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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Montgomery County, Mississippi

 
Clickable Map of Montgomery County, Mississippi and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Montgomery County, MS (7) Attala County, MS (8) Carroll County, MS (3) Choctaw County, MS (15) Grenada County, MS (8) Webster County, MS (6)  MontgomeryCounty(7) Montgomery County (7)  AttalaCounty(8) Attala County (8)  CarrollCounty(3) Carroll County (3)  ChoctawCounty(15) Choctaw County (15)  GrenadaCounty(8) Grenada County (8)  WebsterCounty(6) Webster County (6)
Adjacent to Montgomery County, Mississippi
    Attala County (8)
    Carroll County (3)
    Choctaw County (15)
    Grenada County (8)
    Webster County (6)
 
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1Mississippi (Montgomery County), Kilmichael — 159 — Kilmichael: B.B. King's Roots
On South Depot Avenue at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Depot Avenue.
Front Riley B. King, who was born in the Delta fifty miles west of here in 1925, spent many of his formative years in Kilmichael in the 1930s and ‘40s before achieving stardom as “B. B.” King. His first mentor on the guitar . . . — Map (db m90016) HM
2Mississippi (Montgomery County), Winona — Ensign William Devotie Billingsley
On Mission Road at Middleton Road (Mississippi Highway 182), on the right when traveling north on Mission Road.
A graduate of Winona High School and the United States Naval Academy Class of 1909, Ensign Billingsley was one of the "Bird Men" — the pioneers of naval aviation, the pioneers of the test pilot generation, and the grandfathers of the . . . — Map (db m89917) HM
3Mississippi (Montgomery County), Winona — Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway
On North Applegate Street (U.S. 51) at Middleton Road, on the right when traveling south on North Applegate Street.
Created by Congress in 1913, the highway in Mississippi follows U.S. 51, 49, & 90. Its central route runs from Fairview, Ky., Davis' birthplace, to Beauvior, his last home at Biloxi. — Map (db m89904) HM
4Mississippi (Montgomery County), Winona — Montgomery County Confederate Monument1861 - 1865
On North Quitman Street at Warehouse Lane, on the right when traveling south on North Quitman Street.
To the Confederacy President Jefferson Davis And the Soldiers who fought for States Rights CSAMap (db m92672) WM
5Mississippi (Montgomery County), Winona — 120 — Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Near Summit Street 0.1 miles west of U.S. 51.
Front Roebuck “Pops” Staples, one of the foremost figures in American gospel music as a singer, guitarist, and patriarch of the Staple Singers family group, was born on a farm near Winona on December 28, 1914. Staples began . . . — Map (db m90019) HM
6Mississippi (Montgomery County), Winona — The "Final Spike"
On North Front Street at Summit Street, on the right when traveling north on North Front Street.
On Jan. 31, 1860 The Final Spike Of The Old Mississippi Central Was Driven Just South Of Winona Establishing For The First Time Direct Rail Service From The Great Lakes To the Gulf Of Mexico. — Map (db m89906) HM
7Mississippi (Montgomery County), Winona — Winona Confederate MonumentC.S.A.
Near Summit Street 0.3 miles west of North Applegate Street (U.S. 51).
Our Confederate Dead — Map (db m90263) WM
 
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