The Birthplace of Boogie Woogie
According to oral tradition and documented evidence, the Boogie Woogie musical genre, with its driving, iconic left-hand rhythm, originated in the area of Marshall, Harrison County, in the early 1870s. During that decade, Marshall became the headquarters of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and a hub for railroad transportation of cotton, timber and passengers, creating employment for recently emancipated African American laborers. Many African Americans worked in logging camps cutting trees and loading logs for locomotives to haul to sawmills, and most logging camps had a piano in the barrel house to keep the workers entertained and in the camps at night.HM Number | HM2IIL |
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Year Placed | 2013 |
Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Monday, July 8th, 2019 at 11:02am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 371607 N 3602394 |
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Decimal Degrees | 32.55151667, -94.36748333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 33.091', W 94° 22.049' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 33' 5.4600000000001" N, 94° 22' 2.94" W |
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Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
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