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Mississippi State Historical Marker Program Historical Markers
Markers of the Mississippi state historical marker program administered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. It includes state markers installed by previous state departments and agencies. This series does not include markers of the Mississippi Freedom Trail, Mississippi Blues Trail, Mississippi Country Music Trail, and Mississippi Mound Trail, which have their own series categories.
By Mark Hilton, September 5, 2013
William Bartram Trail Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Beach Boulevard (U.S. 90) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | William Bartram, noted naturalist and journalist, traveled down the Mississippi and along the Gulf Coast in 1777. His observations of plant life, geography and inhabitants were published in 1791. — — Map (db m79087) HM |
| On Woolmarket Road at Old Highway 67 (Old Mississippi Highway 67), on the right when traveling east on Woolmarket Road. |
| | S. 3 mi. Once center of wool industry. Here on July 16, 1910, three rural schools formed Woolmarket Vocational High School, considered to be the first consolidated high school in the state. — — Map (db m20010) HM |
| On Jones Park Drive 0.2 miles east of 25th Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Louisiana Native Guards, composed largely of former slaves and free men of color from Louisiana, were organized by Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler in 1862. On April 9, 1863, 180 men from companies B and G of the 2nd Regiment, landed at . . . — — Map (db m102161) HM |
| On 38th Avenue at 19th Street, on the right when traveling south on 38th Avenue. |
| | An African American physician, lived and practiced medicine here fron 1953 until 2002. His work to register African American voters provoked repeated death threats and fire bombing of his clinic. He was president of the Gulfport Branch NAACP and . . . — — Map (db m102169) HM |
| On Cowan Road (State Highway 605) 0.1 miles north of East Pass Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Once located in the Handsboro Community, Gulf Coast College was founded in 1865 by Henry Leinhard as a private coeducational boarding school here on this site. In the early 1890's the college was converted into a public school. After the original . . . — — Map (db m81008) HM |
| On Beach Drive at Anniston Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Beach Drive. |
| | This preparatory school for boys was founded in 1912. The senior division campus, closed in 1951, is now the site of the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, formerly known as the United States Naval Home. The junior division campus, closed in . . . — — Map (db m68452) HM |
| On U.S. 90 at 8th Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 90. |
| | Near this spot on April 17 and April 24, 1960, Gulfport NAACP president Dr. Felix Dunn and his family joined in peaceful "wade-in" demonstrations to challenge the laws denying African-Americans use of the beach. Gulfport police officers removed the . . . — — Map (db m68450) HM |
| On East Pass Road at Monet Street, on the right when traveling east on East Pass Road. |
| | N.1 mi. Founded c. 1800. Famed, 1840-1900, for foundries, sawmills & shipyard; Coast's first newspaper, "Democrat" (1846); and many fine academies. Here Jeff. Davis attended Polar Star Lodge, founded in 1852. — — Map (db m81006) HM |
| On Courthouse Road at 16th Street, on the right when traveling south on Courthouse Road. |
| | Constructed in 1893 as part of the Harrison County Circuit Clerk's office, the "Old Courthouse," located here, was a two-story, red brick edifice. It was the last remaining structure associated with a complex of courthouse buildings in Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m81011) HM |
| On 15th Street at 20th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 15th Street. |
| | The Gulfport High School, built in 1923 by architect N. W. Overstreet, replaced two earlier schools built in 1899 and 1905, both of which burned. Opened in 1924 at a new location on 15th Street, the school was converted to a junior high in 1977 due . . . — — Map (db m102167) HM |
| On East Beach Boulevard (U.S. 90) at Church Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Beach Boulevard. |
| | St. Mark's Episcopal Church, once located here, was organized as a mission parish in 1846. Originally a simple rectangular frame building with twin front doors. The church was altered and enlarged over the years and was moved from its original . . . — — Map (db m81009) HM |
| On 13th Street at 25th Avenue (U.S. 49), in the median on 13th Street. |
| | On April 20, 1925, the Magnolia Route opened with a forty-hour, 1,000 mile endurance drive from Gulfport to Chicago. This route was designed to bring more commerce and tourism to Mississippi. — — Map (db m80995) HM |
| On Beach Boulevard East (U.S. 90) 0.1 miles west of East Azalea Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1788, Nicholas and Marianne Ladner became the first Europeans to settle in this area. Their log house, know as "The Chimneys", was used as a navigation point for boats traveling from Mobile to New Orleans. After Nicholas's death, the Spanish . . . — — Map (db m81001) HM |
| On Beach Boulevard East (U.S. 90) at Gulf View Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Beach Boulevard East. |
| | In 1788, Nicholas and Marianne Ladner became the first Europeans to settle in this area. Their log house, know as "The Chimneys," was used as a navigation point for boats traveling from Mobile to New Orleans. After Nicholas's death, the Spanish . . . — — Map (db m81002) HM |
| On East Scenic Drive at Lang Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Scenic Drive. |
| | Built by John Backe of New Orleans in 1851. Here in 1913 Pres. Woodrow Wilson and family spent winter vacation as guests of the owner, Miss Alice Herndon. — — Map (db m80997) HM |
| On East Scenic Drive 0.1 miles west of Davis Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built ca. 1855 by Pierre Saucier, whose son was later mayor of Pass Christian, the two-story Greek Revival House located here had a central temple-like portico and square-columned galleries spanning its facade, and an octagonal Gothic Revival . . . — — Map (db m81033) HM |
| On East Scenic Drive at St Paul Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Scenic Drive. |
| | Due to the large number of 19th and early 20th century mansions once located here, Pass Christian's Scenic Drive was heralded as "The Newport of the South." Composed of architecturally significant vacation villas set among live oaks, this National . . . — — Map (db m81042) HM |
| On Bolton-Raymond Road at East Madison Street (Old U.S. 80), on the left when traveling south on Bolton-Raymond Road. |
| | Located 4.4 mi. S.W., is site of crucial battle in the Vicksburg defense, May 16, 1863. Grant, cutting off Johnston's relief, drove Pemberton from this hill across Big Black River. — — Map (db m89736) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road (Mississippi Route 462) at Cayuga Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Port Gibson Road. |
| | Grant established his headquarters here on May 10, remaining two days. On May 11, Tuttle's and Steele's divisions of the XV Corps passed through Cayuga and the XIII Corps camps at Fivemile Creek to Auburn, three and a half miles northeast. Lacking . . . — — Map (db m103887) HM |
| Near West College Street at Jefferson Street. |
| | Pioneer Baptist minister who, in 1824, settled in Hinds Co. and organ. Union Church in the Society Ridge Com. A founder of the Miss. Bapt. Conv. in 1836, he influenced that body to acquire Miss. Coll. in 1850. — — Map (db m89733) HM |
| On Clinton Parkway at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Clinton Parkway. |
| | Governor Walter Leake built his
home, Mount Salus, in 1825. The
Mount Salus post office was authorized
that year and renamed Clinton in 1828
to honor Governor Dewitt Clinton of New
York. In 1828-30 the state legislature
considered . . . — — Map (db m115383) HM |
| On East College Street 0.2 miles west of Fairmont Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Established ca. 1800, the Clinton Cemetery is one of the oldest in central Mississippi. Buried here are families of pioneer settlers, ten college presidents, and sixty-three Confederate soldiers. — — Map (db m69598) HM |
| On East College Street at Clinton Parkway, on the right when traveling north on East College Street. |
| | Composed largely of residential
structures built ca. 1870-1940,
this district includes E.
College, E. Main, Landrum and
New Prospect Streets. Parts of
the district were included in
the 1829 town plan. Listed in
the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m115386) HM |
| On East Main Street west of Heights Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Composed largely of residential structures built ca. 1870-1940, this district includes E. College, E. Main, Landrum and New Prospect Streets. Parts of the district were included in the 1829 town plan. Listed in the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m115389) HM |
| On East Leake Street east of East Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Following the closure of the female department at Mississippi College in 1851, the Central Baptist Association founded the Central Female Institute on this site in 1853. The institute provided primary and secondary education, as well as a two-year . . . — — Map (db m103743) HM |
| On Northside Drive at Old Vicksburg Road, on the right when traveling east on Northside Drive. |
| | Operated at junction of Natchez Trace & Old Vicksburg Rd. by Robert H. Bell (1783-1835) & his "yellow man Vincent," freed by Bell's will in 1835. Bell-Vincent Scholarship, Millsaps College, endowed with funds from the sale of this land, memorializes . . . — — Map (db m50873) HM |
| On West College Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east on West College Street. |
| | Founded 1826, is oldest of Mississippi senior colleges. Under Baptist control. Was first coeducational college to grant degree to a woman. Famed for producing many a leader in church and state. — — Map (db m89732) HM |
| On Jefferson Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Jefferson Street. |
| | Tanglewood was originally built ca. 1845 on Norrell Road, then just south of Clinton, by Andrew and Nancy Thomas for their daughter Mary Jane and her husband, James A. Criddle. By 1876 Tanglewood had come into the ownership of Captain William Lewis . . . — — Map (db m89730) HM |
| On East College Street east of Landrum Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Built ca. 1835, this Greek Revival house is one of the oldest in Hinds Co. U.S. Grant passed by enroute to Civil War siege of V'burg, 1863. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m115290) HM |
| On Clinton Raymond Road 0.2 miles south of Interstate 20, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On January 12, 1836, Isaac Caldwell, a former law partner of Senator George Poindexter, fought a duel with Samuel Gwin, a protégé of Andrew Jackson. The duel was the result of a lengthy political quarrel that began in 1830, when the senator blocked . . . — — Map (db m119217) HM |
| Near Belmont Street at Vernon Road. |
| | On September 4, 1875, Charles Caldwell, a
former slave and Republican state senator,
organized a political rally at “Moses
Hill." Firing erupted during the rally,
attended by more than 1,500 blacks and
about 75 whites, including some . . . — — Map (db m115338) HM |
| On Old U.S. 80 0.5 miles west of Smith Station Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | After the defeat at Champion Hill, Confederate forces retreated to the Big Black River on the night of May 16, 1863. Here, Generals John Bowen and John Vaughn defended the east bank of the river and the bridge. On May 17, Federal forces under Gen. . . . — — Map (db m80679) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road 0.2 miles west of Mt. Moriah Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On May 12, 1863, Grant made his headquarters here at Dillon's Farm with Sherman's XV Corps. At Raymond, five and a half miles east along Fourteenmile Creek, McPherson's XVII Corps, with 12,000 men, defeated 3,000 Confederates under John Gregg. Grant . . . — — Map (db m80242) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road at Middle Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Port Gibson Road. |
| | On May 12, 1863, after Grant and two divisions of the XV Corps marched past, three divisions of the XIII Corps turned here onto the Telegraph Road. Four miles north, they met a portion of the 1st Missouri (Dismounted) Cavalry at Whitaker's Ford. . . . — — Map (db m80290) HM |
| On Riverside Drive at Peachtree Street, on the left when traveling east on Riverside Drive. |
| | The Belhaven neighborhood developed north of the city as Jackson's first suburb. Composed of more than 1,300 historic structures dating from as early as 1904, Belhaven is Mississippi's largest historic district. The neighborhood includes a wide . . . — — Map (db m119596) HM |
| On Pinehurst Street at Peachtree Street, on the right when traveling west on Pinehurst Street. |
| | Belhaven College for Young Ladies was founded in 1883 at the estate of Senator Jones S. Hamilton and named for his Scottish home, “Bel Haven," translated "Beautiful Home." Fire destroyed the College in 1894 and again in 1910 before it was . . . — — Map (db m133851) HM |
| On North Jefferson Street 0.1 miles south of Boyd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built ca. 1853 for James H. Boyd, Mayor of Jackson, 1842, 1844, 1850, and 1858. One of the few homes to survive the Civil War, the Greek Revival house is listed on National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m115286) HM |
| On Main Street north of Avenue F, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Est. 1897 as Christ's Holiness School; moved to this site in 1907. Chartered as Christ Missionary & Industrial College in 1908. Teaches religious, academic, and vocational curriculum for grades 1-12+. — — Map (db m115292) HM |
| On High Street at North Street, on the right when traveling east on High Street. |
| | Established in 1849 by Carl J. Von Seutter as the Carl J. Von Seutter Jewelry and Art Emporium, this business was once located in the Majestic Arcade Building on Capitol Street. In 1918, one of Von Seutter's employees, John C. Carter, purchased the . . . — — Map (db m51181) HM |
| On Greymont Avenue at Poplar Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Greymont Avenue. |
| | During the Civil War siege of Jackson, on
July 11, 1863, Union soldiers in the 2nd
Michigan Infantry staged an impromptu
assault on the city's fortifications.
Advancing south through what is today
eastern Belhaven, they overran a campsite . . . — — Map (db m115337) HM |
| On North West Street 0.2 miles north of George Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Over 450 Confederate soldiers who died in and around Jackson during the Civil War are buried here. Their names are known but not the exact site of each grave, as some were reburied here from graves where they fell. As Jackson awaited the final . . . — — Map (db m105596) HM |
| On John R. Lynch Street at Short Hickory Street, on the right when traveling east on John R. Lynch Street. |
| | Founded in 1961, COFO combined the Civil
Rights efforts of the Congress of Racial
Equality. NAACP, Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, and local groups
under one umbrella. COFO's grassroots . . . — — Map (db m115333) HM |
| | Eudora Welty (1909-2001), one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, lived in this house for seventy six years. This house was built by Welty's parents, Christian and Chestina Welty, in 1925. Eudora Welty wrote all of her major . . . — — Map (db m91895) HM |
| On Fairview Street 0.1 miles east of North State Street (U.S. 51), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Built ca. 1908 as a private residence for
Cyrus C. Warren, vice president of the
Warren-Godwin Lumber Company, this
Colonial Revival mansion was designed
by the Chicago architectural firm of
Spencer & Powers. Known as the Warren-
Gunter . . . — — Map (db m115367) HM |
| On North State Street (U.S. 51) north of Yazzo Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Organized by five Jacksonians in 1837. Under the leadership of Rev. L.D. Halsey, a church building was constructed herein 1845-46 on land purchased from the state. Utilized for Christian worship until 1951. — — Map (db m107069) HM |
| Near Lakeland Drive (State Highway 25) at Interstate 55 when traveling north. |
| | This typical family farmstead was in operation from 1860 to 1960. The buildings were moved from Jefferson Davis Co. in 1981 and restored through the generosity of the family, friends and county supervisors. — — Map (db m69944) HM |
| On Robinhood Road at North State Street (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling east on Robinhood Road. |
| | To assist returning veterans of
WWII, the Mississippi Legislature
set aside 153 acres for low-cost
house sites. Then known as the
"Old Asylum Land," the parcels
were sold by lottery in September,
1948. Streets in the subdivision
bear . . . — — Map (db m115370) HM |
| On North Congress Street north of Yazoo Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This edifice ~ a memorial to Bishop Charles Betts Galloway ~ houses descendants of Jackson's first Christian congregation, worshipping on this site since 1839. — — Map (db m105560) HM |
| On George Street at North West Street, on the right when traveling west on George Street. |
| | Greenwood Cemetery is the oldest landmark in Jackson. Authorized by the Mississippi Legislature on January 1, 1823, it was later expanded from six to twenty-two acres and given its present name. Among those buried here are numerous governors, public . . . — — Map (db m51179) HM |
| Near East Fortification Street at North Jefferson Street. |
| | The Jitney Jungle grocery store chain was
founded in 1919 by the McCarty and Holman
families. In 1933, Jitney No. 14 held its
grand opening in this Tudor Revival
building designed by Emmett Hull. The
building, called "The English Village," . . . — — Map (db m115335) HM |
| On North West Street at Wesley Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North West Street. |
| | A gift of R.V. Powers in 1917 enabled the Mississippi Children's Home Society, est. 1912, to build on this site "The Kate McWillie Powers Memorial", a home for children in the care of the Society. In 1997, the Society dedicated this campus as a . . . — — Map (db m115284) HM |
| On Carlisle Street east of Kenwood Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Robert Estes Kennington was one of
Jackson's wealthiest merchants in the
early 1900s. In 1912, he chose this hill
north of the city to build "Kenwood," a
grand brick mansion on extensive grounds
including a tennis court, lake, formal . . . — — Map (db m115336) HM |
| On North State Street (U.S. 51) north of Arlington Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This Georgian Revival home was designed by architect Bem Price and built by Isaac C. Garber in 1913, for Mary D. (Terrell) and Thad B. Lampton, prominent businessman and banker who served as the state treasurer under Governor Longino. The estate . . . — — Map (db m133854) HM |
| On John R. Lynch Street west of Short Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Named in honor of Grand Master
Thomas W. Stringer, founder of Prince
Hall Masonry in Mississippi, who served
as Grand Master from 1867 to 1893.
Dedicated on May 30, 1955, with an
address given by civil rights activist
and future Supreme . . . — — Map (db m115332) HM |
| On North State Street (U.S. 51) at East Woodrow Wilson Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North State Street. |
| |
The Mississippi Federation of Women’s Clubs, organized in 1898 in Kosciusko, moved into this headquarters building in 1936. Designed by architect Robert Naef and built by the Works Projects Administration, the structure is of the Georgian-Revival . . . — — Map (db m72679) HM |
| On North West Street at McTyere Street, on the right when traveling south on North West Street. |
| | Chartered Feb. 21, 1890 by Miss. Methodists. Named for & largely endowed by Maj. R.W. Millsaps. Bishop C.B. Galloway first president of Board; Bishop W.B. Murrah first president of college. — — Map (db m51205) HM |
| On South State Street (U.S. 51) at East Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north on South State Street. Reported missing. |
| | Served 1839-1903 as the state capitol: restored 1959-1961 as the State Historical Museum, a division of the Miss. Department of Archives and History. — — Map (db m95483) HM |
| On South State Street (U.S. 51) at East Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north on South State Street. |
| | As the state capitol (1839-1903), this building was the site of the 1861 Secession Convention and 1868 and 1890 Constitutional Conventions. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and Jefferson Davis spoke here. After housing state offices 1917-1959, the Old . . . — — Map (db m71069) HM |
| On North Lamar Street at East Church Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lamar Street. |
| | On January 8, 1868, Thomas E. and Mary Helm, prominent members of First Presbyterian Church, donated this plot of land to African-Americans who had worshipped in the basement of First Baptist Church from 1835 to 1867. Mount Helm was built here in . . . — — Map (db m105597) HM |
| On East Church Street east of Dreyfus Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Formed in 1835, the congregation of Mt. Helm is the oldest black religious body in the city. The church bears the name of the Helm family who donated this land on which the church originally stood. — — Map (db m115363) HM |
| On West Pearl Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On this site was the house of Andrew J. and Susie Davis Noel, built 1924. Active in the NAACP, the Noels hosted Freedom Riders here in 1960. In 1948, Gladys Noel Bates filed the first lawsuit in the state seeking equal pay for black public school . . . — — Map (db m51173) HM |
| Near North State Street (U.S. 51) at East Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Begun in 1833. Here Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Jefferson Davis spoke. Was scene of 1861 Secession Convention, Black and Tan Convention of 1868, & 1890 Constitutional Convention. — — Map (db m71070) HM |
| Near U.S. 49 8.8 miles north of Interstate 220, in the median. |
| | Built and used between A.D 1000 and 1300, this platform mound and a nearby burial mound mark the ceremonial and political seat of a regional chiefdom of the Plaquemine culture. A thatched, clay-plastered ritual temple or chief's lodging stood atop . . . — — Map (db m77266) HM |
| On Poplar Boulevard at Hazel Street, on the right when traveling west on Poplar Boulevard. |
| | This building was once Belhaven's own full service gas station and general store, nicknamed by residents the "Shady Nook." It was originally built as a one-room structure ca. 1928 and then expanded in 1936 by architect A. Hays Town using . . . — — Map (db m133852) HM |
| On North Congress Street north of East Amite Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Jackson's only surviving "public square" from Peter Vandorn's original city plan of 1822. Named for James Smith, Scottish manufacturer, Confederate benefactor, and Jackson resident, 1834-1855, who donated funds for a fence around the park in 1884. . . . — — Map (db m105562) HM |
| Near Bloom Street at Dr. Jessie Mosley Street. |
| | Built in 1894 as Jackson's first public school for black students. Commonly known as the "Mother School," it was named for Smith Robertson, a respected community leader, and Jackson's first black city alderman. Among the school's graduates is author . . . — — Map (db m94959) HM |
| On West Pearl Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This church, organized in 1883, began as a Sunday School mission to blacks under the episcopate of Bishop Hugh M. Thompson. The first instructor was a Mr. Williams, an African American. The Rev. Richard T. Middleton became the first priest in 1904. . . . — — Map (db m51176) HM |
| On St Mary Street at Pinehurst Street, on the right when traveling north on St Mary Street. |
| | Front
In 1928, Jackson developer Lucius L. Mayes converted six acres of rugged terrain into a residential development of fully furnished, up-to-date homes with similar color schemes but in a variety of architectural styles. A grand . . . — — Map (db m133850) HM |
| On South State Street at South Street, on the right when traveling north on South State Street. |
| | Jackson's Jewish congregation was organized in 1861. While not the first congregation in Mississippi, Beth Israel was the first to build a temple. In 1867-1868 a wood frame structure was built on this site. Used as both a school and a house of . . . — — Map (db m134332) HM |
| On Manship Street east of North State Street (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling west. |
| | During the Siege of Jackson, July 10-17, 1863, Confederate Gen. William W. Loring's division held defensive positions extending east of the Canton Road to the Pearl River. A number of artillery batteries were posted on this line, the most prominent . . . — — Map (db m107070) HM |
| On North Street at East Amite Street, on the right when traveling south on North Street. |
| | Two of Jackson’s historic hotels once stood at this site. The Eagle Hotel, originally a tavern, was built in 1823. Andrew Jackson was a guest here in 1840. Alexander McClung, editor and Mexican War hero, committed suicide at the hotel in 1855. The . . . — — Map (db m51178) HM |
| On John R. Lynch Street at Valley Street, on the right when traveling east on John R. Lynch Street. |
| | The Gowdy community was first settled prior to 1903. Named for Mr. W.B. Gowdy, former president of the Delta Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Plant. This African American community was awarded its own U.S. postal stop in 1915. The Gowdy community is . . . — — Map (db m71366) HM |
| On Poplar Boulevard at Kenwood Place, on the left when traveling east on Poplar Boulevard. |
| | In the Late Cretaceous Period, shallow seas covered central Mississippi. About 75 million years ago, a volcano erupted through the seafloor creating an island surrounded by a reef. Today, these structures are located 2,900 feet beneath the city. . . . — — Map (db m133847) HM |
| Near North State Street (U.S. 51) 0.2 miles south of Lakeland Drive (County Route 25), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Following the surrender of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, Union forces under William T. Sherman pursued Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate army to Jackson and laid siege to the city. North of Jackson, Parke's IX Corps moved astride the Canton Road and . . . — — Map (db m71101) HM WM |
| On State Highway 18 0.2 miles south of Port Gibson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | May 12, 1863, on Fourteen Mile Creek, 2,500 Confederate troops under Gen. John Gregg attacked a 10,000 man corps under Gen. James B. McPherson. Outnumbered, Gregg was forced to withdraw to Jackson. — — Map (db m26145) HM |
| On Port Gibson Street 0.3 miles south of Palestine Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Confederate Cemetery in Raymond contains the graves of 140 Confederate soldiers who were killed during the battle of Raymond on May 12, 1863, or who died as a result of their wounds. Most of the men were from Tennessee and Texas; many died in . . . — — Map (db m85108) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road (Mississippi Route 462) at Fisher Ferry Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Port Gibson Road. |
| | On May 9, two divisions of McPherson's XVII Corps marched to Reganton, then known as Crossroads and moved southeast toward Utica, camping at Meyer's Farm three miles southeast. On May 10, the XIII Corps marched through here from Big Sand Creek . . . — — Map (db m103873) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road at Ross Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Port Gibson Road. |
| | Three divisions of the XIII Corps camped here May 7-9, 1863, while a reserve division was at Little Sand Creek, two miles southwest. On May 8, Grant reviewed the troops here. On May 9, the XVII Corps marched through Reganton and turned toward Utica. . . . — — Map (db m103867) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road north of State Route 27, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On May 11, 1863, two division of the XV Corps camped here. Water was scarce, and Sherman reported to Grant that he was "short of provisions and ammunition" while captured mail indicated "many million rations in Vicksburg." The next morning, Grant . . . — — Map (db m103891) HM |
| On Old Port Gibson Road south of Midway Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On May 8, 1863, as the Union XV Corps left Grand Gulf, two divisions of the XVII Corps rested at Hankinson's Ferry and Rocky Springs to wait for rations. Three divisions of the XIII Corps camped at Big Sand Creek, one and a half miles northeast, . . . — — Map (db m103861) HM |
| On State Highway 27 at State Highway 18, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 27. |
| | Incorporated March 5, 1880, and named for the native city of Ozias Osborn, an early settler from New York. Utica is noted for the great number of its citizens who have become educators of the deaf. — — Map (db m80234) HM |
| On North Jackson Street south of State Route 12, on the left when traveling north. |
| | W. 3 mi. Mineral springs created popular health spa prior to Civil War. Girls boarding school organized, 1854. In 1862, wounded from Shiloh treated here. Now Y. M.C.A. state camp. — — Map (db m140831) HM |
| On North Jackson Street (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded, 1858. Named for Louis Durant, a nearby Choctaw chief. Lockhart's Store, 4 mi. W., was first Holmes County post office, dating from 1849. Town later merged with Durant. — — Map (db m140836) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 17 at State Park Road (County Road 417), on the right when traveling north on State Route 17. |
| | During Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's raid in the late winter of 1864-1865, a small Confederate brigade under the command of Gen. Wirt Adams attacked the rear guard of one of Grierson's columns at Franklin Church on January 2, 1865. Among the . . . — — Map (db m140860) HM |
| On Court Square at Wall Street (State Route 17), on the left when traveling east on Court Square. |
| | Charles Harrison Mason (1864-1961) began his ministry in 1893 in Preston, Arkansas. Shunned by the African American Baptist community in Jackson during the 1890s due to his teachings on holiness, Mason brought his revival to Lexington in 1897. He . . . — — Map (db m140839) HM |
| On Court Square at Wall Street (State Route 17), on the left when traveling east on Court Square. |
| | Began in 1820s as trading post. Incorporated in 1836. County seat of Holmes County since 1834. In 1907 the first Corn Club in the United States was organized here by W.H. (Corn Club) Smith. — — Map (db m140843) HM |
| On Ebenezer Road at State Route 17, on the right when traveling south on Ebenezer Road. |
| | Milton Lee Olive III, a native of Chicago, moved to Holmes County and attended school in Lexington. During the Vietnam War, Olive served in Co. B, 2nd Bttn. (Airborne), 503rd Infantry. Near Phu Cong, on October 22, 1965, Olive saved the lives of . . . — — Map (db m140856) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 17 at Torrey Creek Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 17. |
| | St. Paul Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, the founder of the COGIC denomination. St. Paul has served as "Mother Church for the COGIC since its construction here in 1906. Saints Academy. formerly . . . — — Map (db m140853) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 17 0.2 miles south of Mississippi Route 14, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here in 1849, Robert Morris, Mason, schoolmaster, began movement that resulted in creation of the Order of the Eastern Star. Schoolhouse has also housed Masons and Co. C 15th Miss. Inf. C.S.A. — — Map (db m140863) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Drive (U.S. 49E) at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Drive. |
| | Settled by Charles Land, 1826. Early settlers came by Rockport Road, built by Indians from Tchula Lake to Natchez Trace. Town was trade & shipping center for planters of this area. — — Map (db m121048) HM |
| On U.S. 49W north of Warren Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On March 13, 1863, near this site, the NATCHEZ burned and sank in the Yazoo. Converted into a Confederate gunboat and armored with cotton bales, the vessel had been taken into the Yazoo to avoid capture. — — Map (db m121107) HM |
| On Mississippi Route 7 north of Fishco Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A significant archaeological site initially settled by people of the Poverty Point culture ca. 1000 BC and continuously occupied through all subsequent archaeological periods of the Lower Miss. Valley. — — Map (db m121110) HM |
| On East Owens Street east of South Rose Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This home was built of hand-hewn, heart-of-pine lumber ca. 1836, and purchased in 1844 by John Tannehill. An 1887 remodeling added a second floor and a kitchen on the back connected by a breezeway. Also known as the Orr House, it is one of Fulton's . . . — — Map (db m102620) HM |
| On East Main Street (Mississippi Route 178) at North Clifton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | In 1838 the Methodist Episcopal Church established the Bull Mountain Mission Circuit, which added the newly formed town of Fulton to its charge. Circuit riders began holding services in a log structure just northwest of this site. The first church . . . — — Map (db m102621) HM |
| On West Main Street at South Cummings Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | In the early 1800s the area known as Fulton was first settled near the banks of the Tombigbee River. In 1836 after Itawamba County was formed, Kenneth Clarke, John D. Miller, and Robert A. Miller gave fifty acres of land to the Board of Police, and . . . — — Map (db m98609) HM |
| On South Cummings Street north of West Mattox Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Fulton Grammar School was designed by architect J.B. Lawson and built with Work Projects Administration assistance in 1939. This one-story brick building of nineteen rooms included a library, music room, kindergarten, office, and a 550-seat . . . — — Map (db m102622) HM |
| On West Main Street (Mississippi Route 178) at South Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | In 1941 the Itawamba Agricultural High School board of trustees voted to expand the school's curriculum to include college-level courses. In 1948 the Itawamba Junior College opened its doors with an enrollment of 114 students from Itawamba, Lee, and . . . — — Map (db m102623) HM |
| On East Main Street 0.1 miles east of South Rose Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Also known as the Cates-Gaither House, this one-story Greek Revival-style planters cottage was built in ca. 1859 by ship builder and merchant Pleasant Cates. The heavy framing includes original pegged joints. Named for the cedar trees on the . . . — — Map (db m96773) HM |
| On Fawn Grove Church Road west of Fawn Grove Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Established in 1909, the Fawn Grove School served the Fawn Grove community. After a new school house was constructed here in 1926, the Fawn Grove School recorded its highest enrollment, 162 students, in 1931. The Fawn Grove School closed its doors . . . — — Map (db m102975) HM |
| On 178 (State Highway Highwa) near Bankhead Road Notheast, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Bankhead Highway, established in 1916, was the first all-weather, transcontinental highway in the United States. It spanned some 3,600 miles. In Mississippi, the northern route roughly follows Highway 178 and the southern route, US Highway 278. . . . — — Map (db m123260) HM |
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