On West Commerce Street (Mississippi Route 145) at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on West Commerce Street.
Formed 1834; chartered 1837; in 1849 it was made county seat of Monroe, the first county in the state north of Vicksburg. Cotton trade center and former port for Mobile trade. — — Map (db m102590) HM
On North Meridian Street at East Commerce Street, on the right when traveling north on North Meridian Street.
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In 1940 singer-guitarist Booker “Bukka” White, who lived in Aberdeen during the 1920s and ‘30s, recorded the blues classic “Aberdeen Mississippi Blues.” Twenty-three years later the song’s title enabled . . . — — Map (db m102609) HM
A native of Alabama, John Gregg (1828-1864) moved to Texas where he served as a member of that state's secession convention and later in the Provisional Confederate Congress. Elected colonel of the 7th Texas Infantry, Gregg was promoted to Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m102606) HM
On East Commerce Street (Mississippi Route 145) at Locust Street, on the right when traveling west on East Commerce Street.
Hernando DeSoto & his expedition entered present Monroe Co. following an Indian trail from Buttahatchie River. They crossed the Tombigbee R. ¼ mi. E. Dec. 16, 1540 & marched up what is now this street. — — Map (db m102601) HM
On Long Street at College Place, on the right when traveling south on Long Street.
Physician, historian, author. Originated syndicated health column. Chicago health commissioner. Pioneered in pure water and milk laws. Founded Evans Memorial library. — — Map (db m102599) HM
On Franklin Street at West Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on Franklin Street.
Judge Sykes, 1876-1945, was Justice of the Miss. Supreme Court 1961-1925, and Chairman of Federal Radio Comm. until becoming first Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, serving until 1935. — — Map (db m102589) HM
On West Commerce Street (Mississippi Route 145) at Davis Drive, on the right when traveling east on West Commerce Street.
Home of noted politician, criminal lawyer, judge, legislator, congressman of U.S. & Confederacy, author of book, "Recollections of Mississippi & Mississippians." — — Map (db m102587) HM
On West Commerce Street west of North Columbus Street, on the right when traveling west.
Parish organized May 10, 1848.
Cornerstone laid Oct. 16, 1851.
Dr. Joseph H. Ingraham, rector
and architect.
Building fund started by
Jane Martin Dalton. — — Map (db m102595) HM
On North Main Street (Mississippi Route 25) north of 3rd Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
Just as Amory’s history is tied to the railroad, so is much of its musical legacy. Several generations of blues, soul and gospel performers came from the families of African-American workers employed here by the Frisco line. Others worked as . . . — — Map (db m174015) HM
On South Main Street at 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Front
Amory's Tribute
to the Heroes of
1861—1865
Right Side
List of Members Stonewall Camp #427, Amory, Monroe County, MS
Rear
To the women of the Confederacy whose pious ministrations to our . . . — — Map (db m102891) WM
On South 6th Street at 8th Avenue South, on the right when traveling south on South 6th Street.
Becker's first Post Office
building operating from
1920 until early 1960s.
Given to the
Amory Regional Museum
by
Mr. Hershel Sandlin
in memory of his wife
Mrs. Kay Sandlin — — Map (db m102616) HM
On U.S. 278, 1.2 miles west of Cotton Gin Road, on the right when traveling west.
On May 22, 1736, a military force commanded by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Governor of French Louisiana, landed nearby to attack the Chickasaw. A palisade of 600 log posts was built near here as a base of operations. Defeated in the Battle . . . — — Map (db m102615) HM
On Highland Drive (Mississippi Route 25) at Meadowbrook Circle, on the right when traveling south on Highland Drive.
Area E. of Tombigbee R., S. of Gaines' Trace ceded in Chickasaw Council House Treaty, 1816. Became part of Monroe Co., 1821. South portion severed, 1830, at formation of Lowndes Co. — — Map (db m102611) HM
On U.S. 278 at Cotton Gin Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 278.
South one mile. Initially an Indian trading post at southern terminus of Gaines Trace. Named for the cotton gin built by U.S. Government for the Chickasaw ca. 1801, it grew into an important river town and cotton market with formation of Monroe . . . — — Map (db m102613) HM
On South 6th Street at 3rd Street South on South 6th Street.
The Gilmore Sanitarium was built in 1916 by Ellie Davidson Gilmore and his wife, Virginia. This twenty-two bed facility included a laboratory and operating room. The sanitarium served as Amory's primary hospital until 1961, after which the building . . . — — Map (db m102610) HM
On Chickasaw Drive, 0.1 miles west of Fairways Drive.
Mound built circa 100 A.D. for the burial of high-status members of an unknown Indian tribal group. Cemetery established during the mid-1800s by the Nabers family and other early settlers of Monroe County. — — Map (db m102612) HM
On Hatley Road at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on Hatley Road.
New Hope Primitive Baptist,
the oldest church in N. Miss. was
organized in 1819 4 mi. S.W. &
moved here in 1833. Thomas
Willingham was the first
pastor. The 1819 Record Book
lists white & black members. — — Map (db m244678) HM
On Beeks Road south of Athens Quincy Road, on the left when traveling south.
N. E. 4 mi. From date of incorporation in 1830 to 1836 it was Monroe Co. seat. S. J. Gholson, J. M. Tucker, & Reuben Davis lived here. River and railway traffic brought about its decline. — — Map (db m173889) HM
On Athens Quincy Road at Chism Road, on the right when traveling east on Athens Quincy Road.
Founded in 1826 by Abraham Howell (1792-1867) & Sarah Andrews Howell (1794-1879)
Married in South Carolina October 6, 1811
Settled in Monroe County, Mississippi in 1817
Their children: (*buried here)
Andrew* • John • Gilbert • Elisha* • . . . — — Map (db m244675) HM
On Wolfe Road, 0.3 miles north of Wolfe Circle, on the right when traveling north.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized on April 6, 1830. Missionaries first arrived in northeastern Mississippi in 1839. Here at Mormon Springs many converts to the church were baptized. Using stones to dam the stream, they . . . — — Map (db m244673) HM
Near U.S. 278 east of Splunge Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
To protect the first white settlers on tributaries of the Buttahatachie River, Gov. David Holmes created Monroe County June 20, 1815 from land between the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers. — — Map (db m173888) HM
On U.S. 45 at Camargo Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 45.
2 mi. NW was the flourishing port of Camargo, named by veterans for their Mexican war camp. The town had a steamboat landing, schools, cemetery, and church. Confederates won a skirmish here, July 14, 1864 — — Map (db m50325) HM
On Mississippi Route 382 west of Jeff Davis Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Gulf Ordnance Plant was a military munitions plant where shells were packed for use during World War II. This plant was in operation from 1942 until the war ended in 1945. Managed by Procter and Gamble, the plant covered 6,720 acres of land, . . . — — Map (db m102585) HM
On Alternate Mississippi Route 45 at Lenoir Loop, on the right when traveling south on State Route 45Alternate .
Built ca. 1847 as the homestead of William Thomas Lenoir, the plantation was continuously owned and farmed by the Lenoir family until its sale in August of 2000. The Lenoir home is the only Classical Revival style house in Mississippi. On February . . . — — Map (db m102583) HM
On Sipsey Fork Road, 0.1 miles east of Sipsey-Detroit Road, on the right when traveling east.
Free Will Baptists & Methodists
joined in 1845 to build the
only church in Sipsey Fork, the
community between Splunge,
Sipsey & Buttahatchie Rivers.
The present church; built in
1963, is on the fourth site. — — Map (db m173885) HM
On Main Street (Mississippi Route 25) east of Gum Street, on the right when traveling east.
S. 2 mi. from Smithville.
Road surveyed in 1807
by E. P. Gaines. Ran
from Cotton Gin Port to
Tennessee R., providing
short route to north from
isolated settlements of
lower Tombigbee Valley. — — Map (db m173893) HM
Born in Smithville, Rod Brasfield was the Grand Ole Opry's top male comedian from 1947-1958, a beloved sad sack foil for Red Foley and Hank Williams and a comic sparring partner for Minnie Pearl and June Carter. He played dramatic and comic roles in . . . — — Map (db m173897) HM
On Mississippi Route 25 south of Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.
Smithville had its beginning on December 3, 1836, when Co Chubby,
a Chickasaw Indian Co-signatory of the Treaty of Pontotoc, sold
Section 6, Township 12S, Range 9E to James D. Couch.
About 1840, William Smith purchased land at this site and . . . — — Map (db m173895) HM
On Splunge Road south of Timber Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1844 as New Pleasant
Ridge and called "Grubtoe."
this is the oldest Free Will
Baptist Church in Mississippi
and the oldest church building
in Monroe County. — — Map (db m173887) HM
On U.S. 278 at Tribble Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 278.
The first community in N. Miss., begun here by John Wise in 1816, had stores, a cemetery, a camp ground, a church called "Uncle Jimmy Wise's Meetinghouse," a blacksmith shop in which future Gov. Tucker worked. — — Map (db m123031) HM
