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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYWP_captain-kit-dalton_Memphis-TN.html
He fought for the Confederacy and with Quantrell's Raiders. After the war he rode with Jesse and Frank James and Cole Younger. Over 100 years ago a $50,000 reward was offered for him dead or alive. Since they could not capture him, he was later pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYU8_confederate-soldiers-rest_Memphis-TN.html
Confederate Soldiers Rest is located in the Fowler Section of Historic Elmwood Cemetery. Over 1000 Confederate Soldiers and Veterans are buried here. An article in The Memphis Daily Appeal on 27 June 1861 stated that this plot was dedicated to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYS1_nathan-bedford-forrest-iii-airman_Memphis-TN.html
(obverse)Brigadier General N.B. Forrest, III, U.S. Army Air Force, was born in Memphis on April 7, 1905 and was the was the first American General Officer killed in combat against the nazis during World War II. He died while participating in a B-1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYRD_nathan-bedford-forrest_Memphis-TN.html
Nathan - Bedford - ForrestMDCCCXXI - MDCCCLXVII"Those hoof beats die not upon fame's crimson sod, But will ring through her song and her story; He fought like a Titan and struck like a god, And his dust is our ashes of glory." Virginia Frazer Boy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPS_capt-j-harvey-mathes_Memphis-TN.html
Capt. J. Harvey Mathes37th. Tenn. C.S.A.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPR_jefferson-davis-memorial_Memphis-TN.html
(Front):Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States of America1861 - 1865Before the War Between the States, he served with distinction as a United States Congressman and twice as a United States Senator. He also served as Secretary of War o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVN_solvent-savings-bank_Memphis-TN.html
The Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company founded by Robert Church, Sr., first Negro bank established in Memphis, opened at this site, 392 Beale Street, in 1906. It survived the money panic of 1907 and became the fourth largest black bank in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW9U_beale-street-historic-district_Memphis-TN.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark.
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.
U.S. De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3M_congregation-b-nai-israel_Memphis-TN.html
Jews have been part of Tennessee's economic, social and political life since the late 18th century. Congregation Children of Israel, chartered by the State of Tennessee, March 2, 1854, rented and eventually purchased a building near this site at M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP84_u-s-supreme-court-rules-on-overton-park-and-i-40_Memphis-TN.html
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Tennessee could not go through Overton Park to build I-40 based on environmental issues. This east-west interstate now follows I-240 around the north side of Memphis. It remains the only inco…