First settled as Ellistown in 1838, Blue Springs was formed when the Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad was built in 1888, bypassing Ellistown. Residents then migrated closer to the railroad. In 2007 Blue Springs became the home of Toyota . . . — — Map (db m102626) HM
Blue Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1891 and was originally part of the West Judson Association. The congregation occupied several buildings before purchasing the current property, which included a school building and six acres, in 1960. A . . . — — Map (db m171661) HM
Established as Candy Hill in 1857, the town's name was changed after the Civil War when it applied for a postal stop. The town moved in 1886 when the construction of the Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad bypassed the original settlement . . . — — Map (db m116159) HM
In 1912, the New Albany School Board established
the Union County Training School at this site.
After the original building burned, a new
school was constructed in 1948. Designed by
architect Robert McKnight, this Streamline Art
Moderne-style . . . — — Map (db m199988) HM
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The down-home gospel sounds of renowned Union County musicians Elder Roma Wilson (b. 1910) and Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) won them many admirers among blues and folk music audiences, although they were evangelists rather than . . . — — Map (db m96789) HM
Organized in 1890 was the Baptist Church of Christ at the Valley during pastorate of W.P. Hutchinson. Renamed Glenfield Baptist Church in 1908. Moved to this site under Dr. Percy Ray in 1941. Sanctuary built in 1964; partially destroyed by tornado . . . — — Map (db m102630) HM
Home ½ mi. SE. Last Chickasaw king, giving name to King's Creek & King's Ford Rd. (this highway). Authorized Monroe Mission; signed Pontotoc Creek Treaty, 1832, & led party to Indian Territory, where he died, 1840. — — Map (db m96767) HM
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Although the African American community of New Albany has been small in number, it has produced many citizens of distinction. In the fields of blues, rhythm & blues, and gospel music, the names of Sam Mosley, Bob Johnson, Billy . . . — — Map (db m96783) HM
The Union County Seat since 1870, New Albany was established ca, 1840 after Moses Collins built a grist mill and saw mill on the banks of the Tallahatchie River. First surveyed in 1840 by Ira M. Kemp, New Albany was incorporated in 1850. Located on . . . — — Map (db m96772) HM
Northeast Mississippi's upholstered furniture industry began here in 1948. Founded by Morris Furtorian, a Russian immigrant from Chicago, the Stratford Company utilized assembly line methods developed by the automotive industry, an innovation that . . . — — Map (db m102629) HM
Union County was established on July, 7, 1870, during the post—Civil War Reconstruction era, from portions of Tippah, Lee, and Ponotoc counties. Governor James L. Alcorn appointed Union County's first officials and set New Albany as the county . . . — — Map (db m96777) HM
Here, September 25, 1897, was born the distinguished author, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. — — Map (db m96769) HM
