Historical Markers and War Memorials in Guntown, Mississippi
Tupelo is the county seat for Lee County
Guntown is in Lee County
Lee County(107) ► ADJACENT TO LEE COUNTY Chickasaw County(29) ► Itawamba County(21) ► Monroe County(30) ► Pontotoc County(30) ► Prentiss County(14) ► Union County(12) ►
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On Bethany Road (Mississippi Route 370) 0.4 miles east of County Route 833, on the right when traveling east.
8,000 Federal infantry and cavalry, led by Gen. Samuel Sturgis, left Memphis on a dual mission to destroy Confederate supply lines and to engage Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. It was here on June 10, 1864, that the Union army was forced to . . . — — Map (db m91178) HM
On County Road 503, 1.9 miles south of County Road 833, on the right when traveling south.
Tishomingo is the English
spelling of his Chickasaw title,
Tisho Minko. It translates as
assistant chief but signifies that
he was a great warrior
and orator. Tishomingo led
warriors by example, reputation
and his powers of persuasion.
He . . . — — Map (db m185658) HM WM
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 275.2), 0.7 miles west of Friendship Road (County Road 1303), on the left when traveling east.
Flowering dogwood is a common small tree throughout the eastern United States from Maine and Michigan south to Texas and Florida.
Here the Natchez Trace passes through a small valley with an unusual stand of large dogwood trees.
An . . . — — Map (db m84765) HM
On Bethany Road (State Highway 370) 0.4 miles east of County Route 833, on the right when traveling east.
Near this site is the intersection of a local road between the county seats of Ripley (Tippah) and Fulton (Itawamba) and the wire road that connected the county seats of Jacinto (Tishomingo) and Pontotoc (Pontotoc). The community of Bethany, . . . — — Map (db m91176) HM
On Bethany Road (State Highway 370) 0.4 miles east of County Route 833, on the right when traveling east.
In 1832, this area ceded from the Chickasaw Nation to the United States by the Treaty of Pontotoc and became part of the State of Mississippi. According to the treaty, the land was surveyed and offered for sale by the Federal Government. The . . . — — Map (db m91177) HM
On County Route 2902 at County Route 370, on the right when traveling south on County Route 2902.
"Hit 'em on the e-e-end!"
As Nathan Bedford Forrest closed on the Union defenders at the critical intersection at Brice's Crossroads, he dispatched two companies of the Twelfth Kentucky under Captain Henry A. Tyler, along with his personal . . . — — Map (db m91216) HM
