Founded half mi. N. E., 1856; incorporated, 1872; prospered as cotton & mixed-farming center; building of Arkabutla Dam to control floods in Yazoo Basin necessitated removal of town, 1941-1942. — — Map (db m263000) HM
The Coldwater area has been home to a wide array of African American singers and musicians, including Chicago-based singer Big Time Sarah (Streeter), R. L. Burnside’s son Duwayne Burnside, soul vocalist Bill Coday, and Stonewall Mays, who often . . . — — Map (db m174094) HM
Established in 1848 when Bethesda Presbyterian Church was built here under the leadership of Rev. Andrew Harper Caldwell. Given to the town of Senatobia in 1924 by Senatobia Presbyterian Church. Many local citizens, including veterans of every war . . . — — Map (db m102663) HM
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One of the few female performers of country blues, Jessie Mae Hemphill (c. 1923 – 2006) was a multi-instrumentalist who performed in local fife and drum bands before gaining international recognition in the 1980s as a vocalist and . . . — — Map (db m102871) HM
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Country music singer and composer O. B. McClinton, born and raised here in Senatobia, found his first musical success as a songwriter for 1960s Memphis soul labels. When Stax-Volt founded the Enterprise imprint for release of his . . . — — Map (db m102890) HM
Began as R. R. station near Senatahoba Creek. Chartered 1860. Occupied and partly burned by Union Army in Civil War. Became county seat in 1873. — — Map (db m102569) HM
Sid Hemphill (1878-1961) was the most storied African-American musician in the Mississippi hills in the early decades of the 20th century, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, bandleader and instrument maker whose music largely predated the . . . — — Map (db m174073) HM
To the memory of
Tate County Men
who gave their lives
to their country
in the World War
Whitten J. East
Clarence Holloway
L.W. Kitchens
S.C. Liles
Joe L. Powers
Jasper C. Patrick
Walter C. Poag
George . . . — — Map (db m103005) WM
