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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28QF_the-clinton-duel_Clinton-MS.html
On January 12, 1836, Isaac Caldwell, a former law partner of Senator George Poindexter, fought a duel with Samuel Gwin, a protégé of Andrew Jackson. The duel was the result of a lengthy political quarrel that began in 1830, when the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2680_clinton_Clinton-MS.html
Governor Walter Leake built his
home, Mount Salus, in 1825. The
Mount Salus post office was authorized
that year and renamed Clinton in 1828
to honor Governor Dewitt Clinton of New
York. In 1828-30 the state legislature
considered relo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267W_east-clinton-historic-district_Clinton-MS.html
Composed largely of residential
structures built ca. 1870-1940,
this district includes E.
College, E. Main, Landrum and
New Prospect Streets. Parts of
the district were included in
the 1829 town plan. Listed in
the National Register …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267V_east-clinton-historic-district_Clinton-MS.html
Composed largely of residential structures built ca. 1870-1940, this district includes E. College, E. Main, Landrum and New Prospect Streets. Parts of the district were included in the 1829 town plan. Listed in the National Register of Historic Pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267S_natchez-trace-crossing_Clinton-MS.html
This stone marks the crossing of the Natchez Trace, pioneer highway of Mississippi Territory, blazed through the forest during the administration of Gov. W.C.C. Clairborne.
Over it marched the Tennessee troops to join Andrew Jackson in 1812.
Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM266I_the-clinton-riot_Clinton-MS.html
On September 4, 1875, Charles Caldwell, a
former slave and Republican state senator,
organized a political rally at "Moses
Hill." Firing erupted during the rally,
attended by more than 1,500 blacks and
about 75 whites, including som…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2655_the-cedars_Clinton-MS.html
Built ca. 1835, this Greek Revival house is one of the oldest in Hinds Co. U.S. Grant passed by enroute to Civil War siege of V'burg, 1863. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-04371_dr-walter-hillman_Clinton-MS.html
Walter Hillman was President of the Central Female Institute from 1855 to 1887 and of Mississippi College from 1867 to 1873. During the Civil War he saved many Clintonians from starvation by requesting rations from General Sherman. When Charles Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-23649_hillman-college_Clinton-MS.html
Following the closure of the female department at Mississippi College in 1851, the Central Baptist Association founded the Central Female Institute on this site in 1853. The institute provided primary and secondary education, as well as a two-year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P5K_love-is-immortal_Clinton-MS.html
This boulder is erected by the Mississippi
College Rifles Chapter U. D. C.
in grateful memory of the 104 men who went
out from this college as Company E; 18th
Mississippi Regiment, April 23, 1861.
J. W. Welborn, Capt., Cuddie Thomas, 1st …