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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Shelby County, Tennessee
Adjacent to Shelby County, Tennessee
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Arlington Cemetery Drive at Chester Street, on the right when traveling south on Arlington Cemetery Drive. |
| | The Arlington Cemetery Company, formed in 1909, bought 4.7 acres of land on this site. Owners were: R.D. Cole, S.Y. Wilson, H.S. Griffin, W.A. Taylor, F.S. Bragg, and A.H. Murray. In time, this company ceased to function. the Arlington Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m76903) HM |
| On Chester Street just north of Forrest Street. |
| | The Town's first post office building was located in the row of businesses facing the railroad tracks in the area of town currently known as Depot Square. The first Postmaster, Danial Kerman,was appointed in 1866. Even though the Town was called . . . — — Map (db m85897) HM |
| On Airline Road (Tennessee Route 205) 0.1 miles north of Douglass Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Early pioneers settled in the Arlington area around 1830. A depot, called Withe Station, was established in 1856. The land was given by General Samuel Jackson Hays. In 1872 his land holdings were sold at public auction and the community became . . . — — Map (db m148512) HM |
| On Chester Street 0.1 miles north of Douglass Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Dedicated
to the
sons and daughters
of Arlington
who gave their lives
in service of their
country
and all those
who served in defense
of this country
for our
liberty and freedom
World War II
Sam Wells
Logan . . . — — Map (db m148515) WM |
| Near Quintard Street just north of Walker St.. |
| | The blacksmith shop played an integral role in the community in it's early days. He made and repaired farming tools and equipment, wagons and their parts, horseshoes, and household items. The community's first blacksmith was Perkins White, who . . . — — Map (db m85676) HM |
| On Inglewood Place just north of U.S. 64. |
| | This church is Shelby County's oldest African American congregation. It was founded by two free men of color, preachers Simon Price and Joseph "Free Joe" Harris, and numerous slaves, right after its former occupant, a white congregation, vacated the . . . — — Map (db m148239) HM |
| On Chester Street just north of Forrest Street, in the median. |
| | The Harrell Farm Log Cabin is estimated to date back to the mid-1800's and served as the cook's residence at the Harrell Farm. The Harrell farm was located along Harrell Road, in both Shelby and Fayette Counties, and the log cabin was located near . . . — — Map (db m85812) HM |
| On Chester Street south of Campbell Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In January of 1884, the Memphis District High School opened its doors on this site. Built by the Memphis Conference of Methodist Church, the school was acquired by the Shelby County Schools in 1895. In 1912, a new school replaced the original during . . . — — Map (db m76902) HM |
| On Mary Alice Drive just south of U.S. 70, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Town of Arlington welcomes you to Mary Alice Park, formerly the home of Arlington Blending & Packaging Company, a pesticide formulating and packaging facility which operated from 1971 to 1978. In 2005, the Town purchased the land, to be . . . — — Map (db m148517) HM |
| Near Arlington Trail at Misty Trail, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
In April 1862, Union victories at Shiloh and on the Mississippi River made Confederate control of the river in Tennessee more difficult. Southern soldiers evacuated posts that they could not defend easily, such as Memphis. Capt. James E. . . . — — Map (db m88230) HM |
| On U.S. 64 at Reid Hooker Road on U.S. 64. |
| | Just to the north is the site of an old inn used by stagecoach and other travelers between Memphis and eastern settlements from 1829 until stagecoach travel ceased. It was dismantled in 1926. — — Map (db m74842) HM |
| On Brunswick Road north of Brunswick Farms Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This cemetery, founded in 1853, grew up around the Brunswick Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which has since moved. During the Confederate War, the church building was used as a hospital, and 17 unknown Confederate soldiers who died there are buried . . . — — Map (db m88314) HM |
| On Chester Street at Walker Street, on the right when traveling south on Chester Street. |
| | Early pioneers settled in the Arlington area around 1830. A depot, called Withe Station, was established in 1856. The land was given by General Samuel Jackson Hays. In 1872 his land holdings were sold at public auction and the community became . . . — — Map (db m76898) HM |
| On Brunswick Road 0.2 miles south of Osborn Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Wade Bolton and Bolton College
On this site in 1887 upon the Hoboken Plantation was erected the first building of Bolton College, established under the provisions of the will of Wade H. Bolton, prominent landowner, killed in 1869 by a former . . . — — Map (db m148523) HM |
| On Bartlett Boulevard at Bartlett Road, on the right when traveling south on Bartlett Boulevard. |
| | Lest we forget. Erected by citizens of Bartlett to those who served their country in time of need. — — Map (db m85906) WM |
| On Stage Road (Tennessee Route 15) at Bartlett Road, on the right when traveling east on Stage Road. |
| | A toll road of 1829 became Stage Road, Bartlett's main street. In 1856 the town was called Union Depot. Incorporated in 1866 and named Bartlett for Major Gabriel Matson Bartlett. Shelby County Courts were held here from 1870-1885. In 1885 Bartlett . . . — — Map (db m7543) HM |
| On Davies Plantation Road. Reported missing. |
| | Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In the path of both armies, 1861-65, it was the scene . . . — — Map (db m148287) HM |
| On Court Street at Woodlawn Street, on the right when traveling south on Court Street. |
| | Nicholas Gotten a native of Spangdahlen, Germany, immigrated to America at the age of 22: worked in the north before coming to Tennessee: established himself as a blacksmith in Union Depot (Bartlett) in 1860: enlisted in the Confederate Army (Co. C. . . . — — Map (db m6943) HM |
| On Stage Road (Tennessee Route 15) at Charles Bryan Road on Stage Road. |
| | Front
On Christmas Eve 1949, parishioner John Maher buried a statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague on this site and hopeful Catholics from the area began fund-raising efforts to build the first Catholic church in Bartlett. Within one year . . . — — Map (db m88647) HM |
| On Bartlett Road at Stage Road, on the right on Bartlett Road. |
| | This site designated as the Geographical Center of Shelby County. — — Map (db m85898) HM |
| On Memphis Arlington Road 0.2 miles from Oak Rd., on the left when traveling west. |
| | The former site of Warren's Methodist Chapel and cemetery was sold in 1851 by Joseph and Matilda Warren Locke for $20 to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. At this time it became known as Pisgah. The earliest known burial was Sarah C. Bond, . . . — — Map (db m85584) HM |
| On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun sights of Confederate cavalrymen intent on severing . . . — — Map (db m37267) HM |
| | (Side one):
On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate cavalrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN, 18th MS, 2nd MO, 2nd AR, and 3rd MS, approached Collierville from the south along Mt. Pleasant Road. . . . — — Map (db m63137) HM |
| On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Gen. James R. Chalmers to "harass [Sherman's] rear and break the railroad behind him." . . . — — Map (db m37269) HM |
| On North Main Street at East Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | The Collierville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was originally founded in Fayette County near the close of the Civil War. Construction began at the present location in 1873. Renovations to the building were made in 1906, and again in the . . . — — Map (db m63135) HM |
| On College Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west on College Street. |
| | This land, which was actually in Mississippi until 1838, originally belonged to the Chickasaws. This area has served as a central hub for education in Collierville since 1873, when Bellevue Female College constructed a two story wooden building . . . — — Map (db m76812) HM |
| On North Center Street at North Rowlett Street, on the right when traveling south on North Center Street. |
| | One of two sanctuaries of Collierville United Methodist Church, the Sanctuary on the Square was built in 1900 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South congregation. The Methodists were the first to erect a church in the community and from . . . — — Map (db m82673) |
| On North Rowlett Street west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county’s second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd, Hodge, Collier and the Tharp Grant. In 1837, the . . . — — Map (db m63134) HM |
| Near North Main Street at East Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In Honor of
Collierville Area Veterans
Dedicated by
Collierville VFW Post 5066
Mickey Locke - Commander
Jim Inman - Quartermaster
— — Map (db m149076) WM |
| On West Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of South Houston Levee Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The home of Cecil and Laura Davis Elliott was designed in 1913 by architect Bayard Snowden Cairnes of the Memphis firm Hanker and Cairnes. Cairnes, who was trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, used a unique hexagonal plan that provided a . . . — — Map (db m37266) HM |
| On Walnut Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised “Collier Town for Sale” in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was established on the north side of State Line Road . . . — — Map (db m76816) HM |
| On Walnut Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | *Referenced from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XLII. Chalmers' Raid Series 1, Volume 30, Part II, page 783.
The following is a quote provided by Colonel R. V. . . . — — Map (db m149072) HM |
| Near West Powell Road just east of Greenview Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Herman W. Cox, Jr., life long resident of Collierville, was a 1939 graduate of Collierville High School. He served as an elected leader of Collierville, first as alderman in 1959 and Mayor in 1975, retiring in 1999 after serving for 40 years. . . . — — Map (db m149082) HM |
| Near North Center Street just south of East Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
In July of 1866, Collierville, like much of the South, was beginning to recover from the ravages of war. Three years earlier, "Mister Collier's Village" consisting of several homes and a general store a few hundred yards east of the square on Mt. . . . — — Map (db m149075) HM |
| On Schilling Road at Deloach Lane, in the median on Schilling Road. |
| | McGinnis Park is dedicated to the memory of Wiley Washington McGinnis (1875 1959), who
first landscaped Collierville Square. The park and streets of the 443 acre Schilling Farms development are named for individuals who contributed to the rich . . . — — Map (db m149054) HM |
| On South Rowlett Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Rowlett Street. |
| | The Federal troops quickly understood the importance of taking control of railroads and by May 1862 the US Government held the Memphis & Charleston Railroad with few exceptions until the end of the Civil War. Note that there were up to 15,000 Union . . . — — Map (db m149079) HM |
| On Walnut Street at Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street. |
| | In 1844 Salem Presbyterian Church was established in southeast Shelby County. It remained there until 1871 and then relocated to Collierville. The name was changed to the Presbyterian Church of Collierville. The Presbyterians met at the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m63131) HM |
| On Center Street at West South Street on Center Street. |
| | This is a portion of the ridge where the Confederates faced the occupying Union Forces and General W. T. Sherman in the Battle of Collierville. When you look north toward the railroad and the town square you are standing in the shadows of the . . . — — Map (db m119227) HM WM |
| On Mulberry Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on Mulberry Street. |
| | The corner stone for Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew’s, led a group that raised $3,000 to build the church. The . . . — — Map (db m63132) HM |
| On South Rowlett Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Rowlett Street. |
| | On Sunday October 11, 1863, the Confederate forces of Brigadier General James R. Chalmers, consisting of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Tennessee Cavalry, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and 18th Mississippi Cavalry and the 2nd Missouri Cavalry, along with . . . — — Map (db m149140) HM |
| On North Rowlett Street at North Center Street, on the left when traveling west on North Rowlett Street. |
| | Collierville Railroad Depot
The first railroad depot in Collierville was located in this vicinity adjacent to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. A letter was discovered in the Mississippi Library Department of Archives and Special . . . — — Map (db m149077) HM |
| On North Main Street at East Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Route 57), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | The Original Town Site of Collierville/Colliersville
In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before a village . . . — — Map (db m149071) HM |
| |
(side 1)
On April 15, 1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall Grays to oppose President Lincoln’s call for volunteers to invade the South. The company was named in honor of Senator Louis T. Wigfall who was well known for . . . — — Map (db m82843) HM |
| On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Herbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community and can be seen in the physical beauty of Collierville's landscape as well as the design of the . . . — — Map (db m37271) HM |
| On Walnut Street north of West Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "The expression of American personality through this war is not to be looked for in the great campaign and the battle-fights. It is to be looked for… in the hospitals, among the wounded.” ~ Walt Whitman notebook entry
During the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m149073) HM |
| On Shelby Farms Greenline 0.6 miles north of Macon Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Dr. Greene Fort Pinkston, who practiced medicine for more than 58 years in the Cordova area, was born in Scott County, Mississippi, in 1875. His parents were Ritton and Fannie Gresham Pinkston. At age 24 he left home to attend Meharry Medical School . . . — — Map (db m118383) HM |
| On Bedford Lane east of Kenney Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The land that is now Bedford Plantation subdivision was once part of 640 acres owned by Julian Bedford (1825-1879), and Virginia R. Kenney
Bedford (1830-1916), who settled in 1851 at what was
to be known as the Bailey Station community.
They . . . — — Map (db m149053) HM |
| On Holly Tree Drive at Grand Oak Drive, on the right when traveling south on Holly Tree Drive. |
| | This was the site of a Civil War earthwork redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June 1863 by the 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment and used . . . — — Map (db m74839) HM |
| On Arthur Road south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This is the only Germantown church to survive the war, while the town suffered because of its strategic location on the Memphis & Charlestown Railroad. Many male members of the congregation joined the 4th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), while others . . . — — Map (db m121840) HM |
| On South Germantown Road just north of Dogwood Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Organized circa 1836 as New Hope Baptist Church. Ground given in 1841 by Wilks Brooks, whose family was active in life of the Church for many years. Original building was burned in 1862 when Federal forces had command of community. Present building . . . — — Map (db m83889) HM |
| On McVay Road just from Second Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this cemetery served the whole community for 125 years. A stone fragment dated 1843 marks the earliest . . . — — Map (db m84552) HM |
| On South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road. |
| | The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in 1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of Germantown now includes the site of historic Nashoba Plantation. Union troops occupied the town during the Civil War. Yellow . . . — — Map (db m74837) HM |
| Near Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) 0.4 miles north of Farmington Road. |
| | One of the oldest surviving brick residences in Shelby County, the John Gray House, built prior to 1851, is a rare example of a Federal Period hall and parlor plan, middle-class farmhouse. Originally located in Morning Sun, near Eads, it was moved . . . — — Map (db m83728) HM |
| On Southern Avenue 0.1 miles west of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Land near the present church site was provided to New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church by Mrs. Florida Thompson, a member of a prominent white family of Germantown. The land was made available for a church structure, known then as a brush arbor, . . . — — Map (db m143164) HM |
| On Poplar Pike at Southern Avenue when traveling west on Poplar Pike. |
| | The house was built in 1854 on Wm. Carter's land. Its 493 acres were subdivided in 1872. In 1918 Fritz Hussy and Mamie Cloyes owned and named 20 acres Oaklawn Garden. Harry and Becky Cloyes established a botanical garden and museum of historic . . . — — Map (db m76905) HM |
| On C.D. Smith Road 0.3 miles west of Hacks Cross Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | During the Civil War, the railroad in front of you was the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. Union forces occupied the area soon after the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh and the capture of Memphis on June 6. they used the railroad to transport troops and . . . — — Map (db m107968) HM |
| On South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road. |
| | In 1861, Germantown was divided between secessionists and unionists until the news of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln’s call for volunteers tilted the balance in favor of secession. Germantown women announced on April 26, “We…offer . . . — — Map (db m82844) HM |
| On Chambers Chapel Road 0.2 miles north of U.S. 64. |
| | Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church
Martha Ann Vaughan Chambers donated an acre of land near Chambers Mineral Springs as a site for a Methodist Episcopal Church South on Nov. 6, 1869. Three wooden frame buildings have stood on this . . . — — Map (db m88696) HM |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m74802) HM |
| On Adams Street at Alley Between N. Third and N. Fourth, on the right when traveling east on Adams Street. |
| | On June 6, 1862 Memphis surrendered to Federal gunboats. The only resistance by citizens occurred here as a shot was fired at the soldiers hoisting the U.S. flag over the post office. — — Map (db m84464) HM |
| On G.E. Patterson Avenue at South Second Street, on the right when traveling west on G.E. Patterson Avenue. |
| | On May 1, 2 and 3, 1866, mobs of white men
led by law enforcement attacked black people
in the areas near South St. (aka Calhoun & G.E.
Patterson). By the end of the attack, the mobs
had killed an estimated 46 black people; raped
several . . . — — Map (db m117114) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
| |
A) American Cutoff Mile
Mile 526.5 AHP
In the flood of 1858, the Mississippi cut through the neck of American Bend, and the abandoned river bed was renamed Lake Lee. The first steamboat to try to navigate the American Cutoff was the . . . — — Map (db m115525) HM |
| On Thomas Street (U.S. 51) at Chelsea Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Thomas Street. |
| | American Studios
American Studios, a cornerstone of the explosive Memphis music industry in the 1960s, stood on this site. Opened in 1962, American featured record producer Chips Moman and musicians known as The 827 Thomas Štreet Band, later . . . — — Map (db m148621) HM |
| On Vinton at Bellevue (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling west on Vinton. |
| | Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T. O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered an important display of confidence in the city's future. . . . — — Map (db m83793) HM |
| Near Monroe Avenue east of South Front Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Cotton Growers Association Building, built in 1936, was used for years in advertisements for the Portland Cement Association as an example of the outstanding designs that could be achieved with concrete construction. — — Map (db m148957) HM |
| | The Mississippi’s southernmost major tributary, the Arkansas, is born from melting snow on the eastern slopes of the Continental Divide near Leadville, Colorado. Its 1,450-mile course drains 160,500 square miles in five states.
Despite dramatic . . . — — Map (db m115008) HM |
| On Court Avenue just west of North Danny Thomas Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1887 the Bohlen-Huse Ice Co. struck, at a depth of 354 feet, artesian water of such purity and abundance it immediately became the city supply, one of the country's finest. In 1903 the wells became municipally owned. — — Map (db m148964) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
| |
A) Ashbrook Cutoff
Mile 549.0 AHP
Rowdy Bend was the first of four consecutive loops, in this stretch of the river that pilots called the “Greenville Bends.” Rowdy Bend kept getting longer despite efforts to stabilize it, and . . . — — Map (db m115526) HM |
| On Barboro Alley at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Barboro Alley. |
| | Italian immigrant Anthony Sebastian Barboro operated a wholesale grocery in this building in the late 1800s. His company was still in business in 2003. — — Map (db m148962) HM |
| On Madison Avenue just east of South B.B. King Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Baseball came to Memphis in 1885, but didn't last long because city law prevented games from being played on Sundays. Scores were transmitted to local cigar stores and hotel lobbies by telegraph. — — Map (db m148915) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue. |
| | Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana... going navigation on the Mississippi River. ...gas fields in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma... a major processing and transportation... industry.
The French built the first fort here in 1819. They . . . — — Map (db m114996) HM |
| | 392 Beale Avenue
"There were two types of
culture, I guess you could
say, on Beale Street.
There were the sinners
and there were the saved.
You had your professional
people, your doctors and
business folk. Then you
had those who . . . — — Map (db m107601) HM |
| On Beale Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | First there was a slope of woodland that met the Mississippi River. Chickasaw Indians hunted there until the early 19th century. Then there was Beale Street. It began as the main road of South Memphis and by 1850, when that separate town was . . . — — Map (db m108221) HM |
| | During the great wave of
immigration around the turn of
the century, Jews, Italians,
Greeks and Chinese came to
Beale Street to pursue their
fortunes. They established
pawnshops, clothing stores,
restaurants, produce stands, . . . — — Map (db m107598) HM |
| | "Saturday night was the fabulous
night on Beale street. Our
parents kept the store opened
late. We were children; we used
to sit on little chairs outside the
store and watch. If we got sleepy,
they would put us to sleep on a
rack of . . . — — Map (db m107596) HM |
| On Beale Street just east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Founded in the late 1840s by Rev. Morris Henderson and four other blacks, Beale Street Baptist Church is the oldest, continuous Negro congregation in Memphis. Withdrawing from the First Baptist Church, the founders and others met in an old . . . — — Map (db m148899) HM |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark.
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.
U.S. . . . — — Map (db m47904) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
| |
A) Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Mile 75.9 AHP
Belle Chasse Plantation was the home of Judah P. Benjamin, often called “the brains of the Confederate government.” He served as Attorney General Secretary of War and Secretary of . . . — — Map (db m114921) HM |
| On Walker Avenue at Porter Street, on the left when traveling east on Walker Avenue. |
| | Described as the best-educated minister in all of Memphis in 1880 was a black man, the Rev. Benjamin A. Imes, who was a noted city leader. Imes held two degrees from Oberlin College and was involved with an influential group that pushed for the . . . — — Map (db m84445) HM |
| On Beale Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Benjamin F. Booth was one of Memphis' earliest and most distinguished African-American lawyers. Starting in 1886, he practiced law for more than 54 years. In 1905, he challenged Tennessee's law authorizing the segregation of black and white . . . — — Map (db m139) HM |
| On Angelus Street just north of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new settlement. — — Map (db m83844) HM |
| On Lucy Street, on the left when traveling east on Lucy Street. |
| | Aretha Franklin was born in this house on March 25, 1942, to Baptist Bishop C.L. and Barbara Franklin. Ms. Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She began her career as a child singing gospel at her father's church, New Salem . . . — — Map (db m106487) HM |
| On Mason Street at McEwen Place, on the left when traveling south on Mason Street. |
| | Bishop C.H. Mason founded the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) in the late 1890s. Born a slave near Bartlett, Tennessee, Mason served as Senior Bishop of the denomination from 1907 until his death in 1961. By the time of his death, COGIC had become . . . — — Map (db m89000) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
| |
A) Bonnet Carre Spillway
Mile 128.0 AHP
Completed in 1935, the Bonnet Carre Spillway protects New Orleans, LA and the levees around it by diverting flood waters into Lake Pontchartrain. The one and a half mile long concrete structure . . . — — Map (db m114925) HM |
| On Lauderdale at East Georgia Ave., on the left when traveling north on Lauderdale. |
| | From a two-room, two-teacher structure known as Clay Street School, Booker T. Washington High School evolved as the first public high school for black students in Memphis. About 1911, the school was relocated to an abandoned building on Webster . . . — — Map (db m89014) HM |
| On Raleigh Lagrange Road 0.3 miles from Lagrange Hills, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Bridgewater School, formerly on this site, was founded in 1911 and exited continuously at this site until 1960. In 1921, with help from the community, the Shelby County school board, and the Rosenwald Fund, the Rosenwald school concept was . . . — — Map (db m118471) HM |
| Near Monroe Avenue just west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Brodnax Jewelers, the original occupant of the Brodnax Building, at one time sold more Rolex watches than any other retailer in the world. When this building was built in 1916 as their headquarters, their mail-order business claimed to sell more . . . — — Map (db m148949) HM |
| On North 2nd Street north of Chelsea Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In the years immediately preceding the Civil War, Jacob Burkle operated the Memphis Stockyards on this site. Herdsmen seeking shelter and respite at Chelsea House found the stockyards a convenient custody station for their livestock. Folklore . . . — — Map (db m148611) HM |
| Near Monroe Avenue east of South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The "B-M-C" over the door of this 1910 building stood for the Business Men's Club, which became the Chamber of Commerce in 1913. — — Map (db m148948) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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Cairo's position at the confluence of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio made it an important river and rail junction in the steamboat era. Changes in America's shipping patterns reduced its role in the 20th Century but it remains an active port and . . . — — Map (db m114728) HM |
| On Elvis Presley (Bellevue) Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Consecrated in 1867 to serve the booming populations of the Catholic Irish, Germans and Italians, Calvary became the second Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County. Msgr. Martin Riordan, V.G., of St. Patrick Parish, was a leading proponent and advocate . . . — — Map (db m19032) HM |
| On North Second Street at Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Second Street. |
| | The oldest public building in Memphis and the first Episcopal Church in Shelby County. Organized August 6, 1832 by the Reverend Thomas Wright.
The church house started 1838 was consecrated May 12, 1844 by the Right Reverend James Hervey Otey, first . . . — — Map (db m32515) HM |
| On Madison Avenue 0 miles east of Dunlap, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Willis C. Campbell Clinic opened at this site on December 26, 1920. Originating as a one-story building, it housed a waiting room, business office, eight examining rooms, the physical therapy department, and a brace shop. Several years later, . . . — — Map (db m136490) HM |
| Near North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Capt. J. Harvey Mathes
37th. Tenn. C.S.A. — — Map (db m51442) HM |
| Near South Dudley Street, on the right. |
| | He fought for the Confederacy and with Quantrell's Raiders. After the war he rode with Jesse and Frank James and Cole Younger. Over 100 years ago a $50,000 reward was offered for him dead or alive. Since they could not capture him, he was later . . . — — Map (db m84572) HM |
| On Front Street at Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Front Street. |
| | From a station located on this site the night of Apr. 29. 1900, John Luther Jones, replacing the regularly detailed engineer, took out engine 382, pulling the Illinois Central “Cannonball.” Driving into a blocked switch at Vaughn, Miss., . . . — — Map (db m6862) HM |
| On S. Belvedere Blvd. 0 miles from Peabody Ave/, on the left when traveling south. |
| | By 1900, Memphis's growth had pushed the city limits east of the district's 511 acres, originally settled in 1830 by Solomon Rozelle. With its convenient access to downtown via the new trolley lines, Central Gardens underwent intensive . . . — — Map (db m87367) HM |
| On South Parkway East at Pillow Street, in the median on South Parkway East. |
| | Chew C. Sawyer was a mid-twentieth century African-American entrepreneur. He founded Sawyer Realty Company, which later became Cornette Realty; Arnette Construction Company; Future Insurance Agency; and Sawyer Rental Agency. In 1956, Sawyer founded . . . — — Map (db m86448) HM |
| On North Danny Thomas Boulevard (U.S. 51) at Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Danny Thomas Boulevard. |
| | The main trail of the Chickasaws from their towns in Pontotoc, Miss., here reached the Bayou Gayoso after following roughly the line of Highway 78, Lamar Boulevard, and Marshall Street. — — Map (db m63286) HM |
| On Beale Street just west of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Chop Suey Café
Chop Suey is actually an American dish created by early Chinese immigrants in the 1800s for gold miners in California. It is a stir-fried mixture of vegetables and meat in a starchy soy sauce served over rice. An instant success, . . . — — Map (db m147552) HM |
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