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Long-time Neshoba County resident Bob Ferguson (1927-2001) was a key shaper of the “Nashville Sound” of the 1960s and ‘70s, as the producer of hundreds of major recordings and writer of such classic country songs as “Wings of a . . . — — Map (db m140732) HM
Adam Monroe Byrd (1859-1912) built a home near this site and began a law practice in 1885. Byrd served as the Neshoba County superintendent of education (1887-89), in the Mississippi Senate (1889-96) and House of Representatives (1896-97), as . . . — — Map (db m140999) HM
In 1909 Edward and Julia Stevens founded a school for Philadelphia's African American children in the Black Masonic lodge near Wilson Street. In 1922, the Neshoba County School moved into a new building on Rea Street funded by the Rosenwald . . . — — Map (db m140989) HM
Established here in 1949, the annual Choctaw
Indian Fair, formerly known as the Green Corn
Festival, showcases the cultural traditions of the
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians including
food, arts and crafts, stickball (kabotcha toli),
and . . . — — Map (db m234964) HM
On June 21, 1964 voting rights activists John Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church, were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led . . . — — Map (db m60474) HM
On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered near here by members of the Ku Klux Klan and local law enforcement. They were volunteers for Mississippi Freedom Summer, a drive to register black voters. While . . . — — Map (db m93139) HM
On April 23, 1863, Union cavalry led by Col. Benjamin F. Grierson approached Philadelphia from the north en route to Newton Station. Seeing armed citizens ahead blocking the road, which ran across this block, Col. Grierson ordered his men to . . . — — Map (db m141000) HM
First Catholic Church in Neshoba County. Erected ¼ mile w. in 1860 on land given by Daniel and Elizabeth Rush. Building burned and replaced in 1875. Present church moved to Philadelphia in 1910. — — Map (db m179035) HM
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A native of Philadelphia, Marty Gamblin began his long career in the music business through booking bands while still in high school. He later worked closely with Mississippi songwriter/performer Jim Weatherly, and ran Glen . . . — — Map (db m140736) HM
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From his boyhood days performing here, Marty Stuart displayed singular zest for every flavor of country music. Beginning as a teenage mandolin player with Lester Flatt, he became an ebullient Grand Ole Opry star, "hillbilly . . . — — Map (db m130000) HM
Constructed using funds raised by public subscription, this monument was dedicated in July 1912, to the memory of citizens of Neshoba County who served in the Civil War (1861-1865).
The statue on the monument was damaged by a windstorm in 1990 . . . — — Map (db m130057) HM WM
"Mississippi's Giant Houseparty," the
Neshoba County Fair was founded in 1889
as a stock and agricultural exhibition
and soon expanded to include horse racing,
carnival rides, political speeches and
musical entertainment. In the late . . . — — Map (db m234962) HM
Est. in 1889, the Neshoba County Fair fosters political, agricultural, educational, and social exchanges of knowledge and ideas. Home of the state's only licensed horse track since 1922 and the nation's largest campground fair, the Fair is . . . — — Map (db m140932) HM
5 mi. S.W., an institution famed since 1890 for its exhibits of farm products and livestock. horseshows and races, political oratory, and social get-togethers. — — Map (db m140929) HM
Built in 1955, the county jail remained in use until 1978. Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were held here after being arrested in 1964. On June 21, 1966, a voter registration march, led by Ralph Abernathy and . . . — — Map (db m141006) HM
The blues form reached both artistic and emotional peaks in the works of Otis Rush, who was born south of Philadelphia in Neshoba County in 1935. His music, shaped by the hardships and troubles of his early life in Mississippi, came to fruition in . . . — — Map (db m140850) HM
Located primarily along Holland and Poplar Avenues between Main and Rose Streets, the Philadelphia historic district is an important residential neighborhood that shows the prosperity enjoyed by this city during the early 20th century. Most of these . . . — — Map (db m93140) HM
This Pavilion was constructed in 1914 as a shelter for gatherings and a venue for entertainment and public speaking; it continues to serve these purposes for the Fair as well as provide a location for selected events in the off season. Entertainment . . . — — Map (db m140940) HM
Built by Wesley Boler in 1835. Used as stage coach inn on the Jackson Road. During Civil War Gen. Wm. T. Sherman spent the night here during raid of February, 1864. — — Map (db m140951) HM
