Entries Containing All of the Phrases «panola county» AND «mississippi»

By Phillip Knecht, July 1, 2015

Hill Country Blues Marker

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Mississippi, Marshall County, Holly Springs — 45 — Hill Country Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —

(side 1) Although Delta blues often claims the spotlight, other styles of the blues were produced in other regions of Mississippi. In the greater Holly Springs area, musicians developed a "hill county" blues style characterized by few chord . . . — — Map (db m84875) HM

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2 ► Mississippi, Tate County, Senatobia — 199 — Sid Hemphill — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Sid Hemphill (1878-1961) was the most storied African-American musician in the Mississippi hills in the early decades of the 20th century, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, bandleader and instrument maker whose music largely predated the . . . — — Map (db m174073) HM

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3 ► Mississippi, Panola County, Batesville — Archeology — Batesville Mounds —

History Of Investigation: 1926: First definitive of the Batesville Mounds site was made by Calvin Brown in his book, Archaeology of Mississippi, after his 1906 and 1919 expeditions to the site. 1950: William Haag identified . . . — — Map (db m296185) HM

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4 ► Mississippi, Panola County, Sardis — Andrew Johnson (Anders Jönssen) — Architect — February 18, 1844 - July 29, 1921 —

Andrew Johnson, architect, is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places for 21 of the homes and buildings he built in North Mississippi from 1870-1910. His nomination states that his designs "initiated a movement, which completely . . . — — Map (db m259129) HM

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5 ► Florida, Alachua County, Gainesville — Leigh Hall — University of Florida —

Chemistry classes first met in Thomas Hall and then in Keene/Flint Hall (Science Hall). With growing enrollment, more classroom and laboratory space was needed. Construction began in 1925 for a new building for chemistry and pharmacy. It opened . . . — — Map (db m151072) HM

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6 ► Oklahoma, Greer County, Mangum — Caledonia Armstrong Trench / Marion Ernest Copelin —

Caledonia Armstrong Trench Caledonia Armstrong, daughter of Martha Jane Isbell and George Armstrong, was born May 28, 1876, in Panola County, Mississippi. She married Daniel MacKay Trench in Waelder, Texas. They settled in Old Greer County in, . . . — — Map (db m289611) HM

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7 ► Mississippi, Choctaw County, Weir — 160 — Choctaw County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Choctaw County’s blues history is distinguished by the accomplishments of two artists in particular, both of them singers, songwriters, and guitarists; Levester “Big Lucky” Carter, who was born in Weir and raised on his family’s farm in French Camp, . . . — — Map (db m205436) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.