Historical Markers and War Memorials in Shelby, Mississippi
Cleveland and Rosedale are both the county seat for Bolivar County
Shelby is in Bolivar County
Bolivar County(52) ► ADJACENT TO BOLIVAR COUNTY Coahoma County(41) ► Sunflower County(28) ► Washington County(72) ► Chicot County, Arkansas(17) ► Desha County, Arkansas(16) ► Phillips County, Arkansas(94) ►
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On South Broadway Street north of West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
In Honor & Memory of all Deceased Veterans who made the Ultimate Sacrifice so that we might live in peace.....
PFC Denzil M. Decker: US Marines who lost his life September 18, 1944 while landing on Palau Island in the Pacific. Denzil was 19 . . . — — Map (db m154857) WM
On North Broadway Street at West 2nd Avenue (State Highway 32), on the left when traveling north on North Broadway Street.
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Henry Townsend, the only blues artist to have recorded during every decade from the 1920s to the 2000s, was born in Shelby on October 27, 1909. A longtime resident of St. Louis, where he was hailed as a patriarch of the local blues . . . — — Map (db m154802) HM
On South Broadway Street at West 2nd Avenue (State Highway 32), on the left when traveling north on South Broadway Street.
This site witnessed the opening by rail in 1884 of Miss.'s last frontier, the Delta. The depot, built ca. 1901 by the Yazoo & Miss. Valley R.R., became a public library in 1977 and Miss. Landmark in 1988. — — Map (db m154856) HM