On West Railroad Avenue at West Marion Avenue, on the right when traveling south on West Railroad Avenue.
On August 5, 1942, a southbound train collided with a westbound bus, killing fifteen bus passengers and injuring many more. The Greyhound bus, traveling from New Orleans to Jackson, stopped at the east side of the Marion Avenue railroad crossing to . . . — — Map (db m50894) HM
On Chautauqua Drive, 0.2 miles west of U.S. 51, on the right when traveling west.
In its heyday, Chautauqua Park boasted of eighty-eight cottages surrounding the Tabernacle, a grocery, a restaurant, and a forty-room hotel. Before its demise in 1917, the Chautauqua Assembly attracted people
from across the United States with ten . . . — — Map (db m179070) HM
On Chautauqua Drive, 0.5 miles west of U.S. 51, on the right when traveling west.
The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the United Methodist Church founded Hennington . . . — — Map (db m182923) HM
On West Georgetown Road near West Railroad Street S, on the right when traveling north.
Old town 3 miles to west.
Moved to railroad in 1858.
In 1870's became first
tomato - shipping point in
U. S. and has since won
fame as the "vegetable
capital of Mississippi". — — Map (db m178612) HM
Here in Oct., 1909, at Lake
Chautauqua tabernacle, Miss.
Congress of Parents and
Teachers was organized by
delegates from 5 cities.
Founder & first president
was Mrs. R. B. Stapleton, of
Hattiesburg. — — Map (db m178610) HM
On Chautauqua Drive, 0.5 miles west of U.S. 51, on the right when traveling west.
The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and campground in the early twentieth century. While this . . . — — Map (db m182943) HM
On West Railroad Avenue at West Georgetown Street, on the right when traveling south on West Railroad Avenue.
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956) was one of the most influential blues artists in Mississippi in the 1920s and 1930s. He grew up in the Crystal Springs area, where he often performed with his brothers LeDell and Mager. His original songs, which were widely . . . — — Map (db m50895) HM
On Caldwell Drive (U.S. 51) at West Gallatin Street, in the median on Caldwell Drive.
Named for chief engineer of first Jackson - New Orleans railway. Last spike driven here on March 31, 1858. Town was raided by Grierson in 1863. Shipping point for cattle, truck crops, and lumber. — — Map (db m50893) HM
On Caldwell Drive (U.S. 51) at Downing Street, in the median on Caldwell Drive.
Mississippi State College for Women, first state-supported college for women in the U.S. was founded in 1884 through the efforts of Mrs Peyton, a citizen of Hazelhurst. — — Map (db m50892) HM
On Caldwell Drive (U.S. 51) at West Gallatin Street, on the left when traveling south on Caldwell Drive.
Robert Johnson born Hazelhurst, Mississippi May 8, 1911 Copiah County
Robert Johnson recording career left an enormous legacy to American music. The body of his work is considered to be the most powerful of its kind.
His music struck a . . . — — Map (db m50874) HM
On South Ragsdale Avenue at West Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling north on South Ragsdale Avenue.
Front
The legendary bluesman Robert Johnson was born on the northern outskirts of Hazlehurst to Julia Major and Noah Johnson, on May 8, 1911 (or possibly 1912). Johnson lived in Tunica County and in Memphis as a child, but in the early . . . — — Map (db m81864) HM
On School Drive at Administration Drive, on the right when traveling west on School Drive.
The Utica Institute, founded by William Holtzclaw in 1903 and moved to this site in 1910, was modeled after the Tuskegee Institute. Booker T. Washington considered Utica a prime example of his vision for African American education. Known by a . . . — — Map (db m237872) HM
On Pine Street (Old U.S. 51) 0.2 miles north of Lester R. Furr Drive, on the right when traveling north.
On December 9, 1914, the Trustees of
Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School
had its first meeting and opened its
doors to students on September 6, 1915.
This building was one of the first
buildings constructed on a sixty-five
acre tract of . . . — — Map (db m122518) HM
On Eigth Street north of Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
Front Although Houston Stackhouse never became a major name in blues, he played key roles in Delta blues history as a sideman, mentor, and influence. A constant presence in Mississippi and Arkansas blues circles for several decades, he . . . — — Map (db m122613) HM
On U.S. 51 north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Site of cotton & woolen mills
set up, 1866, by J. M. Wesson.
Burnt, 1873; rebuilt, expanded &
operated by Col. Ed.
Richardson & Capt. Wm. Oliver
with 2,000 employees. Closed
1910 & dismantled 1919. — — Map (db m122614) HM
On Eigth Street north of Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
According to its cornerstone, this structure was "ereted 1889; destroyed by fire 1890; rebuilt 1893." Built in the Romanesque style of Wesson's Miss. Mills, it is now the Oswalt Youth & Com. Center. — — Map (db m122520) HM
On East Railroad Avenue at Hotel Street, on the left when traveling north on East Railroad Avenue.
Site of a hotel since 1864, this structure was built ca. 1877. Known originally as the Richardson House, the hotel was owned by Mississippi Mills, a once-flourishing textile mill founded by J.M. Wesson in 1864. — — Map (db m122512) HM
