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

By Mark Hilton, April 7, 2017

Old Campground Methodist Church, 2 miles west of marker.

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1 ► Mississippi, Pontotoc County, Pontotoc — Old Campground Methodist Church —

W. 2 mi. Mother church of area. Organized before 1840 on camp-meeting site by Rev. James R. Callaway, founder of schools that became Pontotoc Academy & Chickasaw College. — — Map (db m102728) HM

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2 ► Mississippi, Pontotoc County, Pontotoc — Senator Charles Edward Franklin, Sr. —

Historical Marker Senate Bill 302, establishing agricultural high schools in Mississippi was introduced by Senator Charles Edward Franklin, Sr. of Pontotoc County Mississippi February 20, 1908. An upward extension of The Agricultural High . . . — — Map (db m171666) HM

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3 ► Mississippi, Pontotoc County, Pontotoc — Pontotoc Electric Power Association —

Organized on September 30, 1933 at the Pontotoc County Courthouse, the Pontotoc County Electric Power Association was chartered on February 23, 1934, and began providing low cost TVA electricity to its rural customers on March 1, 1935. Of more than . . . — — Map (db m171663) HM

4 ► Mississippi, Union County, New Albany — 59 — Mosley and Johnson — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Front Although the African American community of New Albany has been small in number, it has produced many citizens of distinction. In the fields of blues, rhythm & blues, and gospel music, the names of Sam Mosley, Bob Johnson, Billy . . . — — Map (db m96783) HM

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5 ► Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford — Lynching in America / The Lynching of Elwood Higginbottom — Community Remembrance Project —

Lynching in America Thousands of black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate black . . . — — Map (db m219923) HM

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6 ► Mississippi, Chickasaw County, New Houlka — Archaeology at Owl Creek Mounds — Early Archaeology - Mound II —

The first archaeological work at Owl Creek Mounds was supervised by Moreau Chambers in August, 1935. He was employed by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and assisted by Slater Gordon. E.T. Winston, a Pontotoc journalist and local . . . — — Map (db m84697) HM

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7 ► Mississippi, Pontotoc County, Pontotoc — 155 — Pontotoc County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Front Pontotoc County's wide-ranging musical legacy encompasses African American blues from Baby Face Leroy Foster, Lee Gates, R. C. Weatherall, and Terry "Harmonica" Bean as well as music by white artists who combined blues or R&B . . . — — Map (db m102867) 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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