On West 3rd Street (Highway 80) at Antley Street, on the right when traveling east on West 3rd Street.
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, one of the most prominent blues recording artists of the 1940s, was born on his grandparents' land in Forest on August 24, 1905. After Elvis Presley recorded three Crudup songs in the 1950s, Crudup became known as “The . . . — — Map (db m77153) HM
On Old State Highway 21 south of North 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
James Oliver Eastland (1904-1986) was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1928. Eastland was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Byron Harrison upon his death in June 1941, and was elected to that seat in 1942. He served as . . . — — Map (db m111024) HM