Entries Containing All of the Phrases «oktibbeha county» AND «mississippi»

By Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

Wides view of Unity Park

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — Significant Events in African-American History in Oktibbeha County — Unity Park —

1830 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, which ceded land from the Choctaw Indians to the U.S. government, ushered in white settlement and slavery. 1869 Mississippi passed a new constitution granting African-American men the right to vote. . . . — — Map (db m302509) HM

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2 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — 35 — Johnny Cash and “Starkville City Jail” — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

In the early morning hours of May 11, 1965, Johnny Cash was arrested for public drunkenness after he was found picking flowers on this site following a show at Mississippi State University the previous evening. Cash, who spent the night at the . . . — — Map (db m235196) HM

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3 ► Mississippi, Lowndes County, Crawford — 56 — Big Joe Williams — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Side A Big Joe Williams (c. 1903-1982) epitomized the life and times of the rambunctious, roving bluesman, traveling from coast to coast and around the world playing rugged, rhythmic blues on his nine-string guitar at juke joints, house . . . — — Map (db m27750) HM

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4 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — Brush Arbor Cemetery — Historic Starkville — Mississippi's College Town —

The history of this cemetery is scattered and difficult to pinpoint. During the 1830s and 1840s, a man named Joseph B. Earle began purchasing the land in both Mississippi and Alabama from the United States Government. During this time. Sore . . . — — Map (db m316209) HM

5 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — David Samuel Minor — 1840 - 1929 Brush Arbor Cemetery Historic Starkville — Mississippi's College Town —

Husband, Father, Religious Leader and Caretaker Mose Samuel Minor Husband, Father, Religious Leader and Caretaker Mose Samuel Minor was born in 1875 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. (Starkville, Mississippi). He married Miss Estella . . . — — Map (db m316014) HM

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6 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — 146 — Oktibbeha County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Front Oktibbeha County has produced several blues artists who achieved fame for their recordings and live performances in Chicago, California, or other areas. Blues Hall of Famer Big Joe Williams (c. 1903-1982), who waxed the classic . . . — — Map (db m102869) HM

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7 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — George Washington Chiles — 1840 - 1929 Brush Arbor Cemetery Historic Starkville — Mississippi's College Town —

George Washington "Wash" Chiles was born in Pickens County Alabama July 1, 1840, and came to Starkville at the age of 8 years and lived in Starkville until his death April 29, 1929. Chiles and his family were slaves under the family of W. H. . . . — — Map (db m316016) HM

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8 ► Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Oktoc — B.L. Moor High School —

Constructed in 1960, B.L. Moor High School was built for African American students as part of Mississippi's equalization program following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. The school was formed from the consolidation of local . . . — — Map (db m244525) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

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