On U.S. 51 at Camp McCain Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 51.
First U.S. Army Division to achieve "Expert Infantry" recognition while training here at Camp McCain November, 1943 to July, 1944.
Distinguished World War II Service in European Theater Campaigns:
Northern France • Ardennes-Alsace
Rhineland • . . . — — Map (db m89898) HM
On U.S. 51 at Camp McCain Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 51.
Established 1942 as a training facility for the United States Army during the Second World War and used until 1946. Named for Carroll Co. Miss. native, Major-General Henry Pinckney McCain (1861-1941). — — Map (db m89901) HM
On West Pearl Street at Water Street, on the left when traveling west on West Pearl Street.
Organized ca. 1868, Belle Flower
M. B. Church, one of the oldest
Black Baptist churches in
Grenada, served as a headquarters
and meeting place for a number of
organizations during the Civil
Rights movement. From its pulpit
such leaders as . . . — — Map (db m173971) HM
On Loop State Highway 333 at E J Henry Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 333.
Main defensive position on Yalobusha River line held by Gen. Pemberton in fall of 1862 to repel Gen. Grant, whose army of 25,000 was moving to attack Vicksburg. — — Map (db m89894) HM
On College Boulevard east of South Line Street, on the right when traveling east.
Lawyer, soldier statesman.
Maj. Gen. in Confederate
Army. U. S. Senator from
1885 to 1898. Made home
here from 1871 to death.
House built shortly before
outbreak of Civil War. — — Map (db m173961) HM
On Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard at Sunset Drive (State Route 8), on the right when traveling north on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
Established July 4, 1836
by union of the towns of
Pittsburg and Tullahoma.
Federal plans to attack
Confederates here stopped
by Gen. Van Dorn's raid on
Holly Springs, Dec., 1862. — — Map (db m173958) HM
Near L D Boone Airport Road, 0.7 miles north of Old Highway 7 (State Route 332), on the left when traveling north.
The Grenada Army Air Field was built
with civilian labor in 1942. It served
the 443rd Air Support Command, 63rd
Troop Carrier Group, 877th Airborne
Engineering Battalion, 10th Troop
Carrier Group, and 809th Air Force Unit.
Following the war, . . . — — Map (db m173915) HM
On 1st Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling east on 1st Street.
Front
Grenada County-bred blues has long been an influential force in popular music. Musicians whose talents were nurtured in the Grenada area have included St. Louis bluesmen Walter Davis, a major blues recording artist of the 1930s, . . . — — Map (db m90022) HM
On South Main Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Front
To the noble men
who marched neath
the flag of the
Stars and Bars,
and were faithful
to the end.
Glorious
in life,
death sublime.
Back
Jefferson Davis,
June 3, 1808,
Dec. 6, 1889. . . . — — Map (db m90264) WM
On 2nd Street north of Kershaw Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Grenada Depot was jointly constructed
by the MS Central and TN MS Railroads in
1870. Two previous depots were burned during
the Civil War in 1863 and 1865. The second
story and sheds were added by Illinois
Central in 1926.
Due to the . . . — — Map (db m173966) HM
On Springhill Road, 0.2 miles east of Sunset Drive (State Route 8), on the right when traveling east.
In 1862 the Confederate army built
forts throughout Grenada in response to
General Ulysses S. Grant's Mississippi
Central Railroad Campaign to capture
Vicksburg. This small fort was placed
to guard the approach to Grenada from
the south, along . . . — — Map (db m173975) HM
On 1st Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on 1st Street.
J. Augustine Signaigo, born in 1835 in Italy, founded the Grenada Sentinel in 1854. A poet, he wrote the libretto of a hit Civil War operetta, "The Vivandiere." He served as president of the Mississippi Press Association in 1869. He died in . . . — — Map (db m89888) HM
J. Augustine Signaigo, born in 1835 in Italy, founded the Grenada Sentinel in 1854. A poet, he wrote the libretto of a hit Civil War operetta, "The Vivandiere." He served as president of the Mississippi Press Association in 1869. He died in 1876 and . . . — — Map (db m89891) HM
On Holmes Drive, 0.2 miles north of State Route 8, on the left when traveling north.
Magic Sam (Samuel Maghett) was one of the
most dynamic and gifted blues musicians
during his short lifetime (1937-1969). Born
few miles northeast of this site, Maghett began
his performing career in Grenada and lived in
this house until he . . . — — Map (db m174060) HM
On Union Street, 0.2 miles west of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling west.
Front
Morris "Magic Slim" Holt, who developed a raw, hard-hitting guitar style that made him a favorite on the international blues club and festival circuit from the late 1970s well into the twenty-first century, was born in Torrance . . . — — Map (db m90020) HM
On Cemetery Street west of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Established circa 1840. this is
Grenada's oldest cemetery. Buried
here are many prominent, early
citizens, including Rev. Abraham
Lucas, who performed the "marriage
of Pittsburg & Tullahoma" on
July 4, 1836, forming Grenada.
Also buried here . . . — — Map (db m173957) HM
On Dubard Road (Mississippi Route 35) at Blanch Road, on the right when traveling south on Dubard Road.
Organized here in 1818 by
the Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury.
The 1st in a series of 13
missions for the education
of the Choctaws into western
culture, it was closed in 1832
due to removal of many
Choctaws to Oklahoma. — — Map (db m173979) HM
