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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Shelby County, Tennessee
Adjacent to Shelby County, Tennessee
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| On Adams Avenue at Second Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue. |
| | Designed by Architect James Gamble Rogers and dedicated on January 1, 1910, the Shelby County Courthouse is the largest and most ornate in Tennessee. Quarterly Court Chairman James Hill Barret led the movement for the imposing structure with modern . . . — — Map (db m82860) HM |
| Near State Road 0.1 miles west of Mullins Station Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Shelby County Hospital
Completed in June of 1935, the Shelby County Hospital at Shelby Farms was built here as a replacement for both the much older Shelby County Hospital, located on the workhouse grounds at Jackson Avenue, and the "County . . . — — Map (db m149046) HM |
| On G.E. Patterson Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east on G.E. Patterson Avenue. |
| | on October 18, 1877, at residence of Col. Mike Burke, 673 Shelby, Superintendent of Miss. & Tenn. RR, which was connected only with RR office and home of Col. H.A. Montgomery at Poplar & Bellevue. — — Map (db m116291) HM |
| On Union Ave, at Cooper Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Ave,. |
| | 1895- Lenox Methodist Episcopal South
1918- Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church South
1923-Ground-Breaking of new sanctuary on March 14
1968- Union Avenue Congregation 2010 - The Union Avenue Congregation merged with St. Luke's United . . . — — Map (db m84850) HM |
| | A. Skipwith Crevasse
Mile 499.4 AHP
When the levee at Skipwith Plantation broke in the flood of 1913, the water poured slowly through the break. Couriers on horseback were able to alert the residents of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, and no . . . — — Map (db m116150) HM |
| | The Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company founded by Robert Church, Sr., first Negro bank established in Memphis, opened at this site, 392 Beale Street, in 1906. It survived the money panic of 1907 and became the fourth largest black bank in the . . . — — Map (db m48758) HM |
| | Dedicated To The Memory of Southwestern Alumni Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In World War II
James S. Allman '42 Logan W. Hughs '36
Carl A. Arnout '42 William I. Hunt '34
Roy D Bachman '10 Curtis B. Hurley, Jr. '42
Hays Brantley, . . . — — Map (db m102270) WM |
| Near Island Drive 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue. |
| | The Spanish were the first Europeans to discover the Lower Mississippi, but 260 years of shifting international politics allowed them only occasional sovereignty over the area.
Hernando DeSoto's pioneering expedition stumbled on the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m53733) HM |
| On Walnut Grove Road 0.1 miles from North Mendenhall Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Founded January 10, 1851, St. Agnes Academy was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters from Kentucky. The school continued to operate during the Civil War and some nuns were pressed into service as nurses. Through the yellow fever epidemics of the . . . — — Map (db m84700) HM |
| On Peabody at Bellevue (U.S. 51), on the left when traveling west on Peabody. |
| | The earliest members of this church were among the founders of Methodism in Memphis. This congregation, established in 1859 as Central Church Mission, first met on Union Avenue. St. John's built in 1907, was designed by Beauregard C. Alsup. The . . . — — Map (db m83789) HM |
| On Poplar Ave. (U.S. 72) at Alabama Avenue, on the right on Poplar Ave.. |
| | St. Mary's Cathedral Chapel and Diocesan House
The church was founded on this site as an Episcopal Mission in 1857 and consecrated on Ascension Day in 1858 by James Otey, the first Bishop of Tennessee. It was designated as the Diocesan . . . — — Map (db m88167) HM |
| On North Third Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North Third Street. |
| | Parish founded in 1852 by German Catholics desiring ministry in their native tongue. Cornerstone laid 30 Sept. 1864 at this site while Union soldiers fired a salute. Second oldest Catholic church in Memphis. Designed by noted architect James B. Cook . . . — — Map (db m87022) HM |
| On Perkins Extended 0.1 miles from Walnut Grove Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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St. Mary's Episcopal School is the oldest private school in Memphis. It has operated continuously since its founding in 1847, and during most of its existence has been exclusively for girls. During the Civil War, Headmistress Mary . . . — — Map (db m86306) HM |
| On Adams Avenue at North Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue. |
| | St. Peter's was founded in 1840, the first Roman Catholic parish in West Tennessee and given to the Dominican Order in 1846. The present church was built 1852~1855 around a smaller church which was then dismantled and carried out the doors. Within . . . — — Map (db m32516) HM |
| On Adams Avenue at Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue. |
| | Exterior statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse includes, most prominently, six seated figures carved from single blocks of Tennessee marble, representing Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace, and Prosperity. Near the top of the north facade . . . — — Map (db m82861) HM |
| On East McLemore Avenue at College Street, on the right when traveling west on East McLemore Avenue. |
| | On this site stood Stax Records, Inc. which boasted such stars as Otis Redding, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Albert King, the Bar~Kays, and many others. It relied upon its deep soul roots to carry it through, struggling . . . — — Map (db m116284) HM |
| On Walker Avenue just east of Dr. Hollis F. Price Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Steele Hall was erected in 1914 when LeMoyne Institute, which began in 1862 and opened as LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School in 1871, was moved from Orleans Street to Walker Avenue. Named in honor of Andrew J. Steele, third principal from 1874 to . . . — — Map (db m149017) HM |
| On Lauderdale at Mississippi Boulevard, on the right on Lauderdale. |
| | Founded in 1902 by Thomas H. Hayes, Sr., T.H. Hayes and Sons Funeral Home is Memphis' oldest black business. Originally on Poplar, the business moved to Lauderdale in 1918. Hayes was active in the National Negro Business League founded by Booker T. . . . — — Map (db m89007) HM |
| | Although eastern Tennessee was settled in the 1770's, Western Tennessee was still wilderness when the state was admitted to the Union in 1796. Fort Pickering, a trading post of the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff was located near present day Memphis. At the . . . — — Map (db m82862) HM |
| | Bronze Plaque This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Corner stone Tennessee Club founded in 1875 by General Colton Greene. Club house built in 1890. Building . . . — — Map (db m74805) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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Tennessee River
Originally one of the wildest rivers east of the Mississippi, the Tennessee has become a major waterway in the southeastern United States.
From headwaters above Knoxville, Tennessee the Tennessee first flows south on a . . . — — Map (db m114726) HM |
| On Glenview Avenue just east of Oaklawn Street, on the right. |
| | On the evening of July 12, 1935, in the garden behind this house, the Garden Players under the direction of Arthur Scharff performed Tennessee Williams' first staged play "Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay." Bernice D. Shapiro was listed as co-author, and . . . — — Map (db m87436) HM |
| On University Street at Snowden Avenue, in the median on University Street. |
| | In the spring of 1935 while visiting his grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Walter Dakin, at 1917 Snowden, Tennessee Williams first encountered Chekhov in Southwestern's library and wrote his first produced play. "Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay." It was . . . — — Map (db m87440) HM |
| On Walker Ave east of Dr. Hollis F. Price Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Sit-In Movement against racial segregation reached Memphis Friday, March 18, 1960 when seven Owen Junior College students sat-in at the lunch counter in McClellan’s Variety Store downtown. The next day, 36 students from LeMoyne College and Owen . . . — — Map (db m147551) HM |
| On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at North Belvedere Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Avenue. |
| | To protest a city ordinance that banned cross dressing, members of the gay community organized a public drag pageant on October 31, 1969. They named the event the Miss Memphis Review. With a wide array of Memphis residents appearing publicly in . . . — — Map (db m144319) HM |
| On South Willett Street just south of Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Antenna Club–"World Famous" and Family Owned"
Months ahead of MTV, the Antenna broadcast "Rock America” videos on five TV sets. They were turned on before and after live performances from such groups as The Crime, The Modifiers, . . . — — Map (db m147605) HM |
| | The Threat of drastic change in the Lower Mississippi River channel at the Old River Junction has been the most serious problem in the modern history of the river. The Mississippi once curved westward in this area through Turnbill’s Bend. In 1831, . . . — — Map (db m116183) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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Mile 90.2 AHP
Word of the treaty signed in December 1814, was slow to reach the countryside south of New Orleans, LA. Before dawn on January 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson’s American troops were waiting for a British attack. Commanded . . . — — Map (db m114922) HM |
| On South Main Street at East Nettleton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
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The Blues Foundation, the world’s premier organization dedicated to honoring, preserving, and promoting the blues, was founded in Memphis in 1980. Mississippi-born performers and business professionals in the Foundation’s Blues Hall . . . — — Map (db m63288) HM |
| On 3rd Street at Lt George W Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | The bright lights of Beale Street and the promise of musical stardom have lured blues musicians from nearby Mississippi since the early 1900s. Early Memphis blues luminaries who migrated from Mississippi include Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Jim Jackson . . . — — Map (db m82863) HM |
| On Chelsea Avenue (Tennessee Route 3) at North 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on Chelsea Avenue. |
| | Organized in 1856, the Third Presbyterian Church was completed in 1860. Known as The Brick Church, it was a reference point in early Memphis directories. In 1861 citizens of Chelsea met in the Church and voted for secession. After Memphis was . . . — — Map (db m148612) HM |
| On Union Avenue (U.S. 70, 79) 0.1 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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The Commercial Appeal
This newspaper began in 1839 as THE WESTERN WORLD & MEMPHIS BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION. In 1840 Col. Henry Van Pelt bought and renamed it THE MEMPHIS APPEAL. During the Civil War it published on the . . . — — Map (db m55377) HM |
| Near Union Avenue at South 2nd Street (Tennessee Highway 14), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1872 every building in this city block was leveled in what was called "the worst fire in Memphis history". The entire cost of the damage was $266,000 or about the cost of one large new house in 2003. — — Map (db m148907) HM |
| On Adams Avenue west of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1869 by James Lee, Jr. (1832–1905), lawyer, riverman and leader in the development of Memphis, the first Lee House was designed by architect Joseph Willis. In this home of Italianate-Victorian design also lived James Lee, Sr. . . . — — Map (db m82864) HM |
| On Union Avenue 0.1 miles east of Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Organized in 1835, the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad operated the first train from Memphis 4 1/2 miles on March 29, 1842, on the present roadbed of the Southern Railway. The depot which was destroyed by fire February 1, 1853 was located here. The . . . — — Map (db m8125) HM |
| On Beale Street just east of Rufus Thomas Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Starting business in 1900, Clarence Gillis and brothers Andrew and Cornelius were noted entrepreneurs. They adopted the name "Gillis Brothers” and engaged in several business ventures, the first of which was a grocery located on Polk Street. . . . — — Map (db m147558) HM |
| On Beale Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Beale Street. |
| | On this corner the Grand Opera House was dedicated on September 22, 1890. "The Grand" was destroyed by fire October 17, 1923
The New Orpheum Theatre was rebuilt and opened November 19, 1928
For over a century this corner has been the . . . — — Map (db m148900) HM |
| On Central Ave at East Parkway South on Central Ave. |
| | Typifying the American Volunteer who fought Spain in Cuba, the Philippines, and Boxer Rebellion. Erected in 1956 with funds raised by Spanish War veterans of Memphis under the leadership of Fred Bauer, Commander. — — Map (db m86723) WM |
| Near Monroe Avenue just west of Maggie H. Isabell Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Cousins Tony Angelos and Charles Skinner emigrated from Greece together and opened "The Hole in the Wall" cafe behind the old Peabody Hotel in 1911. In 1923, they opened the Bon Ton Cafe, which became a favorite haunt of Elvis in his early days and . . . — — Map (db m148960) HM |
| On Beale Street 0.2 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as a Federal . . . — — Map (db m55514) HM |
| On South Main Street near Gayoso, in the median. |
| | During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Jet magazine reported in 1965 that members of the Lee Family of Memphis “have been arrested 17 times for civil rights activities and claim the title of the Most Arrested Family'' in the . . . — — Map (db m129505) HM |
| On Union Avenue just west of Patricia Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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This congregation began meeting in the home of Simon Bradford at Front and Talbot in 1837. Encouraged by visits from Alexander Campbell, one of the founders of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the first Christian Church . . . — — Map (db m87091) HM |
| On Mulberry Street at Hulling Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Mulberry Street. |
| | Originally the Windsor Hotel (c. 1925) and later one of only a few hotels for blacks, it hosted such entertainers as Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, B.B. King, and Nat King Cole. Walter and Loree Bailey bought it in 1942, renaming it . . . — — Map (db m82865) HM |
| On Summer Avenue (U.S. 79) 0.2 miles west of Shelby Oaks, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Side One
Near this spot on May 22, 1917, a lynching party chained Ell Persons to a log, doused him in gasoline, and burned him alive. An estimated 5,000 spectators witnessed his death or viewed his remains soon afterward. Persons, a black . . . — — Map (db m103638) HM |
| On Summer Ave (U.S. 70) at Bartlett Road, on the left when traveling east on Summer Ave. |
| | Front Near this spot, on May 22, 1917, a mob tied Ell Persons to a log, doused him with gasoline, and burned him alive. Several thousand people watched in what newspapers described as a holiday atmosphere.
Authorities had arrested Persons, a . . . — — Map (db m105947) HM |
| On North Front Street at A.W. Willis, on the right on North Front Street. |
| | A mob estimated at 3,000 people gathered near this spot on the night of July 22, 1893, with the intent of breaking into the Shelby County Jail and seizing Lee Walker, a black prisoner accused of attempting to rape a young white woman. Four days . . . — — Map (db m121570) HM |
| On Raleigh La Grange Road 0.3 miles east of Shelby View Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
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Near this spot on the night of January 15, 1869, a group of masked horsemen lynched Wash Henley, a black Union army veteran, for running away with his white employer's teenage daughter. Henley, born about 1841 in Mississippi, had served as . . . — — Map (db m146805) HM |
| On North Hollywood Street 0.1 miles north of Jackson Avenue (Route 14), on the right when traveling north. |
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Front
The first African-American students to enroll in Springdale Elementary were Deborah Holt and Jaqueline Moore. Both lived closer to Springdale than to the African-American school where they otherwise would have been assigned. . . . — — Map (db m89501) HM |
| On Carr Ave., on the right when traveling south. |
| | Front
The first African-American students to enroll in Bruce Elementary were Dwania Kyles, Menelik Fombi (formerly Michael Willis), and Harry Williams. All lived closer to Bruce than to the African-American school where they would other . . . — — Map (db m89522) HM |
| On Decatur Street 0 miles south of Looney Ave., on the left when traveling north. |
| | Front
The first African-American students to enroll in Gordon Elementary School were Sharon Malone, Sheila Malone, Pamela Mayes, and Alvin Freeman. They were chosen in part because they lived closer to traditionally white schools than to . . . — — Map (db m89503) HM |
| On Roland Street at Walker Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Roland Street. |
| | Front
The first African-American students to enroll in Rozelle Elementary School were E. C. Freeman, Joyce Bell, Clarence Williams, and Leandrew Wiggens. Mattie Freeman, mother of E. C. Freeman, said, "It would be foolish to send my . . . — — Map (db m89524) HM |
| On South Center Lane at Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Center Lane. |
| | From this spot press and type of the Appeal were loaded on a freight car at Main and Madison in early morning, June 6, 1862, just before a naval battle. This paper kept the journalistic flag of the Confederacy flying from Grenada, Miss., then . . . — — Map (db m148921) HM |
| On 352 Beale Street west of South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1). |
| | Musician • Composer • Publisher. 1873–1958. Father of the Blues. In this house was born Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues and other great songs. This house was moved here from 659 Janette Street in 1983 and . . . — — Map (db m3240) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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The Riverwalk is a portrait of Old Man River in the miniature-the winding 1.000-mile journey of the lower Mississippi reproduced in a one-half mile concrete sculpture. On a horizontal scale of 30 inches, or one step, to the mile, this flowing . . . — — Map (db m114725) |
| On Vance Ave. at Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east on Vance Ave.. |
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Completed in 1896, this Gothic church edifice was erected by the Grace Episcopal Church. Because the Memphis Housing Authority selected a site for public housing in proximity to Grace Episcopal Church, in November 1938, Grace . . . — — Map (db m89017) HM |
| On Jim McGehee Pkwy just south of Winchester Road, on the right. |
| | Vernon Omlie, a flight instructor during World War I, and Phoebe Fairgrave began barnstorming in the Midwest in 1921. They landed in Memphis a year later, married and opened the first commercial aviation company in Memphis. Mid-South Airways, Inc. . . . — — Map (db m89711) HM |
| On Museum Drive 0 miles east of Morrie Moss, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Overton Park Shell
The Works Progress Administration and City of Memphis built the Overton park Shell in 1936 for $11,935. Of 27 WPA Shells built nationwide, this is one of the few remaining. However, several time city officials slated . . . — — Map (db m99173) HM |
| Near Monroe Avenue at South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This was the site of the original Peabody Hotel from 1869 until 1923. George Peabody was a businessman who set aside $3.5 million to improve education in the South in 1868. After his death the following year, friend and business associate Robert . . . — — Map (db m148956) HM |
| On Madison Avenue at Maggie H. Isabell Street, on the right when traveling east on Madison Avenue. |
| | Front
On this site during 1953 and 1954, the Goodwyn
Institute Building Auditorium was home to "The
Saturday Night Jamboree" a live country music
show that debuted a group of unknown artists
who later made music history. Among . . . — — Map (db m116305) HM |
| Near Monroe Avenue just east of South Front Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The 10th through 12th floors of the Shrine Building held the headquarters of the Al Chymia Shrine Temple from 1923 to 1936, and the Shriners' logo is still etched above the door. The Shrine Building was renovated into apartments by Henry Turley in . . . — — Map (db m148946) HM |
| Near Riverside Drive south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of the worst maritime disasters in world history occurred 7 miles north of Memphis on April 27, 1865, when the steamer Sultana exploded and burned with the loss of over 1,547 lives. Built to carry only 376 passengers, the Sultana had over 2,300 . . . — — Map (db m116282) HM |
| | This public institution of higher learning has grown with the city of Memphis since opening in 1912. Its development went through the following stages: West Tennessee State Normal School (1912-25); West Tennessee State Teachers College (1925-1941); . . . — — Map (db m74832) HM |
| On McLemore Ave at Krayer Street, on the right when traveling east on McLemore Ave. |
| | In 1900, the University of West Tennessee was established by Dr. Miles V. Lynk, M.D. Seven years later he moved it to Memphis. A graduate of Meharry Medical College, Dr. Lynk was editor of the Medical and Surgical Observer, the first medical journal . . . — — Map (db m106486) HM |
| | This chimney swift tower celebrates the work of Ben and Lula Coffey who directed members of the Tennessee Ornithological Society, Boy Scouts, and others in banding 113,000 swifts from 1932 to 1959. Rediscovery of six of the bands in Peru helped to . . . — — Map (db m108330) HM |
| | The American Flag flying above you was previously flown over 14th Air Force Headquarters, Vandenberg AFB, CA on May 13, 2011 supporting Joint Space Forces and the Department of Defense. During World War II, by executive order signed by President . . . — — Map (db m86684) HM WM |
| On Beale Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Beale Street. |
| | Robert R. Church, Sr.
1839-1912
Pioneer businessman, first citizen to buy bond to restore City Charter after yellow fever epidemics of 1878-1879 had reduced Memphis to a taxing district, bought bond number one of first series for . . . — — Map (db m107461) HM |
| On North Court Street west of North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1865-66 Edison was military telegraph operator with the Federal occupation army, working in a building formerly at the east corner of North Court and November 6 Streets, and boarding next door. Trying to invent an auto-repeat key, he managed to . . . — — Map (db m74808) HM WM |
| On South Parkway East 0.7 miles east of South Willett Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In March of 1892, business partners Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell and William Henry Stewart were arrested for defending an attack on their store, The People's Grocery. The white competitor and the deputy sheriffs he hired were met with gunfire. . . . — — Map (db m141200) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Tiptonville, Tennessee
Mile 872.8 AHP
Its ridge-top location has kept Tiptonville dry through every flood since it was founded in the early 1800s. It was a flourishing little river town by the beginning of the Civil War, and served as . . . — — Map (db m114735) HM |
| Near University just north of Walker Avenue. |
| | The majestic Bengal tiger was adopted as the official mascot of Memphis in 1939. It represents the University's commitment to academic excellence and celebrates leadership, athletic strength and valor. To foster campus spirit, the Highland Hundred . . . — — Map (db m86718) HM |
| On S. Riverside Blvd near Beale Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Tom Lee with his boat “Zev” saved thirty-two lives when the steamer U.S. Norman sank about twenty miles below Memphis May 8, 1925. But he has a finer monument than this—an invisible one. A monument of kindliness, generosity, . . . — — Map (db m4947) HM |
| | Late afternoon of May 8, 1925, Tom Lee (1886-1952) steered his 28' skiff Zev upriver after delivering an official to Helena.
Also on the river was a steamboat, the M. E. Norman, carrying members of the Engineers Club of Memphis, . . . — — Map (db m82866) HM |
| On Colonial Road at Sea Isle Road, on the right when traveling north on Colonial Road. |
| | Side 1 On February 1, 1968, sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker took shelter from the rain inside their truck's garbage barrel because they had no raincoats. One block south of here, at the corner of Colonial and Verne, the . . . — — Map (db m83491) HM |
| On Townes Avenue at Jackson Avenue (U.S. 14), on the left when traveling south on Townes Avenue. |
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U.S. Colored Troops and the Battle of Fort Pillow
Buried in Memphis National Cemetery are the remains of 248 mostly unknown Union officers and soldiers — including 109 graves representing the U.S. Colored Troops — who fell at . . . — — Map (db m118987) HM |
| Near Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Tennessee could not go through Overton Park to build I-40 based on environmental issues. This east-west interstate now follows I-240 around the north side of Memphis. It remains the only . . . — — Map (db m37713) HM |
| On Union Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Avenue. |
| | Contrary to popular belief, Union Avenue’s name has nothing to do with the Civil War. The street was the southern boundary of Memphis until 1850, when the city consolidated with the rival city of South Memphis. The street was named to commemorate . . . — — Map (db m151241) HM |
| On Linden Avenue (Tennessee Route 278) at South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1), on the right when traveling west on Linden Avenue. |
| | Universal Life Insurance Building
Designed by the African-American architectural firm of McKissack and McKissack and constructed in 1949, this building houses the national headquarters of the Universal Life Insurance Company. The . . . — — Map (db m63289) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Venice Louisiana
Mile 10.8 AHP
Venice lies at the end of the longest continuous levee line in the world, stretching 650 miles north to the Arkansas River. It is the last town accessible by a highway on the west bank of the . . . — — Map (db m114915) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Vicksburg
Mile 437.1 AHP
A flourishing river port in the antebellum of Vicksburg was the site of a major Turing point of the U. S. Civil War. The Mississippi later changed course and by-passed the valley, but a man-made canal has . . . — — Map (db m115168) HM |
| Near North Front Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The daughter of a Confederate sympathizer, Ginnie Moon was a noted Southern Civil War spy. Born in Ohio, Ginnie moved to Memphis with her mother in 1862. She was arrested for spying soon after the Federal Army occupied the city, but escaped to . . . — — Map (db m55309) HM |
| On Union Avenue (U.S. 64) east of Hernando Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Maj. Gen. C.C. Washburn, Federal commander in Memphis, lived in a house which stood here at the time of Gen. Forrest's dawn raid. He escaped capture by decamping through the back door in his night clothes. His uniform and sword seized by raiders . . . — — Map (db m115226) HM |
| | A. Waterproof, Louisiana
Mile 381.0 AHP
This small community was moved four times due to floods and the towns caving banks. The original location is now said to lie in the Mississippi River. During its third washout, a newspaper reported . . . — — Map (db m115163) HM |
| On Union Avenue at S November 6th St. Or Gen Washburns Escape Alley, on the left when traveling east on Union Avenue. |
| | WDIA, the Goodwill Station, was the first radio station in the nation to have an all-black format. This format made WDIA the top-rated Memphis Station in the early 1950's. In 1948, Nat D. Williams became its first black "D-J". Among those who . . . — — Map (db m55317) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue. |
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A) White Hall Plantation
Mile 166.0 AHP
One of the most effective Confederate gun batteries on the river was located near White Hall. When it was bombarded by the Union Ironclad, Monongahela in 1863, the vessel’s commander was . . . — — Map (db m114993) HM |
| Near North 2nd Street (State Highway 3) at South Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Court Square was pretty far out of town in the early days. Wildcats still prowled in its woods as recently as the 1870's — — Map (db m148977) HM |
| On Southern Ave., on the left when traveling west on Southern Ave.. |
| | This monument is erected to preserve the memory of William G. Leftwich, Jr., Lt. Colonel, United States Marine Corps. A native Memphian who lost his life on November 18, 1970, when the helicopter carrying him and members of a reconnaissance team he . . . — — Map (db m83801) WM |
| On Looney Avenue at Ayers Street, on the right when traveling east on Looney Avenue. |
| | Born on July 2. 1897, in Somerville, Tenn., to sharecropper parents, the Rev. William H. Brewster was a prolific composer of gospel music, contributing over 200 works to the repertory. Two of his compositions, Move On Up a Little Higher . . . — — Map (db m148623) HM |
| On North Lane near Lyndale Avenue, on the right. |
| | This building is dedicated as an enduring memorial to William Neely Mallory-outstanding athlete, distinguished citizen, gallant soldier. A dynamic leader and All-America fullback, "Memphis Bill" was named by his classmates "the man who did the most . . . — — Map (db m102328) HM WM |
| On Willie Mitchell Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Constructed as the Shamrock Theater in 1915, this
building was converted into Royal Recording Studios
in 1957. Home of Hi Records and the Hi Rhythm
Section, Royal grew from a minor rockabilly studio
Into one of the most successful producers . . . — — Map (db m116353) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Willow Cutoff
Mile 464.3 AHP
Before 1913, the lower Mississippi took a sharp turn east in this area, in a 14-mile long bend through what is now Lake Albemarle. During the 1913 flood, the river abandoned Albermarle Bend, taking a . . . — — Map (db m115521) HM |
| On Lane Ave. at St. Jude Place, on the right when traveling north on Lane Ave.. |
| | The Winchester New Burying Grounds was established in 1828 as the first cemetery by Andrew Jackson, John Overton, and James Winchester, the three original land owners of Memphis. At that time, the city government was less than two years old. Prior . . . — — Map (db m88161) HM |
| On South Second Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1977 WLOK became Memphis' first African-American owned radio station. Established on this site, Gilliam Communications' WLOK is a family-oriented format on which many of the nation's top African-American leaders have appeared. Several of the . . . — — Map (db m13819) HM |
| | Memphis' first full-service radio station began regularly scheduled broadcasting on January 20, 1923, from the top floor of this building, which was then the home of The Commercial Appeal newspaper. Listeners enjoyed a full range of musical . . . — — Map (db m98306) HM |
| On Adams Avenue 0.1 miles west of North Orleans Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1871 along "Millionaires Row", this French Victorian mansion was home to two prominent Memphis families. Amos Woodruff, a successful carriage maker, built the house for his family. Noland Fontaine, an established businessman, purchased . . . — — Map (db m145375) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Young’s Point
Mile 443.5 AHP
Before he began digging at Milliken’s Bend, General U.S. Grant had tried to build a canal below Young’s Point. If successful, the project would have created an artificial cutoff and diverted the river . . . — — Map (db m115169) HM |
| On South Parkway East at Pillow Street, on the left when traveling east on South Parkway East. |
| | Zion Cemetery, comprising 15 acres, was established in 1876 by the United Sons of Zion Association, a group of former slaves who responded to the need for a respectable burial site for African-Americans. It is the final resting place for many . . . — — Map (db m86450) HM |
| On East Parkway South (Tennessee Route 277) at Young Avenue, on the right when traveling north on East Parkway South. |
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Zippin Pippin
The wooden roller coaster erected on the Fairgrounds in 1923 was the Mid-South’s premier outdoor amusement park ride for more than eight decades. It was built by coaster design pioneer John Miller and was . . . — — Map (db m106354) HM |
| On Big Creek Road 0.2 miles north of Bateman Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | It is thought that by 1812, Big Creek Baptist Church had been organized under a brush arbor by pioneers settling near Big Creek. When the log church burned in 1832, a "box" church was built with "sides" where slaves worshiped. Many black people, . . . — — Map (db m107519) HM |
| On Barret Road 0.2 miles south of Mudville Road, on the right when traveling south. |
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Robert Calvin Bland enjoyed a long and highly successful career as blues singer and songwriter "Bobby Blue Bland.” He spent his childhood in the community of Barretville. By age 11, he was singing for drivers of mule-drawn cotton wagons at . . . — — Map (db m148560) HM |
| On Barret Road 0.2 miles south of Mudville Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the winter of 1862-63, Confederate troops, including the First Tennessee
Partisan Rangers, successfully attacked Federal troops in a series of skirmishes in southwest Tennessee. To deter further strikes, Union cavalry from Memphis, Jackson, . . . — — Map (db m148565) HM |
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