Near Tatum Salt Dome Road, 5 miles north of State Highway 13.
Experiments in the Vela Uniform Program sponsored
jointly by the Department of Defense and the Atomic
Energy Commission were conducted below this spot
at a depth of 2700 and 2715 feet in salt. A 33 kiloton
nuclear devise was detonated on . . . — — Map (db m197264) HM
On Richburg Road at Sullivan Kilrain Road, on the right when traveling north on Richburg Road.
The last bare knuckle prize fight was fought here on Richburg Hill July 8, 1889.
John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in the seventy-fifth round to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain were both . . . — — Map (db m118378) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 13) at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Area to south, originally part of French Louisiana became W. Florida under England & Spain. After West Florida Revolution annexed by U.S. & in 1812 added to Miss. Territory. — — Map (db m97104) HM
On Bay Creek Road near Purvis to Columbia Road, on the left when traveling north.
Established in 1896 by Rev. Joseph Lewis
Bryant, a member of the Mississippi House
of Representatives (1908-1912). Bryant
also served as the cogregation's first
pastor. The first sanctuary was built
in the early 1900s, and was replaced
in 1938 . . . — — Map (db m175806) HM
On Shelby Speights Road west of Weems Street, on the right when traveling west.
Scene of destructive tornado on April 24, 1908. Forty-seven people were killed and more than 300 injured. Over half of the homes were destroyed. Property damage was great. — — Map (db m118379) HM
