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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTN_delta-blues-inspires-w-c-handy_Cleveland-MS.html
While leading his orchestra at a dance on this site c. 1905, Handy was unable to perform requested blues numbers. A local band stepped in and stole the show. "My enlightenment came in Cleveland. That night an American composer was born," he wro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTM_david-r-bowen_Cleveland-MS.html
A Cleveland High School graduate, Bowen (D-Miss.) served five terms in Congress (1973-1983). As chair of the Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Subcommittee and a member of the House Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTK_the-cleveland-depot_Cleveland-MS.html
Four railroad depots have operated here since Cleveland was incorporated in 1886. The first depot - two Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR cars tied together and parked together on a side track - disappeared when a prankster hooked it to an outgoing tr…
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