Here on August 12, 1967, at the breaking of day, Sheriff Buford Pusser, accompanied by his wife Pauline, were answering a call to a disturbance on New Hope Road. A car drove up beside them and started firing into the sheriffs car. Mrs. Pusser was . . . — — Map (db m223766) HM
Sheriff Pusser stopped his car here at this site, trying to check his wifes injuries, the assailants car came back into sight and started firing into the sheriffs car again. Mrs. Pusser was shot in the head this time and died. Sheriff Pusser was . . . — — Map (db m223767) HM
Leaving the Confederate base at Corinth, Miss. in a march which had begun the previous afternoon, the two corps of the Army of the Mississippi, commanded by Maj. Gens. Hardee and Folk, marched north along this road to unite with other units of the . . . — — Map (db m115229) HM
Since the 1930's the state line was known for illegal drugs, bootleg whiskey, gambling, and prostitution. Death, blood-shed, and illegal activities continued through the 1960's. Buford Pusser was elected McNairy County Sheriff in 1964 and his . . . — — Map (db m182309) HM
