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

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By Mansfieldphoto.com, August 27, 2025
Ripley Allen Arnold Statue and Marker
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1 ► Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth — Ripley Allen Arnold — (1817-1853) —
On North Taylor Street 0.2 miles north of W Belknap Street, on the right when traveling north.
Ripley Allen Arnold, U.S. Army officer was appointed to West Point in 1834 Arnold was brevetted major in 1846 for his role in the Mexican-American Wer. He served under General William Jenkins Worth through the battle of Monterrey. He was given . . . — — Map (db m293982) HM

2 ► Iowa, Lee County, Montrose — Latter-day Saint Exodus from Nauvoo, 1849 —
On Main Street east of Water Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
During the period of 1839-1846, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) settled here in Lee County, Iowa and in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the opposite (eastern) side of the Mississippi River. Nauvoo was the . . . — — Map (db m179453) HM
3 ► Mississippi, Hancock County, Bay St. Louis — Our Lady of the Gulf —
On South Beach Boulevard near Union Street, on the right when traveling south.
Established 1847 by Bishop J.J. Chanche, S.S., first Bishop of Natchez. Mother church of Hancock County, third oldest Catholic parish on the Gulf Coast and fifth oldest in Mississippi. — — Map (db m108548) HM

4 ► Mississippi, Hancock County, Bay St. Louis — Old Shieldsborough —
On South 2nd Street north of City Park Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Shieldsborough, now Bay St. Louis, was founded in 1699 as a French settlement. The area was claimed by Spain in 1763 and then by the British in 1780. Named for Thomas Shields, who was an early settler, Shieldsborough was incorporated on . . . — — Map (db m243133) HM

5 ► Mississippi, Lawrence County, Monticello — Harmon Runnels — 1759-1839 —
On East Broad Street (State Highway 184) just east of Washington Street, on the right when traveling east.
[side 1]  Patriot Captain in the Georgia Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. He came to the Mississippi Territory in 1810, purchasing two land sections in 1811, along the Pearl River's western bank, which was the . . . — — Map (db m276600) HM

6 ► Indiana, Spencer County, Troy — Ohio River Scenic Byway —
On Indiana Route 66 just east of County Road 1290E, on the right when traveling east.
These markers were funded with a grant from Federal Highway Administration through the National Scenic Byways Program. The Hoosier National Forest - Then and Now This area has been inhabited continuously by humans for 12,000 years. . . . — — Map (db m178232) HM
7 ► Iowa, Franklin County, Hampton — Power To The People — Rural Electrification Act of 1936 —
On 110th Street 0.2 miles west of Olive Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
1936 The Rural Electrification Act (R.E.A.) signed by President Franklin Roosevelt provided loans for the purpose of construction of rural electrical generating plants. 1937, Feb. 10 - The Federated R.E.A. was incorporated forming together . . . — — Map (db m172575) HM

8 ► Illinois, Hancock County, Fountain Green — St. Simon Cemetery — Looking for Lincoln — 1832 —
On East Co Road 1900 west of County Route 2900.
Forty acres of land were acquired by the Catholic church in the early 1830's from land in the Military Tract, which had been set aside for the veteran survivors of the War of 1812. Title to this land on the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast . . . — — Map (db m181443) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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