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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Holmes County, Mississippi
Adjacent to Holmes County, Mississippi
▶ Attala County (8) ▶ Carroll County (3) ▶ Humphreys County (7) ▶ Leflore County (26) ▶ Madison County (23) ▶ Yazoo County (18)
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| On North Jackson Street south of State Route 12, on the left when traveling north. |
| | W. 3 mi. Mineral springs created popular health spa prior to Civil War. Girls boarding school organized, 1854. In 1862, wounded from Shiloh treated here. Now Y. M.C.A. state camp. — — Map (db m140831) HM |
| On North Jackson Street (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded, 1858. Named for Louis Durant, a nearby Choctaw chief. Lockhart's Store, 4 mi. W., was first Holmes County post office, dating from 1849. Town later merged with Durant. — — Map (db m140836) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 17 at State Park Road (County Road 417), on the right when traveling north on State Route 17. |
| | During Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's raid in the late winter of 1864-1865, a small Confederate brigade under the command of Gen. Wirt Adams attacked the rear guard of one of Grierson's columns at Franklin Church on January 2, 1865. Among the . . . — — Map (db m140860) HM |
| On Court Square at Wall Street (State Route 17), on the left when traveling east on Court Square. |
| | Charles Harrison Mason (1864-1961) began his ministry in 1893 in Preston, Arkansas. Shunned by the African American Baptist community in Jackson during the 1890s due to his teachings on holiness, Mason brought his revival to Lexington in 1897. He . . . — — Map (db m140839) HM |
| On Newport Road (County Road 415) 3.9 miles west of State Route 17, on the left when traveling west. |
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The cemetery of the Newport Missionary Baptist Church is the final resting place of Elmore James (1918-1963), often described as the "king of the slide guitar." James' electric style built on the approach of Robert Johnson and later . . . — — Map (db m140748) HM |
| On Yazoo Street (Mississippi Route 17) at Elder James Rodgers Street, on the right when traveling north on Yazoo Street. |
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Holmes County has been a significant contributor to the legacy of African American blues and gospel music in Mississippi. Heralded blues artists born or raised in the Lexington area include Elmore James (a native of Richland, . . . — — Map (db m140751) HM |
| On Court Square at Wall Street (State Route 17), on the left when traveling east on Court Square. |
| | Began in 1820s as trading post. Incorporated in 1836. County seat of Holmes County since 1834. In 1907 the first Corn Club in the United States was organized here by W.H. (Corn Club) Smith. — — Map (db m140843) HM |
| On Ebenezer Road at State Route 17, on the right when traveling south on Ebenezer Road. |
| | Milton Lee Olive III, a native of Chicago, moved to Holmes County and attended school in Lexington. During the Vietnam War, Olive served in Co. B, 2nd Bttn. (Airborne), 503rd Infantry. Near Phu Cong, on October 22, 1965, Olive saved the lives of . . . — — Map (db m140856) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 17 at Torrey Creek Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 17. |
| | St. Paul Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, the founder of the COGIC denomination. St. Paul has served as "Mother Church for the COGIC since its construction here in 1906. Saints Academy. formerly . . . — — Map (db m140853) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 17 0.2 miles south of Mississippi Route 14, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here in 1849, Robert Morris, Mason, schoolmaster, began movement that resulted in creation of the Order of the Eastern Star. Schoolhouse has also housed Masons and Co. C 15th Miss. Inf. C.S.A. — — Map (db m140863) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Drive (U.S. 49E) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Drive. |
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Many blues performers who gained fame in the Delta, Jackson, and Chicago and on the southern soul circuit have lived in or near Tchula, including Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, Jimmy Dawkins, Jesse Robinson, Lewis "Love Doctor" . . . — — Map (db m121121) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Drive (U.S. 49E) at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Drive. |
| | Settled by Charles Land, 1826. Early settlers came by Rockport Road, built by Indians from Tchula Lake to Natchez Trace. Town was trade & shipping center for planters of this area. — — Map (db m121048) HM |
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