Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wiggins, Mississippi
Carthage is the county seat for Leake County
Wiggins is in Leake County
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In 1860 thirty~one members of the Camden Presbyterian Church petitioned the Presbytery of Central Mississippi to organize a church close to their homes near the Forest Grove Academy. After the petition was granted on November 23, 1860, Rev. R.E. . . . — — Map (db m171682) HM
In 1848, James Harvey killed two members
of the Copeland Gang in a dispute over the
deed to his property on Red Creek. Seeking
revenge, James Copeland and three of his
men waited in ambush inside Harvey's cabin.
Aware of the ambush, Harvey and . . . — — Map (db m196175) HM
Named for pioneer settler Wiggins Hatten,
Wiggins was proclaimed an incorporated
municipality by Mississippi governor J. K.
Vardaman on March 26, 1904. From 1902 to
1929 the main industry in Wiggins was a
sawmill erected by the Finkbine . . . — — Map (db m122362) HM
The Flint Creek Post Office was established in
the early 1840s and was the only post office
in the Piney Woods between Augusta and the
Gulf Coast before the Civil War. First located
on Flint Creek three miles north of present day
Wiggins, it . . . — — Map (db m196851) HM
As early as 1837, attempts were made to
build the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad.
It was finally completed from Gulfport to
Hattiesburg by Buffalo, New York,
financier Joseph T. Jones in October
1896. Commercial operations began on
January . . . — — Map (db m122364) HM
Following the fire of January 21, 1910,
in downtown Wiggins, Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad officials replaced the two-story,
wooden depot lost lo the blaze with a
one-story wood frame structure. In the
late 1990s, when the Kansas City . . . — — Map (db m122363) HM
In 1912, four rural schools, located in the
Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities,
were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E.
school. The next year, 173 students in ten
grades relocated to the three-story Big
Level School. In 1927, that school . . . — — Map (db m197263) HM
Dizzy Dean, a baseball legend, lived in Bond ~ a small community five miles north of Wiggins. He lived there with his wife Pat, who had grown up in the area. He was often seen conducting business and visiting friends on the streets of Wiggins, a . . . — — Map (db m167315) HM
Born a slave, John Wesley "Wes” Fairley
served with the 74th U.S. Colored Troops during
the Civil War. While guarding Confederate
prisoners on Ship Island, Fairley recognized
Lorenzo N. Dantzler, a white acquaintance from
home, and protected . . . — — Map (db m196845) HM
Born a slave on July 19, 1854, in North Carolina, Professor W.P. Locker became a highly respected educator in Stone County in the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1959, the Stone County Training School, built in 1955, was named in his honor. . . . — — Map (db m109198) HM
Stone County was proposed by legislator Andrew Wiggins Bond and created from the north third of Harrison County during a May 8, 1916 vote. It is named for two~time Mississippi governor John Marshall Stone. The county seat, Wiggins, was established . . . — — Map (db m109217) HM
Designed by architect Xavier Kramer, and
constructed by Standard Construction Co.
in 1917, this multi-storied Neo-Classical
building contains a large courtroom and
offices for county officials. A cultural
as well as legal center, the . . . — — Map (db m122369) HM
In memory of all veterans - living and dead -
and a special memory to the ones that gave
their lives for their country from Stone County.
In God We Trust
World War I · Korea
World War II · Vietnam
Iraq - Iran . . . — — Map (db m122686) WM
Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa,
where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing
children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked
for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they
moved to Wiggins due to family ties to the
Finkbine Lumber Company. . . . — — Map (db m197340) HM
