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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A7S_environmental-archaeology_Jackson-MS.html
Picture yourself standing at this spot, centuries ago, long before cars and highways parking lots and interpretive trails. It is springtime. You stand in an Indian village dotted with clay-walled houses; there is smoke rising from numerous fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A6Y_landscape-modification-in-prehistoric-times_Jackson-MS.html
Borrow Pits At the Pocahontas site, dirt was dug in prehistoric times from some areas, referred to by archaeologists as borrow pits, for two uses. One was to fill in along the edges of a narrow ridge to make a larger flat area where house…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A6X_midden-sifting-through-the-trash_Jackson-MS.html
Midden Mounds A midden mound is another type of "mound" frequently found where American Indians once lived. Unlike ceremonial mounds, midden mounds were not purposely constructed for a specific use, but rather were created by the accumulati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ZB_pocahontas-mounds_Jackson-MS.html
Front The Pocahontas site consists of two mounds and an associated village area. Mound A is a rectangular platform mound currently 20 feet tall, built between AD 750 and 1500. Excavations located structural features on the mound surface, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM290D_belhaven-historic-district_Jackson-MS.html
The Belhaven neighborhood developed north of the city as Jackson's first suburb. Composed of more than 1,300 historic structures dating from as early as 1904, Belhaven is Mississippi's largest historic district. The neighborhood includes a wide va…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26G8_tougaloo-college_Jackson-MS.html
Front The courage of Tougaloo College students, faculty, and staff fueled the Jackson Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by the bravery and resolve of Medgar Evers, students and faculty attempted to integrate Jackson's main public library, restaur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268H_cofo-central-offices_Jackson-MS.html
Front From this building, COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) coordinated efforts of SNCC, NAACP, CORE, SCLC, and other activist groups from early 1963 through early 1965. Clarksdale's Aaron Henry was COFO president. Bob Moses, pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268G_medgar-evers-home_Jackson-MS.html
Front Medgar and Myrlie Evers moved into this home with their children - Darrell and Reena - in 1955 after Medgar became Mississippi's first NAACP Field Secretary. Son Van was born in 1960. Evers was an outspoken activist for voter regi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267Q_belhaven-historic-district_Jackson-MS.html
The Belhaven neighborhood developed north of the city as Jackson's first suburb. Composed of more than 1,300 historic structures dating from as early as 1904, Belhaven is Mississippi's largest historic district. The neighborhood includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267M_mt-helm-baptist-church_Jackson-MS.html
Formed in 1835, the congregation of Mt. Helm is the oldest black religious body in the city. The church bears the name of the Helm family who donated this land on which the church originally stood.
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