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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWS_shelby-county-memphis_Memphis-TN.html
Shelby CountyEstablished 1819; named in honor of ISAAC SHELBY who, along with Andrew Jackson, as appointed United States Commissioner; together they arranged the purchase of the Western District from the Chickasaw Indian Nation in 1818.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWP_elvis-presley-and-sun-records-sun-records_Memphis-TN.html
FrontIn July 1954 Sun Records released Elvis Presley's first recording. That record, and Elvis' four that followed on the Sun label, changed popular music. Elvis developed an innovative and different sound combining blues, gospel, and country. Tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLV4_piggly-wiggly_Memphis-TN.html
Marker Front:With a brass band, a beauty contest, flowers for the ladies, and balloons for the children Clarence Saunders of Memphis opened the first Piggly Wiggly, America's first completely self-service grocery store, at 79 Jefferson Avenue (1/2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQB_statuary-at-the-shelby-county-courthouse_Memphis-TN.html
Exterior statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse includes, most prominently, six seated figures carved from single blocks of Tennessee marble, representing Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace, and Prosperity. Near the top of the north faca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQA_shelby-county-courthouse_Memphis-TN.html
Designed by Architect James Gamble Rogers and dedicated on January 1, 1910, the Shelby County Courthouse is the largest and most ornate in Tennessee. Quarterly Court Chairman James Hill Barret led the movement for the imposing structure with moder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQ9_1862-post-office_Memphis-TN.html
On June 6, 1862 Memphis surrendered to Federal gunboats. The only resistance by citizens occurred here as a shot was fired at the soldiers hoisting the U.S. flag over the post office.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQ8_eugene-magevney_Memphis-TN.html
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, 1798: immigrated to the United States, 1828;settled in Memphis, 1833.His home was the scene of three important religious occasions in Memphis:first Catholic mass, 1839; first Catholic marriage, 1840;first Catholi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQ7_forrests-early-home_Memphis-TN.html
In a house which stood here in antebellum days lived Nathan Bedford Forrest. Born in middle Tennessee, 1821, he spent his early life on a Mississippi plantation. Following marriage in 1845, he came to Memphis, where his business enterprises made h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQ6_st-peter-catholic-church_Memphis-TN.html
St. Peter's was founded in 1840, the first Roman Catholic parish in West Tennessee and given to the Dominican Order in 1846. The present church was built 1852~1855 around a smaller church which was then dismantled and carried out the doors. Within…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQ5_calvary-protestant-episcopal-church_Memphis-TN.html
The oldest public building in Memphis and the first Episcopal Church in Shelby County. Organized August 6, 1832 by the Reverend Thomas Wright.The church house started 1838 was consecrated May 12, 1844 by the Right Reverend James Hervey Otey, first…