On East Owens Street east of South Rose Street, on the right when traveling east.
This home was built of hand-hewn, heart-of-pine lumber ca. 1836, and purchased in 1844 by John Tannehill. An 1887 remodeling added a second floor and a kitchen on the back connected by a breezeway. Also known as the Orr House, it is one of Fulton's . . . — — Map (db m102620) HM
On East Main Street (Mississippi Route 178) at North Clifton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
In 1838 the Methodist Episcopal Church established the Bull Mountain Mission Circuit, which added the newly formed town of Fulton to its charge. Circuit riders began holding services in a log structure just northwest of this site. The first church . . . — — Map (db m102621) HM
On West Main Street at South Cummings Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
In the early 1800s the area known as Fulton was first settled near the banks of the Tombigbee River. In 1836 after Itawamba County was formed, Kenneth Clarke, John D. Miller, and Robert A. Miller gave fifty acres of land to the Board of Police, and . . . — — Map (db m98609) HM
On East Bankhead Street at North Memorial Street, on the right when traveling east on East Bankhead Street.
Established after the incorporation of the town in 1837, the Fulton Cemetery was formally deeded to D.N. Cayce, president of the Fulton Male Academy by William P. Harrison in 1850. Originally situated on four acres adjacent to the school, the . . . — — Map (db m205426) HM
On South Cummings Street north of West Mattox Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Fulton Grammar School was designed by architect J.B. Lawson and built with Work Projects Administration assistance in 1939. This one-story brick building of nineteen rooms included a library, music room, kindergarten, office, and a 550-seat . . . — — Map (db m102622) HM
Near East Bankhead Street, on the left when traveling west.
It is believed this site began as a burial ground for the enslaved well before the Civil War. On November 19, 1895, an official deed conveyed this section of ground from Pleasant Cates to "George Clifton and others" for the sum of four dollars as a . . . — — Map (db m205425) HM
On West Main Street (Mississippi Route 178) at South Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
In 1941 the Itawamba Agricultural High School board of trustees voted to expand the school's curriculum to include college-level courses. In 1948 the Itawamba Junior College opened its doors with an enrollment of 114 students from Itawamba, Lee, and . . . — — Map (db m102623) HM
On West Wiygul Street at South Gaither Street, on the left when traveling west on West Wiygul Street.
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Jazz bandleader and saxophonist James Melvin “Jimmie” Lunceford was born just outside Fulton on June 6, 1902. He formed his first band, the Chickasaw Syncopators, while teaching at Manassas High School in Memphis in . . . — — Map (db m96781) HM
On East Main Street, 0.1 miles east of South Rose Street, on the right when traveling east.
Also known as the Cates-Gaither House, this one-story Greek Revival-style planters cottage was built in ca. 1859 by ship builder and merchant Pleasant Cates. The heavy framing includes original pegged joints. Named for the cedar trees on the . . . — — Map (db m96773) HM
On North Access Road at Campground Road, on the left when traveling north on North Access Road.
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The 2,006.5-mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Route (UGRR) was created by the nonprofit organization Adventure Cycling Association. From Mobile, Alabama, to Owen Sound, Ontario, the trail memorializes the Underground Railroad, a . . . — — Map (db m102972) HM
On Van Buren Road, on the right when traveling south.
Non-extant town est. on the Tombigbee River in 1838 by Winfield Walker. Named for President Martin Van Buren. Flourished briefly in the 1840's. Declined between 1850-60 when the railroad was built W. of the town. — — Map (db m205432) HM
Vernon Presley, the father of Elvis Presley, was born on April 10, 1916, in a house that once sat on this site. In 1933, Vernon married Gladys Smith, and in 1935 Elvis Aron Presley was born. Vernon moved his family to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948 in . . . — — Map (db m205423) HM
This sign is placed by the Itawamba County Historical Society in recognition of the historical significance of this location. Vernon Presley, father of Elvis Presley, was born here on April 10, 1916 to Jesse Dee Presley and Minnie Mae Hood. The . . . — — Map (db m205424) HM
On West Wiygul Street at South Gaither Street, on the left when traveling west on West Wiygul Street.
A.J. Staub Jr. and W.G. Stewart opened Staub-Stewart Hardware Company on this site on July 18, 1924. Joseph Edwin Staub, a hardware clerk, convinced the owners in 1941 to allow him to form J. E. Staub & Company, a construction company. J. E. Staub . . . — — Map (db m205430) HM
On Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 283.3), 1 mile north of Mississippi Highway 371, on the left when traveling north.
This woodland trail takes you through a lowland where rich soil and abundant moisture support a variety of large, water-tolerant trees including tulip poplar, sycamore, and water oak.
Baldcypress thrive in the swampy backwaters of a . . . — — Map (db m84763)
On Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 283.3), 1 mile east of State Highway 371, on the left when traveling east.
Named after an early setter, Donivan Slough is fed by water runoff from the field in front of you. Although water levels fluctuate seasonally at this site, it remains wet year round. This moist environment allows unique growing opportunities for . . . — — Map (db m107283) HM
On Fawn Grove Church Road west of Fawn Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
Established in 1909, the Fawn Grove School served the Fawn Grove community. After a new school house was constructed here in 1926, the Fawn Grove School recorded its highest enrollment, 162 students, in 1931. The Fawn Grove School closed its doors . . . — — Map (db m102975) HM
On 178 (State Highway Highwa) near Bankhead Road Notheast, on the right when traveling west.
The Bankhead Highway, established in 1916, was the first all-weather, transcontinental highway in the United States. It spanned some 3,600 miles. In Mississippi, the northern route roughly follows Highway 178 and the southern route, US Highway 278. . . . — — Map (db m123260) HM
On State Highway 23 close to Patton Flat Oakland Road.
W. 1 mi. Here, 1887~1904, G.A. & J. T. Holley bridged gap between rural schools and colleges for many who distinguished themselves in law, education, & business. — — Map (db m117204) HM
On Mississippi Route 178 at Stone Drive, on the left when traveling west on State Route 178.
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Born Virginia Wyette Pugh and raised on her grandparents' farm near Tremont, Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) might have remained an unknown local hairdresser, but with fierce determination and a voice and resilient life story that . . . — — Map (db m117206) HM
Near Interstate 22, on the right when traveling west.
The territory of the Chickasaw Nation
once included north Mississippi, west
Tennessee, northwest Alabama, and western
Kentucky. Until removal from Mississippi,
the Chickasaw people defended their
homeland from native invaders and
Europeans, . . . — — Map (db m169990) HM