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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UO_howcutt-monument-a-war-memorial_Canton-MS.html
A tribute to my faithful servant and friend, Willis Howcott, a colored boy of rare loyalty and faithfulness, whose memory I cherish with deep gratitude.
W.H. Howcutt
Loyal, faithful, true, were each and all of them.
Erected by W.H. Howcutt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UN_harveys-scouts-monument-a-war-memorial_Canton-MS.html
Capt. Addison Harvey
Born June 1837,
Killed April 9, 1865.
Just as the country's flag was furled forever, death saved him the pain of defeat.
Long since has beat the last tattoo
Disbanded are the 'Gray' and 'Blue'
And peace reigns now wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UM_confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Canton-MS.html
In Memoriam The Confederate Dead
The cause may perish, but the memory of noble deeds survives.
Erected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Canton, Miss, April 26, 1881. Mrs. Charles Handy, President
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29U8_old-madison-county-jail_Canton-MS.html
Architecturally distinctive 19th century penal facility. Jailers quarters in front; cell black in rear. Built 1870 by Valentine Warner and architect C.W. Oates. Jail closed in 1969.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29U7_priestley-house_Canton-MS.html
Built as the home of Dr. James Priestley, one of Canton's early physicians and first postmaster, the Priestley House is a 19th-century Greek Revival-style home constructed ca. 1852. The house remained in the Priestley family until the early 1990s.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZTA_madison-county-movement_Canton-MS.html
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CORE Activists David Dennis, Matheo Suarez, and George Raymond opened a Madison County office in 1963 to register black voters, the majority in white~controlled Canton. Co~directors Raymond and Suarez were joined by Annie Devine and C.O. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZT9_grace-church_Canton-MS.html
Earliest services held, 1840, by "Fighting" Bishop Leonidas Polk. Parish organized, 1848, with Edward Fontaine as rector. Building, dating from 1853, is Canton's oldest church structure.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TUV_hickory-street-historical_Canton-MS.html
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Hickory Street, known locally as "The Hollow," was a hub of social life, commerce, and entertainment for the African American community of central Mississippi for several decades, up through the 1970s. Canton's most famous blues musician,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M8D_pearl-river_Canton-MS.html
In 1698 the French explorer, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, sailed into the mouth of this river and found pearls. He named it "River of Pearls."
The Natchez Trace, a hundred years later, avoided the marshy lowlands by following the ridge b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1INH_club-desire_Canton-MS.html
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The Club Desire, which stood across the street from this site, was one of Mississippi's premier blues and rhythm & blues nightclubs from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Owner Clarence Chinn presented the top national acts, includi…