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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sharkey County, Mississippi
Adjacent to Sharkey County, Mississippi
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| On Crab Apple Lane at Willow Lane, on the right when traveling north on Crab Apple Lane. |
| | Of the original four mounds located at the Cary site, only Mound A survives. Located on the south side of Deer Creek, the mound was built on top of a midden deposit containing ceramic and animal bone artifacts as well as a fragment of a stone . . . — — Map (db m157616) HM |
| On State Highway 1 0.7 miles west of U.S. 61, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Rear Admiral David D. Porter’s flotilla arrived here late in the afternoon of March 16, 1863, after working all day to clear overhanging branches and uproot huge cypress trees in the 3 ½ miles from Steele’s Bayou though Black Bayou to Deer . . . — — Map (db m154539) HM |
| On State Highway 1 0.7 miles west of U.S. 61, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Union gunboats under Admiral David Porter reached this site on March 16, 1863, in Steele's Bayou Expedition. Sherman came here, then moved north to protect boats from the Confederate forces. — — Map (db m154540) HM |
| On Deer Creek Road 0.4 miles south of State Route 16, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Carter site consists of two earthen mounds separated by
a plaza area. Mound A was built in at least two stages and is
13 feet tall. Mound Bis a burial mound and stands at just
under seven feet tall. Both mounds are roughly six feet . . . — — Map (db m157608) HM |
| On Delta Street south of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters, was one of the foremost artists in blues history. In the late 1940s and 1950s he led the way in transforming traditional Delta blues into the electric Chicago blues style that paved the road to . . . — — Map (db m80120) HM |
| On U.S. 61 0.5 miles south of West Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Rolling Fork Mounds consisted of three earthen mounds, all
of which have sustained significant damage since they were
first described in 1926. At that time, Mound A was 38 feet
tall, Mound B was 20 feet tall, and Mound C was less than
two feet. . . . — — Map (db m157533) HM |
| On Locust Street near Elm Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Sharkey County, formed in 1876,
was named for Mississippi Gov.
William L. Sharkey, who served in
1865. Designed by architect
William Sharkey Hull, this three-
story courthouse was built in 1902
and includes elements of Beaux
Arts, . . . — — Map (db m157535) HM |
| On U.S. 61 at State Highway 1, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 61. |
| | Pres. Theodore Roosevelt came to Smedes, 2 mi. S, in 1902 to hunt. On Nov. 14, Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive bear. Cartoons of the event are though to have led to the creation of the "Teddy Bear." — — Map (db m80119) HM |
| On Walnut Street at Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Street. |
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It all happened in Sharkey County!
While hunting in the Mississippi Delta in 1902, President Roosevelt could not bring himself to kill a bear that had been tied up for him to shoot. He felt doing so would be unsportsmanlike. Word of this . . . — — Map (db m157613) HM |
| On Delta Street north of East China Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Cabins once lined roadsides in the Delta Known as shotgun shacks, these houses were common in the Mississippi Delta near agricultural fields. Each home featured three to five rooms with no hallway
just a series of doors leading from room to . . . — — Map (db m157609) HM |
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