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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 just west of North Neely Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | At this site, on November 17, 1871, the Christian Brothers purchased what was the Memphis Female College. Brother Maurelian, who served as the first president of Christian Brothers College, along with three other Brothers and one layman, opened . . . — — Map (db m148989) HM |
| On Walnut Grove Road at Briarview Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Grove Road. |
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Christian Brothers High School
Christian Brothers High School, the oldest high school for boys in Memphis, opened November 21, 1871 as the secondary department of Christian Brothers College at 612 Adams Avenue. CBC was established by the . . . — — Map (db m63274) HM |
| On Beale Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | At this location Church Park and Auditorium was established in 1899 by Robert R. Church Sr., a Memphis business man and former slave, to provide recreational facilities for members of his race who had no other place to meet. Many famous Americans, . . . — — Map (db m82845) HM |
| On Beale Street 0.1 miles east of 4th Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Established in 1899, Church's park and auditorium was the only such facility in the United States owned entirely by a black man and conducted in the interest of black people.
Standard admission to the auditorium was 15¢ seating capacity was 2200, . . . — — Map (db m107386) HM |
| On North Second Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Second Street. |
| | After the fall of Nashville Governor Isham Harris convened the Tennessee Legislature on this site February 20-March 20, 1862. The state archives were also stored here. — — Map (db m116300) HM |
| On Union Avenue west of South Front Avenue. |
| | The Woolen Building was built with bricks made on-site in the 1840s. Federal troops later used its basement as a hospital during the Civil War. It is the oldest commercial building in Memphis. — — Map (db m116721) HM |
| On Riverside Drive south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1860, Memphis had Tennessee's largest cotton and slave markets and was a strategic Mississippi River gateway. The naval battle of Memphis in June 1862 took place as thousands of residents watched nine Union vessels defeat eight Confederate ships. . . . — — Map (db m55313) HM |
| | A.Claiborne Landing
Mile 188.3 AHP
This was the plantation home of William C.C. Claiborne. At the age of 21, Claiborne helped write a constitution for the new state of Tennessee and five years later President Jefferson appointed him . . . — — Map (db m114995) HM |
| | Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic Stock Exchange battle. Developers who bought the grounds gave . . . — — Map (db m74831) HM |
| On Hernando Street just south of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue (U.S. 78), on the left when traveling south. |
| | This building. designed by architects
Long & Kees with E. C. Jones supervising, was dedicated to the worship
of God on Jan. 1, 1893. It was the second home of Second Presbyterian
Church (organized Dec. 28, 1844)
until sold to the AME Church in . . . — — Map (db m148963) HM |
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There were several boat landings in this general area during the nineteenth century. An 1827 drawing shows a public landing approximately on-half mile north of this spot, but changes in the "batture" or built-up bank caused by the river moved the . . . — — Map (db m88262) HM |
| Near Union Avenue at Wagner Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Cobblestones that line the river landing once stretched all the way to Front Street, from Beale Street north to Court Avenue. The cobblestones were installed between 1859-1881 and are still intact underneath the pavement on Union Avenue. — — Map (db m148901) HM |
| On Washington Avenue at North Orleans Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Avenue. |
| | A “Daughter” of Wesley Chapel (later, the First United Methodist Church), Collins Chapel was organized in 1841 and purchased this site in 1859. Names for its first pastor, J. T. C. Collins, it predates the formation of the CME . . . — — Map (db m63368) HM |
| | Barges first appeared on the Mississippi River after the U. S. Civil War, as river interest tried to compete with the railroads’ growing domination. The railroads won this transportation duel and tows practically disappeared from the river until WWI . . . — — Map (db m115159) HM |
| On Front Street south of Jefferson Ave., on the right when traveling south. |
| | This bluff was fortified by Gen. Pillow May 1862. Thirty seven companies were equipped here for the Confederate service. The Confederate Ram, Arkansas, one of the first ironclad battleships in the Navy, was built and partially armored here, but . . . — — Map (db m82848) HM |
| Near North Front Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Opened in 1906 as part of the Memphis Park and Parkway System, Confederate Park commemorates the Battle of Memphis. When Confederate forces retreated to Mississippi after the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, unfortified Memphis became vulnerable to . . . — — Map (db m82849) HM |
| Near South Dudley Street when traveling south. |
| | Confederate Soldiers Rest is located in the Fowler Section of Historic Elmwood Cemetery. Over 1000 Confederate Soldiers and Veterans are buried here. An article in The Memphis Daily Appeal on 27 June 1861 stated that this plot was dedicated to the . . . — — Map (db m51628) HM |
| | When Southern states seceded from the Union in 1861, the Mississippi River became not only a vital commercial waterway, but also a strategic route through the heart of the Confederacy. The river proved to be the South's greatest weakness. At the . . . — — Map (db m82850) HM |
| On Main Street at Exchange Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Jews have been part of Tennessee’s economic, social and political life since the late 18th century. Congregation Children of Israel, chartered by the State of Tennessee, March 2, 1854, rented and eventually purchased a building near this site at . . . — — Map (db m84648) HM |
| Near Union Avenue at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Memphis Cotton Exchange, was first organized in 1873 and is still operating today, though cotton trading is now done by computers. In the early 1950s a seat on the Exchange could cost a new member $17,000. Memphis was the largest spot cotton . . . — — Map (db m116725) HM |
| On North 2nd Street (State Highway 14) at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 2nd Street. |
| | Court Square was almost sold to developers in the 1870s to pay back debts incurred in the yellow fever epidemics. It was almost sold again in the early 1900s for a skyscraper, and still again in the 1940s for parking. — — Map (db m148966) HM |
| On Peabody Avenue just west of South Rembert Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Edward Hull Crump, Memphis political leader for half a century, constructed this residence for his family and himself in 1909. The landscaping was his constant pride until his death here on October 16, 1954. — — Map (db m149033) HM |
| On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at Oakhaven Road, on the left when traveling east on Poplar Avenue. |
| | A unique cave was constructed by Memoral Park founder E. Clovis Hinds and Mexican artist Dioñicio Rodriguez in 1935-38. Natural rock and quartz crystal collected from the Ozarks form the background for nine scenes from the life of Christ. The cave . . . — — Map (db m88312) HM |
| On North Main Street at South Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | The D.T. Porter Building was Memphis’ first skyscraper and the tallest building south of St. Louis when completed in 1895. Some city officials believed a building that tall would blow over in a strong wind. Visitors paid 10 cents to ride one of the . . . — — Map (db m148974) HM |
| On Beale Street just east of South November 6th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Thanks to entertainer Danny Thomas, who founded St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis, this road bears the name Beale Street. Created as an avenue in 1841, locals began calling it Beale Street after the African-American blues legend W.C. . . . — — Map (db m154265) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Davis Island, Mississippi
Mile 415.0 AHP
A large bend once curved around this land which the first settlers name Palmyra. Jefferson Davis established his Briercliffe Plantation here in 1835, next to his brother Joseph’s Hurricane . . . — — Map (db m115167) HM |
| On Park Avenue at Raymond Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Park Avenue. |
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George Michael Deaderick in 1807 established and was president of the Nashville Bank, the first bank in the state. His son, John G. Deaderick, owned 5,000 acres of land, a portion of which was passed down to his son, William Pitt Deaderick, and . . . — — Map (db m149024) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Donaldson Point, Missouri
Mile 905.3 AHP
Union forces dug a canal across Donaldson Point in 1862 hoping to use it to bypass Confederate batteries at Island No. 10. The canal proved to be too shallow, but the rebels scuttled the . . . — — Map (db m114731) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue. |
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A) Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Mile 175.0 AHP
A trading post was established where Bayou Lafourche met the river in 1750, and a small community grew up around it. Most of the settlers were French, but the town was named . . . — — Map (db m114994) HM |
| On Mississippi Boulevard at Edith Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Mississippi Boulevard. |
| | In 1923, Dr. J.E. Walker co-founded and was the first president of Universal Life Insurance Company, established in Memphis. A physician by training, he helped organize the old Memphis Negro Chamber of Commerce in 1926. Walker served as president of . . . — — Map (db m116287) HM |
| On Jackson Ave (Tennessee Route 14) at Villa on Jackson Ave. |
| | Sunday school held in a schoolhouse led to the formation of Eastland Presbyterian Church November 11, 1906 with Dr. W.H. Gragg, Sr., E.H. Porter and Captain T.H. Savage, Elders. Dr. Gragg secured the lumber for the original frame building from the . . . — — Map (db m88498) HM |
| On Dr Hollis F Price Street at Walker Ave., on the right when traveling north on Dr Hollis F Price Street. |
| | In 1870, Edward Shaw became the first Memphis black to run for U.S. Congress. Though he did not win, he was active in politics, serving on the County Commission, the City Council, and as Wharfmaster in the 1870s. In 1875, Shaw was editor of a black . . . — — Map (db m121433) HM |
| Near North Front Street at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Born in Bolivar, Elizabeth Meriwether spent much of her life in Memphis. A noted author, her more famous works include The Master of Red Leaf, Black and White, and Recollections of 92 Years. Mrs. Meriwether toured many states lecturing in support of . . . — — Map (db m55308) HM |
| Near South Dudley Street 0.5 miles south of E.H. Crump Boulevard (U.S. 78), on the left. |
| | Elmwood Cemetery was established on August 28, 1852. Buried here are Memphis pioneer families: 14 Confederate generals; victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878; Governors Isham G. Harris and James C. Jones; U.S. Senators Kenneth D. McKellar, . . . — — Map (db m21334) HM |
| Near Elvis Presley Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, the son of Vernon and Gladys Presley. He moved to Memphis in 1948. Soon after signing a contract with Sun Records in 1954 he achieved tremendous popularity. His musical and acting . . . — — Map (db m9509) HM |
| On Union Avenue (U.S. 51/64) at Marshall Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Union Avenue. |
| | Front In July 1954 Sun Records released Elvis Presley's first recording. That record, and Elvis' four that followed on the Sun label, changed popular music. Elvis developed an innovative and different sound combining blues, gospel, and . . . — — Map (db m37261) HM |
| On West Brooks Road 0 miles from Ford Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Ernest C. Withers (1922-2007) began his career as a photographer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Upon leaving the military, he opened a commercial photography studio and worked as a freelance photojournalist for Black newspapers and magazines . . . — — Map (db m114545) HM |
| On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at South Perkins Road, on the left when traveling east on Poplar Avenue. |
| | Side 1:
Organized October 18, 1850 on two acres of land donated by Col. Eppy White, using the Greek word "Eudora" signifying "good gift" as its name, this church met in a log schoolhouse until the congregation's first structure was erected . . . — — Map (db m83572) HM |
| Near Poplar Ave. (U.S. 72) at Perkins Road. |
| | Organized October 18, 1850 on two acres donated by Col. Eppy White, the church met in a log schoolhouse until the first building was erected in 1851. The first pastor was J.B. Canada. A larger building completed in 1858 was used as a Federal . . . — — Map (db m132039) HM |
| On Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, 1798: immigrated to the United States, 1828;
settled in Memphis, 1833.
His home was the scene of three important religious occasions in Memphis:
first Catholic mass, 1839;
first Catholic marriage, 1840; . . . — — Map (db m32518) HM |
| On North Lane at Lyndale Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Lane. |
| | Welcome to Fargason Fields.
Conveyed to the college in 1922
by John T. Fargason and his sister
Mary Fargason Falls,
in memory of their father
J.T. Fargason. Fargason Fields
encompasses 15 acres on the
north side of the campus. Originally
the . . . — — Map (db m102327) HM |
| Near Union Avenue at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Before 88 Union Center was renovated in the 1980's, it was known as the Three Sisters Building for the ladies apparel store that opened here in 1938. Before that, the 1927 building was called the Farnsworth Building after its financier, C.F. . . . — — Map (db m148904) HM |
| On Union Avenue east of South Front Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed in the 1980s. — — Map (db m116720) HM |
| On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) at East Parkway North, on the right when traveling west on Poplar Avenue. |
| | Front
On April 3, 1839, 11 Baptists met in the home of Spencer Hail to organize a Baptist church. The next day, the group met to sign articles of faith. On Sunday, April 7, the group was organized as a regular Baptist church and baptised . . . — — Map (db m86577) HM |
| On Linden Ave (or) Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Ave. (Tennessee Route 278) at S. Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling west on Linden Ave (or) Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Ave.. |
| | (Front Side):
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church was designed by architect R. H. Hunt and built in 1906. It is constructed of yellow bricks along a Georgian-architectural style. It housed a congregation of 2,200 members . . . — — Map (db m55466) HM |
| On Lauderdale at Mississippi Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Lauderdale. |
| | Front
Originally known as Beale Street Baptists Church First Baptist Church, Lauderdale began in 1865 as the first black Baptist church in West Tennessee. In 1877, it split from Beale Street Baptists. Through a legal action in 1894, it . . . — — Map (db m89009) HM |
| On Union Avenue at November 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Union Avenue. |
| | On October 25, 1948 at 4p.m., Nat D. Williams signed on at WDIA radio, becoming the first black disc jockey on the South's first all-black radio station. His revolutionary rhythm and blues program followed a show called "Hillbilly Party" and . . . — — Map (db m116723) HM |
| Near S Watkins Street at Eastmoreland Ave.. Reported missing. |
| | Founded 1862, organized 1864 with 25 members, this was the earliest Congregational Church in Memphis and State of Tennessee; known first as Union Church, next as Strangers Church, at two downtown locations. This classical modified Ionic building, . . . — — Map (db m88064) HM |
| Near North Main Street just south of Winchester Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Shelby County's first court house, a $50 cabin, was built here in 1820. The court moved to Raleigh, and the cabin then housed the first newspaper, the Memphis Advocate, which began January 18, 1827. — — Map (db m148633) HM |
| On Summer Avenue 0.1 miles east of North Mendenhall Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The world’s first Holiday Inn was opened on this site, August 1, 1952 by Memphis entrepreneur Kemmons Wilson as a result of his unsatisfactory lodging experiences on a vacation the prior summer with his wife Dorothy and their five children. He soon . . . — — Map (db m63364) HM |
| On North Front Street at Jackson Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Front Street. |
| | From here north to Auction Avenue steamboats landed; flatboats used the mouth of Gayoso Bayou above. Paddy Meagher, associated with this bluff as early as 1783, built a warehouse here in 1828. In 1829 Emmanuel Young built the town's first brick . . . — — Map (db m116298) HM |
| On North Main Street north of Winchester Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1820 several log cabins were built here to provide for the land office opening. Samuel Brown, first sheriff, later kept tavern on the same site. Adjacent on the south was the office of Frances Wright's Nashoba colony. — — Map (db m116296) HM |
| On North 2nd Street at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 2nd Street. |
| | Despite the hardships and divided loyalties of the Civil War, First National Bank of Memphis received Charter No. 336 from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on March 25, 1864. Renamed First Tennessee in 1971, the city's first federally . . . — — Map (db m148967) HM |
| On Washington Avenue east of North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Jones & Furbringer, Architects, this building opened in 1925 as the Criminal Courts Building, housing two divisions of criminal court, a 300-bed county jail, and various offices. The limestone exterior features several design elements of . . . — — Map (db m63366) HM |
| On Adams Avenue at B.B. King Boulevard (Tennessee Route 14), on the right when traveling east on Adams Avenue. Reported damaged. |
| | Front
From 1854 to 1860, Nathan Bedford Forrest operated a profitable slave trading business at this site. In 1826, Tennessee had prohibited bringing enslaved people into the state for the purpose of selling them. As cotton and slavery . . . — — Map (db m117144) HM |
| On Mississippi Boulevard at East Trigg Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Mississippi Boulevard. |
| | In this locality, the highest in Memphis, a section (2 guns) of Forrest's artillery was emplaced under Lt. Sale, supporting his raid on Memphis. Fire was directed against Federals in buildings of the State Female College about 700 yards NE, until it . . . — — Map (db m116276) HM |
| On Adams Avenue at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue. |
| | In a house which stood here in antebellum days lived Nathan Bedford Forrest. Born in middle Tennessee, 1821, he spent his early life on a Mississippi plantation.
Following marriage in 1845, he came to Memphis, where his business enterprises made . . . — — Map (db m115931) HM |
| | With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second U.S. President, the stockade was later called Fort Pike, . . . — — Map (db m74828) WM |
| | A. Fort Adams, Mississippi
Mile 311.9 AHP
This high bluff was first named Davion’s Rock, for a French priest who lived here with the Tunica Indians in the early 1700’s. It was later called Loftus Heights, for a British Major Loftus whose . . . — — Map (db m115004) HM |
| On North Main Street just from A.W. Willis Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Hereabouts, in 1795, the Spanish built Fort San Fernando de Barrancas. It was here that Don Miguel Gayoso De Lamos, first governor, hoisted the flag of Spain for the first time, and took possession of the territory in the name of his sovereign. — — Map (db m148649) HM |
| On North Main Street at A.W. Willis, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, erected Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas near this site in May of 1795. He named the structure for Spain's crown prince and future king, Ferdinand VII. Conforming to Pinckney's Treaty, . . . — — Map (db m120798) HM |
| Near Island Drive 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue. |
| | France was the first nation to settle and develop the Lower Mississippi. Although they governed it for only 80 years, the French left a lasting impression on the river and its valley.
In 1673, Louis Jolliet, a French trader, and Father Jacques . . . — — Map (db m53731) HM |
| On Wilson Street at Kerr Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Street. |
| | Born in Memphis in 1867, G.P. Hamilton was the author of The Bright Side of Memphis, one of the earliest books on black residents of Memphis. In 1892 Hamilton, an honors graduate of LeMoyne, was appointed principal of Kortrecht, the first . . . — — Map (db m149022) HM |
| Near Getwell Road 0.1 miles south of Park. |
| | A U.S. Army hospital on this site treated more than 44,000 combat veterans during World War II. Opened Jan. 23, 1943, it was named for the late Brig. Gen. James M. Kennedy, distinguished Army surgeon and veteran of both the Spanish-American War and . . . — — Map (db m84660) HM |
| On Beale Street 0.2 miles west of S. Lauderdale Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Political, business and civic leader, Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Force. Heroic in W.W.I, he was an active black combat officer. An insurance executive and capitalist, Lee was leader of the Lincoln League and Old Guard . . . — — Map (db m55501) HM |
| Near Elvis Presley Boulevard (U.S. 51) south of Winchester Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Graceland has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Built 1939. — — Map (db m138) HM |
| On Peabody Ave. at Lemaster Street, on the left when traveling east on Peabody Ave.. |
| | St. Luke's Church, founded in 1894 at Idlewild and Union, moved to this location in 1912 where the Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, 3rd Bishop of Tennessee, laid the church's cornerstone. Grace Church, founded in 1850 as the first mission church of . . . — — Map (db m84423) HM |
| Near Island Drive just south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Grand Gulf, Mississippi
Mile 407.0 AHP
A bluff jutting into the river at the old mouth of the Big Black River created perilous whirlpools that made Grand Gulf notorious among early flatboatmen. The town of Grand Gulf was established . . . — — Map (db m115164) HM |
| | A. Grand Lake Cutoff
Mile 511.0 AHP
An oxbow lake two miles west of the river, Grand Lake, was removed from the channel by this natural cutoff in the 1700’s. The small river town of Princeton grew up on the west bank, with a busy landing. . . . — — Map (db m115524) HM |
| Near Island Road 1 mile from A.W. Willis Avenue. |
| | As early as the 1730's, a few British traders lived among the Chickasaw in this area, but Great Britain's brief ascendancy on the Lower Mississippi did not began until 1763. In that year, the British defeated France in the Seven Years' War and took . . . — — Map (db m82852) HM |
| Near South 2nd Street (State Highway 14) at Monroe Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1929, the architects of the National Bank of Commerce wanted to convey the strength of the bank by basing their design on ancient Greek temples. It's built according to the "Golden Section" rule, meaning that its width to length ratio is almost . . . — — Map (db m148958) HM |
| On Madison Avenue just from Cooper Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Leighnora Elisabeth Griffin, pictured here in the 1930s, lived at 2118 Madison Avenue from 1919 until her death at age 89. She once turned down an offer price of $500,000 to purchase the home during the mid-70's heyday of Overton Square . . . — — Map (db m84680) HM |
| Near South 2nd Street (State Highway 3) at South Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | August 2nd, 1885: A riot broke out after police arrested 16-year-old Hattie Manely of Xenia, Ohio. Manely was an African-American who didn't realize she was committing a crime when she sat in a chair in Court Square vacated by a white man. — — Map (db m148971) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Head of Passes
Mile 0.0 AHP
The Mississippi River officially ends here, 954 miles from Cairo, Illinois. At this point, the stream divides into three channels, Pass a Louture, South Pass, and Southern Pass. They each branch into . . . — — Map (db m114914) HM |
| Near Cooper Street. Reported missing. |
| | Joseph B. Heiskell obtained a farm surrounding this location about 1867. He was Chairman of Code Commission of 1858 establishing the first official Code of Tennessee, member of the First Confederate Congress 1862, member of Convention of 1870 . . . — — Map (db m87996) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue. |
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A) Hog Point, Louisiana
Mile 298.2 AHP
The channel off Hog Point, in the middle of Raccourci Cutoff, has long been one of the most troublesome stretches on the lower river. Constant dredging is required to keep the channel open. . . . — — Map (db m115003) HM |
| On Walker Avenue at Dr. Hollis F. Price Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Walker Avenue. |
| | Hollis Price was the first African-American president of LeMoyne College. In 1968, he guided the college's merger with Owen Junior College. Price was the president of the college for 27 years and upon his retirement became president emeritus. He was . . . — — Map (db m83826) HM |
| | Side A Established by Henry A. Hooks, Sr. and his brother Robert B. Hooks, Hooks Brothers Photography Studio was the second oldest continuously operating black business in Memphis.
Located during its early years at 164 Beale Street, it . . . — — Map (db m32512) HM |
| On North Manassas Street at Orphanage Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Manassas Street. |
| | Within two months of graduation, Presley recorded songs at Memphis Recording Service. The following year he recorded at Sun Records, along with Carl Perkins (1932-1998), Johnny Cash (1932-2003), and Jerry Lee Lewis (born 1935). After achieving . . . — — Map (db m148624) HM |
| On Union Avenue 0.1 miles east of Barksdale Street., on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded in 1902 by Mary Grimes Hutchison as a college preparatory school for girls, it was the first independent school in Memphis accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. In 1925 Hutchison moved to the Union Avenue . . . — — Map (db m87083) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Hymelia Crevasse
Mile 131.3 AHP
In 1903, a 200-foot gap opened in the levee at Hymelia Plantation. One thousand laborers were put to work constructing a sandbag fill but a runaway barge crashed into the repairs and destroyed them. . . . — — Map (db m114926) HM |
| On Beale Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ida B. Wells crusaded against lynchings in Memphis and the South. In 1892 while editor of the Memphis Free Speech, located in this vicinity, she wrote of the lynching of three Black businessmen. As a result, her newspaper office was destroyed . . . — — Map (db m9306) HM |
| On South Evergreen Street just north of Union Avenue (U.S. 64/79), on the left when traveling north. |
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A series of prayer meetings organized by James S. Davant in 1890 resulted in a Presbyterian Church organized in the suburb of Idlewild. From Peabody Avenue the congregation moved to the southwest corner of Union Avenue and McLean Boulevard, then . . . — — Map (db m149035) HM |
| Near Townes Avenue at Jackson Avenue (Tennessee Route 14), on the left when traveling east. |
| | When President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the life of our imperiled nation, these valiant sons of Illinois together with other heroes, offered their lives with patriotism unsurpassed.
With unflinching bravery they fought . . . — — Map (db m61800) WM |
| On N. Manassas Street just from Wells Ave., on the right when traveling south. |
| | In the 1970s Hayes was a multiple gold and platinum-selling recording star. His recording of "Shaft" won an Oscar, Golden Globe, and three Grammy awards. He wrote or co-wrote over 200 songs for Stax Records including "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Soul . . . — — Map (db m87970) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Island No. 20
Mile 8290 AHP
The wandering geography of Island No. 20 illustrates the Mississippi River's erratic nature. Navigation charts of 1801 show the island lying near the west bank. Later, the river moved and placed the . . . — — Map (db m114737) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Island No. 5 (Wolf Island)
Mile 933.0 AHP
Kentucky and Missouri fought all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court for possession of Wolf Island. Missouri’s attorneys presented an array of old maps and navigation charts that showed the . . . — — Map (db m114730) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Islands No. 2, 3, and 4
Mile 940.5 AHP
Zadok Cramer first numbered the islands of the Lower Mississippi River in his 1801 book, The Navigator. The number system allowed boatmen to exchange river information without becoming . . . — — Map (db m114729) HM |
| On Beale Street at Danny Thomas (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling east on Beale Street. |
| | The City of Memphis recognizes the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO Local 1733 as the designated representative for the Division of Public Works for the purpose of negotiations on wages hours and conditions of . . . — — Map (db m107458) HM |
| Near Walker Avenue 0.2 miles from Patterson. |
| | Born at Statonville, Tennessee, J. Millard "Jack" Smith was president of Memphis State College from 1946 until 1960 and was the first alumnus of the college to become president. Following World War II, he guided the institution through an era of . . . — — Map (db m86688) HM |
| | The 35th mayor of Memphis, 1906-1910. Author of "The Chickasaw Nation". He shared a legal office on the 11th floor of the exchange building, overlooking Court Square, with his younger brother Walter Malone. Judge of the second circuit court of . . . — — Map (db m74800) HM |
| On Court Avenue at Bellevue Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Court Avenue. |
| | The Negro Baptist Association founded the Jane Terrell Baptist Hospital at 698 Williams in 1909 under the leadership of Dr. C.A. Terrell. At his death, it was permanently renamed Terrell Memorial Hospital under the leadership of Dr. N. M. Watson. By . . . — — Map (db m86566) HM |
| On North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (Front):Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America 1861 - 1865
Before the War Between the States, he served with distinction as a United States Congressman and twice as a United States Senator. He also served as . . . — — Map (db m51441) HM |
| | On the tragic day of September 12, 1953, John Weatherall gave his life in dedication to his job at Peabody Elementary School. WWI Veteran, devoted family man and custodian of Peabody Elementary, John Weatherall became aware of a fire at the school . . . — — Map (db m84836) HM |
| On Union Avenue east of South Front Street. |
| | Author John Grisham immortalized downtown Memphis, particularly Front Street, in his novel The Firm. In 1993, he became the first author to have four books on the best seller list at the same time. Rooted deeply in the South's rich literary . . . — — Map (db m116357) HM |
| On Cooper Street at Walker Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Cooper Street. |
| | Johnny Cash's First Performance
The singer-songwriter who became know as "The Man in Black," Johnny Cash launched his music career on this site in December 1954. Working as a door-to-door appliance salesman, Cash teamed up with guitarist . . . — — Map (db m102825) HM |
| On Meagher Street at Dunkley Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Meagher Street. |
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Inside his home here at 968 Meagher, Joe Warren, a city sanitation worker, hosted strategy meetings with fellow workers in 1968 to plan what would become a historic strike against the City of Memphis. The strike would protest the firing of 33 . . . — — Map (db m149042) HM |
| On Poplar Avenue 0.2 miles east of N. Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | After a noted legal and legislative career in Mississippi, Settle came to Memphis in 1885. During the late 1880s, he served as Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Court of Shelby County, an appointment unprecedented for an African-American at . . . — — Map (db m82853) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles from West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Junior Crevasse
Mile 55.0 AHP
During the great flood of April 1927, the steamship Inspector was fought erratic currents downstream past the Junior Plantation. The pilot lost control and the boat’s bow crashed into the levee. . . . — — Map (db m114920) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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A) Kenner, Louisiana
Mile 113.0 AHP
This community grew up on a sugar plantation owned by the Kenner family and became a railroad stop in the antebellum years. During the U.S. Civil War, Union troops were sent to Kenner to destroy the . . . — — Map (db m114924) HM |
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