Jackson Street Missionary Baptist Church
was organized in April 1898 and chartered
in May 1899 by Rev. A. A. Hamilton and
members of the State Golden Rule Hall.
Completed in 1908, the Gothic Revival
building was designed and built by
E. J. . . . — — Map (db m213056) HM
Prior to the opening of the Jitney Jungle on the corner of South and Monroe streets in 1933, grocery stores generally sold only groceries and were "full service" establishments with clerks to gather the items on a person's list. The modern . . . — — Map (db m162999) HM
A Greek Revival Building
ca 1830
Oldest Structure in Southern Heritage Complex
Presented By
Mississippi State Society
National Society Colonial Dames
Seventeenth Century — — Map (db m109512) HM
Brig. General C.S. Army Commanding 2nd Brigade Cav. Div. Johnston's Army ------------------------- Major Texas Battalion Nov. 12, 1861 Col. 1st Texas Legion April 2, 1862 Brig. Gen. C.S. Army May 9, 1863 — — Map (db m213108) HM WM
On a summer day in 1894, Joseph Biedenharn, a candy merchant and soda fountain operator, had an idea that would reshape the soft drink industry. He took the popular fountain beverage, Coca-Cola, put it in bottles, and delivered it to rural areas . . . — — Map (db m190866) HM
Lakemont
Lakemont was built in 1835 by Judge William Lake who served in the United States Congress (1855-1856) and in the Mississippi House of Representatives (1859-1861). In 1861, while campaigning for the Confederate Congress, Judge Lake . . . — — Map (db m115493) HM
In 1920-21, the Sandy Bottom School
(the original name for Kings School) was built
with funding assistance from the Rosenwald
Foundation, a philanthropic organization
dedicated to building schools for African
American students in the rural . . . — — Map (db m157542) HM
In May 1908, Leo C. Koestler opened Koestler's Bakery on Washington at Belmont Street. The first ovens were coal fired and "Mello-Toast Bread" was delivered to households by a horse-drawn dray.
In about 1918, Leo became the first in the state to . . . — — Map (db m190969) HM
These headstones represent soldiers from Louisiana and Mississippi who died at the hospitals located at Mississippi Springs and Coopers Wells. These soldiers from the Army of Mississippi died from disease contracted through the rigors of military . . . — — Map (db m133893) HM
In 1942, R.G. LeTourneau, the man largely responsible for the invention and development of earth-moving machines in wide use today, built his fourth manufacturing plant in Vicksburg. He brought with him a small group of talented men including Clyde . . . — — Map (db m190841) HM
Pointe Coupee Artillery
Company B
Capt. William A. Davidson
Casualties, not fully reported
killed 4, wounded 5, total 9. Lieut.
Oscar M. D'Aubigne killed May 29
Hebert's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Louis Hebert
21st . . . — — Map (db m244396) HM
{East side}
To the
Louisianians
who died
in defense of
Vicksburg
1862 - 1863
{South side}
In life
the shock of battle:
In death's sleep:
Peace
and endless fame.
{North . . . — — Map (db m109894) WM
Site of Lum Mansion, Hq. of Gen. U.S. Grant, family & staff, after siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The 26 room house, built about 1820, was later destroyed by order of Capt. Cyrus B. Comstock to build fortification. — — Map (db m97076) HM
Replacing an earlier school on Cherry
Street, Magnolia High School was built
here in 1923. J.G.H. Bowman was the
schools principal from 1906 to 1944
and helped develop a strong college
preparatory curriculum. In 1940, the
school was . . . — — Map (db m115320) HM
This was a busy and lively area during early Vicksburg.
Everything you wanted or needed was nearby. Court Square, churches, retail stores, and the Mississippi River were just a few blocks away.
Early Transportation
River and rail . . . — — Map (db m115505) HM
Front
The historic African American community of Marcus Bottom was an important center of early blues, jazz, and gospel music activity. Pianist Eurreal “Little Brother” Montgomery, one of the premier blues artists of the . . . — — Map (db m103895) HM
This Greek Revival house was built in 1830 by Martha Vick, daughter of Vicksburg founder Newit Vick. Newit and his wife Elizabeth died of yellow fever in 1819, leaving Martha to help raise her eight siblings. Martha Vick died in 1851, after which . . . — — Map (db m109281) HM
Brig. General C.S. Army
Commanding Brigade
Walker's Division
Johnston's Army
_______
Adjt. 3rd Texas Cav. Aug. 12, 1861
Birg Gen. C.S. Army Aug. 23, 1862 — — Map (db m110460) HM
Jewish Community
In 1841 Vicksburg became home to the first established
Jewish congregation in Mississippi, Anshe Chesed,
meaning "men of kindness" in Hebrew. Many of the early
Jewish immigrants came from what is now part of . . . — — Map (db m115441) HM
After the Civil War with slavery abolished, the giant plantations were struggling to find labor.
To help with the lack of labor, sharecropping became a common practice. Many of the former slaves became sharecroppers on the plantations . . . — — Map (db m115425) HM
The Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant was started in 1934 with the annual event held in different cities until 1958. In that year, Vicksburg hosted its first pageant under the leadership of Mayor Johnny Holland and the Vicksburg Jaycees, and it . . . — — Map (db m190840) HM
City Hall
In 1903 Vicksburg was the largest city in Mississippi. James Riley Gordon, a famous architect, designed the booming town a new "City Hall" that was built for $50,000. Gordon also designed the Arizona State Capitol, at least 20 . . . — — Map (db m115423) HM
Explored, 1540~1, by De
Soto. Colonized first by
French, 1699. Became a
colony of British, 1763;
Spanish, 1779. Territory
organized by U.S., 1798.
Became 20th. state, 1817. — — Map (db m59607) HM
On April 21, 1875, the Mississippi Dental Association was organized in Vicksburg at the office of Dr. J.B. Askew and Dr. J.D. Miles on Washington Street. Dr. J.D. Miles became its first president. — — Map (db m75627) HM
The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) was established on June 28, 1879 by an Act of Congress. Congress tasked the MRC with the mission to develop plans to improve the condition of the Mississippi River, foster navigation, promote commerce, and . . . — — Map (db m162993) HM
Commissioned in 1961, the Mississippi IV plied the Mississippi River for more than 30 years. Though it was the fourth Corps vessel to bear the name "Mississippi," she was the first to employ diesel power, and this shift brought with it the . . . — — Map (db m162989) HM
Rev. Newit Vick came to this area, then known
as Walnut Hills, in 1812, having purchased land
from the U.S. government. He laid out the
town of Vicksburg in the area bounded
by First East Street, First North Street,
South Street, and the . . . — — Map (db m244360) HM
Built ca. 1835. Military headquarters of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, who commanded the Confederate forces during the siege of Vicksburg. Here on July 3, 1863, the decision was made to surrender the city. — — Map (db m81879) HM
Built 1834. Housed Vicksburg branch, Planters’ Bank of Mississippi until 1842. Occupied by officers of 28th Louisiana Reg. during Vicksburg siege.
Acquired by Vicksburg Council of Garden Clubs, Inc., 1956. — — Map (db m98350) HM
The Vicksburg-Warren County area has a long prehistoric heritage. There is evidence of prehistoric Native Americans in this area as early as 2000 B. C. These early cultures were from the Poverty Point Period and were followed by the Baytown Period . . . — — Map (db m104039) HM
The Columns-Beaulieu (1899)
Built in 1899 by Samuel and Helen Ragan, this home was quite a "Show Piece". The Ragan's owned S.C. Ragan and Company, a large wholesale grocery and produce company.
Millionaires Row
After the Civil . . . — — Map (db m115546) HM
When William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States (1897-1901), visited Vicksburg on May 1, 1901, cotton was “king” in Vicksburg and Warren County, as is evidenced by this arch of cotton bales (each weighing about 450 pounds) that . . . — — Map (db m190968) HM
This monument marks the site where Prince Hall
Masonry in Mississippi was founded by
Thomas W. Stringer in 1867
Erected September 22, 1985 by
M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge, F.& A.M.
Prince Hall Affiliation
Edgar Bridges, Sr. Grand . . . — — Map (db m104427) HM
Railroad Depot
Built in 1907, the Illinois Central, Yazoo, and Mississippi Valley Railroad Depot was the busiest rail station in the state. Construction cost was $60,715 and 22 passenger and freight trains came and went every day. These . . . — — Map (db m115435) HM
Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850)
Built before 1837 this was once the office of Seargent Smith Prentiss, a famous lawyer and politician. Prentiss was well known and loved as a remarkable orator. Daniel Webster, one of the foremost . . . — — Map (db m115444) HM
In 1959, Rosa A. Temple High School, named in honor of a beloved long-time school teacher, was built for African Americans and the old school, J. G. H. Bowman High, formerly known as Magnolia Avenue (1924) was closed.
Mr. O. W. Sanders served as . . . — — Map (db m190852) HM
Opened in 1959 and named for a long time
educator, Rosa A. Temple High School was built
as a segregated institution for blacks to
replace the older Bowman High School.
Although the building was of a modern design,
the students were provided . . . — — Map (db m213039) HM
In 1887 the State of Louisiana placed the first Confederate monument, here, in the middle of Monroe Street. The monument preceded the establishment of the National Military Park by 12 years. Later the City of Vicksburg dedicated this garden area to . . . — — Map (db m115420) HM
Major General C.S. Army
Commanding Brigade
Johnston's Army
______
Cadet U.S. Military Academy 1839
2nd Lt. 3rd Art. June 18 1846
1st Lieutenant March 3 1847
Captain January 12 1848
Resigned May 31 1856
Brigadier General . . . — — Map (db m133974) HM WM
Magruder-Morrissey House
Since Union prisoners were housed next door at the Warren County Jail, the house suffered only minor damage from Union bombing during the siege. Tom Morrissey, a creative entrepreneur, purchased this home in 1907. . . . — — Map (db m115533) HM
On the Edge
Just outside Vicksburg's city limits, Judge Warren Cowan built a mansion near the Vicksburg-Meridian Railroad in 1860. Following the Civil War the home was used by the Union Army as a Signal Corps Station. Fisher Funeral Home . . . — — Map (db m115549) HM
The Sisters of Mercy have contributed to the health, education, and spiritual well-being of the residents of Vicksburg since the arrival of six nuns in 1860.
The Cobb House (c. 1830) became their first home and a school for 70 students. During . . . — — Map (db m103995) HM
Love and Compassion
In 1878 the Sisters of Mercy took over the local hospital during a yellow fever epidemic. The hospital was named "Mercy Hospital" and the Catholic nuns served for over 100 years.
Cedar Hill . . . — — Map (db m109519) HM
This area was originally Sky Parlor Hill. During the Civil War, locals entrapped by the Siege (1863), would gather here to watch the battles between Confederate and Union forces. This is depicted in the painting "From Sky Parlor Hill" along with the . . . — — Map (db m115422) HM
Davis-Mitchell House (1872)
Dr. Charles Mitchell built the house in 1872 for his wife Lucy Bradford who was Jefferson Davis's niece. In 1884 this small house became the first office for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg. . . . — — Map (db m115421) HM
Begun May 15, 1866 by Ladies Confederate Cemetery Assn. of Vicksburg. Remains of over 1600 soldiers who died in Vicksburg campaign & siege were re-interred here. — — Map (db m50918) HM
To the everlasting memory of
those South Carolinians who
offered their lives upon the fields of
Vicksburg for the Southern Confederacy.
This monument is dedicated
by the South Carolina Division
United Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m133948) HM WM
The first telephone exchange in Mississippi was installed in Vicksburg, January 10, 1881, at 102 ½ North Washington Street, by the Louisiana Telephone Company, a predecessor of South Central Bell. — — Map (db m51183) HM
In 1881 Frederick Speed and Thomas Foster purchased the 210-acre Lonewood Plantation in this area. They divided the land into lots that sold for about $600 each. Both partners wanted to name the newly formed town after the other. The final decision . . . — — Map (db m115540) HM
Brig. General C. S. Army
Commanding Brigade
Walker's Division
Johnston's Army
Brig. Gen. C.S. Army Mar 20, 1862
Killed in Battle Nov. 30, 1864 — — Map (db m133950) HM WM
Bethel AME Church
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was founded in 1864 when purchased from the First Presbyterian congregation. The original building, built in 1828, was replaced by the current Romanesque Revival . . . — — Map (db m115481) HM
On November 12, 1902, the Washington Post reported that President Theodore Roosevelt was headed to Smedes, Mississippi, 25 miles north of Vicksburg, for a 4-day bear hunt. The article said the president "did not anticipate the pleasure of killing a . . . — — Map (db m105436) HM
This site is the second Jewish cemetery in Vicksburg. The exact location of the first cemetery has not been determined. The first burial here was that of Meyer Meyer on May 16, 1865. Four rabbis who served this congregation have their final resting . . . — — Map (db m50910) HM
On February 2, 1863, the U.S.S. Queen of the West, a converted ram, attacked the C.S.S. Vicksburg, then lying at the city's landing. Almost completely destroyed in the action, the Vicksburg's engines were removed and sent to . . . — — Map (db m103748) HM
The Luckett Compound
The larger original house was constructed in 1830 and Dr. Thomas Jefferson Harper added the others buildings in 1840. The main building had the parlor and dining areas on the second floor and a ground level basement . . . — — Map (db m115412) HM
Front
One of the most storied night spots in the South, the Blue Room, which stood across the street at 602 Clay Street, was operated for more than thirty years by flamboyant owner Tom Wince. Ray Charles, Fats Domino, B. B. King, Dinah . . . — — Map (db m103897) HM
Indoor Plumbing
Steele Cottage was constructed on this hillside with an indoor cistern in 1829. The brick cistern (still in place today) stored rain that fell on the roof that was used to supply running water for the house. During the . . . — — Map (db m115534) HM
The Great Road, The Jackson Road, Openwood Street, 1501
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Vicksburg, Warren County,
Mississippi.
The Fleckenstein - Coccaro Grocery Store 1839 - 1965
Catherine's Palace 1909 - 1965.
Built in 1839 in the . . . — — Map (db m179428) HM
The City of Vicksburg was founded in 1819 by Newit Vick, a Methodist minister. He died of yellow fever before the town could be laid out, however, leaving that task to his son-in-law, John Lane.
Incorporated in 1825 with a population of 180, the . . . — — Map (db m104040) HM
Torrential rains in the fall of 1926 and spring of 1927 set the stage for one of our Nation's worst natural disasters. Levees held back the water until breaks occurred at Mound Landing, MS and Pendleton, AR on April 21, 1927.
Bt the time the . . . — — Map (db m190862) HM
Front
Between 1953 and 1974 the Vicksburg-based Red Tops entertained legions of dancers with their distinctive mix of blues, jazz, and pop. Under the strict direction of drummer and manager Walter Osborne, the group developed a devoted . . . — — Map (db m103896) HM
On a February day in 1861 as Jefferson and Varina Davis were pruning roses on the lawn at Brierfield, their home south of Vicksburg, a messenger arrived informing Davis that he had been elected president of the Confederate States of America.
Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m104037) HM
On December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River, a Confederate torpedo tore open Cairo's bow. The Union gunboat sank in 12 minutes. Cairo became the first armored warship sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
The torpedo which sank Cairo . . . — — Map (db m89283) HM
The largest and most powerful sternwheel towboat ever launched (318 feet long, 61 feet wide), the steamer Sprague, was constructed in 1901 by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in Iowa for the Monongehela River Consolidated Coal and Coke . . . — — Map (db m190860) HM
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana left Vicksburg with over 2,300 Union soldiers aboard, many of whom were former prisoners of war. Some 200 civilians were also on board, despite a legal limit of 376 people. Due to a faulty boiler, the . . . — — Map (db m103749) HM
The Sultana, a side-wheel steamboat built in Cincinnati in 1863, was 260' long and was designed to carry only 376 people along with its cargo.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana docked in Vicksburg to pick up Union soldiers recently released from . . . — — Map (db m103996) HM
In April of 1861, rumors of Civil War became a reality at Charleston harbor when Fort Sumter was fired upon by Southern forces. Many leaders, both North and South, believed that a dash to capture the opposing side's capital city would bring a quick . . . — — Map (db m239678) HM
Vicksburg's first Garden Club was founded by Hester Craig Flowers in 1931 to "further the interest in home flower gardens and general beautification of the city."
By 1943, membership had grown to a point that the members were divided into twelve . . . — — Map (db m190856) HM
Homesite of "Father of Methodism" in Mississippi. Sent, 1799 to Mississippi Territory as missionary, he founded many of its early churches. He is buried on Crawford Street Church lawn. — — Map (db m89738) HM
A corporal in the signal corps of the “Buffalo
Division” in WWII, Williams (1926-2014)was a
1948 graduate of Alcorn College. He became
Vicksburg's first black independent Licensed
Master Plumber and trained other African
Americans as Apprentice . . . — — Map (db m244338) HM
1st Div.; 15th Corps; Army of The Tennessee.
Capt. Louis Hoffman;
Lieut. George Froehlich.
The first section of the battery, under Lieut.
George Froehlich, served two 12-pounder howitzers
in this position from May 19 to the evening . . . — — Map (db m115445) HM
The mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the
Mississippi Valley is accomplished by two complementary
programs. The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is responsible for evaluating projects that impact the Mississippi
River from Canada . . . — — Map (db m212990) HM
Established, 1853, for care of ill or disabled merchant seamen. Three-story brick building on this site was used as hospital until 1873 and demolished in 1892. — — Map (db m69771) HM
The Cairo is the sole survivor of the fleet of river gunboats built by the Union during the Civil War with the object of controlling the lower Mississippi River. Designed by Samuel Pook and built by James B. Eads, the 175-foot ironclad . . . — — Map (db m35953) HM
Buried here is Rev. Newitt
Vick, the founder of Vicksburg,
his wife Elizabeth, and their
four children. Vick, a Methodist
minister, and his wife settled
here in 1812: both died of
yellow fever in 1819. In 1825,
the Court Square was . . . — — Map (db m212987) HM
Founded 1820 and named for the Rev. Newitt Vick. Was originally site of Spanish Ft. Nogales. Later was U.S. Ft. McHenry. On July 4, 1863 the city surrendered to Gen. Grant. — — Map (db m51186) HM
Martha Vick House
Built in 1830 for the founder of Vicksburg's daughter, Martha Vick. This is the only home left in Vicksburg from the original Newit Vick Family. Martha, a spinster, did not need a large home. Her home was said to be a . . . — — Map (db m115532) HM
In 1931 Hester Flowers started the Vicksburg Garden Club in this three-story Tudor house. Built in 1906 by her father William Clark Craig., the house was designed by New York architect W.W. Knowles. In 1928, Craig deeded the house to his daughter. . . . — — Map (db m115317) HM
Beginning on May 16, 1863, Gen. U.S. Grant held city under siege, cutting off all supplies & driving citizens to caves to escape shells. C.S.A. Gen. John C. Pemberton finally surrendered July 4. — — Map (db m39572) HM
The river determined the location of Vicksburg to be on the hills above the Mississippi, safe from floods. The river was the highway of Mid-America, the lifeblood of the town and a haven for flatboats, barges, snag boats, dredges, steamboats and . . . — — Map (db m103987) HM
Planters Bank of Mississippi
Built in 1834 Planters Hall housed Vicksburg's first bank. During early banking in Mississippi, state law required the bank president and his family to live on the second story of the bank. When the bank . . . — — Map (db m115477) HM
Vicksburg's first floodwall, built to keep annual spring flood waters from disrupting commercial activity along Levee Street, was completed in 1924. It was financed on a shared basis agreement between the City of Vicksburg, the Yazoo and Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m104062) HM
First known Dayton's Cowpen, Waltersville is
one of Warren County's oldest settlements. In
1798, a copy of "The Galley Slave,” the first
printing in the Mississippi Territory, was
printed in this area. Named for Sam Walters,
who owned a . . . — — Map (db m157607) HM
{Front-South}
Lest We Forget
Here are recorded the names of
Mississippians from Warren County who
gave their lives in order that we,
trusting in God, shall not fear the
power of adversaries.
Grant unto them, O . . . — — Map (db m109891) WM
Washington Street became the commercial center of Vicksburg in 1839 when a fire destroyed the downtown area on Main Street. This scene, c.1912 shows the 1400 block looking north toward the Yazoo Canal. In the early 20th century, Vicksburg was the . . . — — Map (db m103988) HM
Brig·General C·S· Army
Commanding Cav. Division
Johnston's Army
______
Cadet U.S. Military Academy 1852
2nd. Lt. U.S. Army Dec. 30, 1856
Resigned May 16, 1861
1st Lt. Cav C.S. Army Mar. 16, 1861
Capt. Jackson's Tenn. . . . — — Map (db m213116) HM
(side 1)
The long and distinguished career of William “Bill” Ferris, one of America’s leading folklorists, was inspired by the blues, religious music, and stories he heard while growing up on his family’s farm in rural Warren County. . . . — — Map (db m148589) HM
(front)
Willie Dixon, often called “the poet laureate of the blues,” was born in Vicksburg on July 1, 1915. As a songwriter, producer, arranger, and bass player, Dixon shaped the sound of Chicago blues in the 1950s and '60s with . . . — — Map (db m69778) HM
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