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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273X_first-black-radio-station_Memphis-TN.html
On October 25, 1948 at 4p.m., Nat D. Williams signed on at WDIA radio, becoming the first black disc jockey on the South's first all-black radio station. His revolutionary rhythm and blues program followed a show called "Hillbilly Party" and repla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VU_john-grisham_Memphis-TN.html
Author John Grisham immortalized downtown Memphis, particularly Front Street, in his novel The Firm. In 1993, he became the first author to have four books on the best seller list at the same time. Rooted deeply in the South's rich literary soil, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VN_willie-mitchells-royal-studios_Memphis-TN.html
Constructed as the Shamrock Theater in 1915, this
building was converted into Royal Recording Studios
in 1957. Home of Hi Records and the Hi Rhythm
Section, Royal grew from a minor rockabilly studio
Into one of the most successful producer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26UE_shelby-county-archives-and-hall-of-records-former-criminal-courts-building_Memphis-TN.html
Shelby County Archives and Hall of Records
After the Shelby County criminal courts and jail moved from here in 1982, this National Register Historic District building stood empty until 1998, when extensive renovations were completed and it reop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26UD_first-tavern_Memphis-TN.html
In 1820 several log cabins were built here to provide for the land office opening. Samuel Brown, first sheriff, later kept tavern on the same site. Adjacent on the south was the office of Frances Wright's Nashoba colony.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26UA_first-memphis-waterfront_Memphis-TN.html
From here north to Auction Avenue steamboats landed; flatboats used the mouth of Gayoso Bayou above. Paddy Meagher, associated with this bluff as early as 1783, built a warehouse here in 1828. In 1829 Emmanuel Young built the town's first brick st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26U9_civil-war-capitol_Memphis-TN.html
After the fall of Nashville Governor Isham Harris convened the Tennessee Legislature on this site February 20-March 20, 1862. The state archives were also stored here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26U8_marion-scudder-griffin_Memphis-TN.html
Marion Scudder Griffin, although qualified, was refused a Tennessee law license for seven years solely because she was a woman. In 1907, she became the first woman attorney in Tennessee after she successfully lobbied the legislature to admit women…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26U7_the-saturday-night-jamboree_Memphis-TN.html
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On this site during 1953 and 1954, the Goodwyn
Institute Building Auditorium was home to "The
Saturday Night Jamboree" a live country music
show that debuted a group of unknown artists
who later made music history. Among the artis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26U5_modern-movie-making-in-memphis_Memphis-TN.html
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On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler and Shelby County Government official Alonzo Wood…