On State Highway 35 south of Corporate Drive, on the right when traveling south.
History Of Investigation:
1926:
First definitive of the Batesville Mounds site was made by Calvin Brown in his book, Archaeology of Mississippi, after his 1906 and 1919 expeditions to the site.
1950:
William Haag identified . . . — — Map (db m296185) HM
On Country Club Road 0.1 miles south of Mississippi Highway 6, on the left when traveling south.
This timber framed Greek Revival-style house, built in the mid-1850s, was constructed from hand-hewn lumber and connected with wooden pegs. The Bates House was the home of Rev. James Wesley Bates, a Methodist minister and railroad Conductor, for . . . — — Map (db m85260) HM
On College Street at Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east on College Street.
In September 1857 the Mississippi
and Tennessee Railroad arrived
here, drawing businesses and
residents from nearby Panola,
also known as Panola Landing,
a port on the south bank of the
Tallahatchie River. The new
railroad hub was named . . . — — Map (db m173899) HM
On U.S. 51 at Westmoorland Drive, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 51.
The Batesville Magnolia Cemetery was
established before the Civil War. Land for
the cemetery was donated by a local citizen,
Mrs. Cypressa C. Vance Rootes (1816-1881) for
use as a public burial ground. The earliest
recorded grave dates to the . . . — — Map (db m235189) HM
On Mississippi Route 35N 0.5 miles south of Interstate 55, on the right when traveling south.
Seven mounds were originally recorded at the Batesville site. Of these, two remain intact. Mound B is a rectangular platform mound nine feet high; Mound C is a conical and stands 20 feet high. Mounds A and D have been greatly reduced by plowing but . . . — — Map (db m102575) HM
Near Mississippi Route 35 south of Corporate Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Other Names: Pa-1; Harmon Mounds; 22PA500
Location: Panola County: Northwest 14 of the Northeast 4 of Section 19, Township 8 South, Range 7 West
Utm Location: 231069E, 3804592N, NAD83, Zone 15N
On Hoskins Road at Panola Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Hoskins Road.
On Tuesday, March 19, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a number of his aides came to Batesville to enlist participants in a planned Washington camp-in. While in Batesville, Dr. King spoke at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church to explain how the . . . — — Map (db m85264) HM
On Curtis Road at Macedonia Road, on the right when traveling east on Curtis Road.
Constructed to educate black children
during the Jim Crow era, the Macedonia
Rosenwald School was the educational
and cultural center of the community. The
school was constructed in 1923-24 by
the Webb brothers, who were local
builders, and . . . — — Map (db m235180) HM
On Panola Avenue at Lester Street, on the left when traveling north on Panola Avenue.
Built in 1895 by Andrew Johnson, St. Stephens was used as a church until the late 1930s and was deconsecrated after 1940. Since then, the building has housed the American Legion Post #118, the city library, and a voting precinct and served as a . . . — — Map (db m85268) HM
Near Mississippi Route 35 south of Corporate Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Who Built The Mounds?
Ancient Native Americans
When Were They Here?
During the Early to Middle Woodland Period: from around the year 500 BC to AD 500
What Did They Do At The Site? And Why?
Archaeologists have studied . . . — — Map (db m296186) HM
On East Oak Street (Mississippi Route 310) at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on East Oak Street.
Named for Lake Como, Italy. First settled in 1832 by George Tait. Moved in 1857 to Tait property near railroad. Called Como Depot until 1906. Birthplace of Stark Young, famous author. — — Map (db m102670) HM
On Main Street at Sledge Street, in the median on Main Street.
Front
Fred McDowell, a seminal figure in Mississippi hill country blues, was one of the most vibrant performers of the 1960s blues revival. McDowell (c. 1906-1972) was a sharecropper and local entertainer in 1959 when he made his first . . . — — Map (db m102873) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles north of East Oak Street (State Route 310), in the median.
Front
Napolian Strickland (1924-2001) was one of Mississippi's most gifted musicians in the fife and drum and country blues traditions. A lifelong resident of the Como-Senatobia area, Strickland excelled on the homemade cane fife and . . . — — Map (db m102874) HM
On Main Street at Sledge Street, in the median on Main Street.
Front
The African American fife and drum tradition in north Mississippi stretches back to the 1800s and is often noted for its similarities to African music. Its best known exponent, Otha (or Othar) Turner (c. 1908-2003), presided over . . . — — Map (db m102872) HM
On Main Street north of East Oak Street (State Route 310), on the left when traveling north.
Young was born October 11, 1881, in Como. In 1897, two years after
his family moved to Oxford, Mississippi, he enrolled at the University of
Mississippi. He would receive his B.A. there in 1901, and an M.A.
degree from Columbia University in New . . . — — Map (db m235142) HM
On Main Street north of East Oak Street (State Route 310), on the right when traveling north.
Como Mississippi-born Stark Young contributed to
the literary legacy of the 20th century – as a dramà
critic, novelist, playwright and poet. An accomplished
artist educator and often called the greatest drama
critic in the history of the . . . — — Map (db m235154) HM
On Interstate 55 at milepost 239, on the right when traveling north.
"What sunshine is to flowers, Smiles are to humanity" Governor of the State of
Mississippi, 1976-1980
District Attorney of the
Seventeenth District, 1964 - 1972
Mississippi House of
Representative, 1960 - 1964
"Buoyed by hard work . . . — — Map (db m301852) HM
On East McLaurin Street at Franklin Street, on the left when traveling east on East McLaurin Street.
Andrew Johnson, architect, is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places for 21 of the homes and buildings he built in North Mississippi from 1870-1910. His nomination states that his designs "initiated a movement, which completely . . . — — Map (db m259129) HM
On Ballentine Road at Rock Hill Road, on the left when traveling east on Ballentine Road.
Dr. Lynda Ruth Campbell (1958-2001), a
native of Sardis, received degrees in special
education therapy and speech pathology at
Ole Miss. After earning a Ph.D. from Howard
University in 1985, she joined the faculty at
St. Louis University in . . . — — Map (db m235187) HM
On West Lee Street (Mississippi Route 315) at Hightower Street, on the right when traveling west on West Lee Street.
The home of John W. Kyle, state Supreme Court Justice, and Andrew Johnson, noted architect; Sardis began ca. 1844 as a tiny log school and preaching house. Incorp. in 1866, it became the seat of Panola County in 1871. — — Map (db m102672) HM
On Scenic Mississippi Route 315 north of Route 35.
Authorized by the Flood Control Act of
1936 and built by the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sardis Dam began operation
in October 1940. Located on the Little
Tallahatchie River, the dam contains
16,500,000 cubic yards of material and
controls . . . — — Map (db m267257) HM
On Mississippi Route 315 west of Mt Level Road, on the right when traveling west.
In the late 1930s, elementary teachers
Olivette Ellis and Minnie Smith. supported by
the trustees and county superintendent. worked
to open a training school for high school students.
With funding from the Smith-Hughes Act and a
teacher . . . — — Map (db m235177) HM
