM
On December 9, 1815, the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory created Pike County from a portion of Marion County and named the new county in honor of Brig. Gen. Zebulon M. Pike, who was killed in action during the War of 1812. The first . . . — — Map (db m101510) HM
Flowery Mount Church, located at the
corner of Summit Street and Maddox
Avenue, served as the first place that Black
children in the community attended school.
Rumor has it that the church, which sits
atop a mound, supposedly had a . . . — — Map (db m272372) HM
Built in 1811 by Henry Quin, son of early settlers, Peter and Judith Robinson Quin, and grandfather of Congressman Percy Quin. Nearby is first painted residence to be erected in Pike County. — — Map (db m108943) HM
Org. 1906 on land donated by
Jones for the consolidation of
Bacot, Curtis and Felder
Schools. Bethany School added
in 1921 when Jones School was
moved to this site. Served the
Friendship Comm. until 1975. — — Map (db m201234) HM
This marker is presented to Southwest Mississippi
Regional Medical Center in grateful appreciation to
rescuers and caregivers for the tremendous care
provided to the twenty survivors of the Lynyrd Skynyrd
Band Airline Crash, October 20, 1977. . . . — — Map (db m202905) HM
Chartered 1872. Named for Col. H.S. McComb, I.C. Ry. president who established shops here. J.J.White Lumber Co. set-up 1893. McComb Female Inst., est. 1894, now Belhaven College. — — Map (db m108901) HM
During the summer of 1964, McComb was known
as "the bombing capital of America." The
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan joined the
more militant United Klans of America in a
bombing campaign targeting Black homes and
businesses regardless of . . . — — Map (db m273191) HM
Side A Located above Burgland Supermarket, the
Masonic Temple became a center of civil
rights activities in McComb. In 1961, SNCC
leader Bob Moses and other activists led
voter education classes here, encouraging
Black citizens in Pike County . . . — — Map (db m272448) HM
The railway post office car #95 is one of the seven of its class built in 1914
by the Pullman Company for the ICRR, and is thought to be the only survivor in its original state.
Usually six postal employees, not railroad workers, were on board to . . . — — Map (db m201652) HM
Locomotive #2542 — a mountain type locomotive — was originally manufactured as locomotive
#2906 in 1921 in Lima Ohio. In 1942 the wheel arrangement was reconfigured from a 2-10-2 to a
4-8-2 arrangement, and it was then designated as locomotive . . . — — Map (db m202251) HM
Side A Summit Street was a thriving African American business district during the era of segregation, as well as a hotbed of musical activity. Blues, jazz, and rhythm & blues bands entertained at various nightclubs, cafes, and hotels, and . . . — — Map (db m51528) HM
In 1910, Buella and A. A. McCue donated land
for a school in the Baertown community. In 1911,
a wood frame school was built and named
"Universal.” It was the first school in the
community to educate black children. In the
early 1950s, the . . . — — Map (db m201245) HM
Multiple Grammy nominee world renowned guitarist and vocalist, 2019 Polar Music Award (Playing
For Change), 2019 Arts Trail Marker, 2017 Arts Ambassador, 2016 Grammy nominee (The Soul of
Jimmie Rogers) 2015 Albert King Lifetime Guitar Award, 2014 . . . — — Map (db m272375) HM
During the War of 1812, General William Carroll, en route to New Orleans, marched his Tennessee Militia through Pike County, crossed the Bogue Chitto
River north of Holmesville and camped along Love's Creek. While returning from New Orleans via . . . — — Map (db m101512) HM
Raised in Osyka, the versatile T. Tommy Cutrer succeeded as a country and gospel singer and instrumentalist and also as a businessman and politician, but his greatest fame came as a radio/television personality from the 1940s through the 1990s. As . . . — — Map (db m51625) HM
Formed 1812. At original site, 6 mi. W., first Miss. Baptist Convention organized, 1824, with 73 churches, 27 clergy, & 2,392 members lasting until 1829. — — Map (db m122709) HM
This bridge, built during his term as Summit's first African-American Mayor, is dedicated to the memory of Charles E. Carter (1940-2006), a trusted public servant, respected educator, and beloved friend. — — Map (db m289825) HM
Home 3/4 mi. S.E. A doctor, he
was organizer, from 1861 to
1863, of the Quitman Guards,
Company K, 38th Regiment,
at Holmesville, and the
Brent Rifles, at Summit. — — Map (db m122617) HM
Established in 1843 by eight founders at
Gatlin's Camp Ground on the Bogue Chitto
River, Felder Campground is among the
oldest religious camp meeting sites in the
United States. Also known as Otapasso
or Topisaw, the camp meeting is named . . . — — Map (db m122919) HM
On the morning of April 30, 1863, Union Col. B.H. Grierson led the 6th and 7th Illinois Cavalry south on the New Orleans, Jackson and Greta Northern Railroad, burning the Bogue Chitto depot and a number of bridges, trestles, water towers, . . . — — Map (db m117518) HM
Pike County was developed in an area which was originally occupied by the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Natchez Indians. The Otapasso tribe gave their name to the creek which is now named Topisaw. The region had been claimed successively by France, . . . — — Map (db m127144) HM
Here, in 1868, with aid of Peabody Fund, was set up Peabody Public School, first in South Mississippi, with Charles H. Otken as Supt. This school became a noted institution of learning. — — Map (db m117343) HM
In 1897, a bond issue was approved for
the construction of the Summit standpipe.
Completed at a cost of $14.000 as part of
the Summit Electric & Water Plant, the
standpipe was the source of water for
the town of Summit until 1950. With . . . — — Map (db m211207) HM
