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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XXG_oktibbeha-county-blues-historical_Starkville-MS.html
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Oktibbeha County has produced several blues artists who achieved fame for their recordings and live performances in Chicago, California, or other areas. Blues Hall of Famer Big Joe Williams (c. 1903-1982), who waxed the classic "Baby Plea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XRU_first-presbyterian-church-historical_Starkville-MS.html
On May 6, 1821, seven local citizens, including Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, established the Mayhew Church in the area known as Mayhew Mission. This congregation was received into the Tombeckbee Presbytery in 1829 and moved to Starkville in 1834. The fir…
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Established as Boardtown in 1831, this was among the first settlements in this area. In 1837 the town received its charter and was renamed Starkville, in honor of Revolutionary War general John Stark. The same year Starkville became the county sea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XRS_the-borden-milk-plant-historical_Starkville-MS.html
The Borden Company opened this milk condensing plant in April 1926. The plant helped bring over 1,200 dairy farm and milk distributing operations to Oktibbeha County. The plant closed in 2005, and the property was sold in 2009. Following extensive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XRR_nash-street-historic-district-historical_Starkville-MS.html
This neighborhood was Starkville's first subdivision. Most of these houses were built between 1932 and 1939 during the Great Depression. Houses in the block-long historic district are of Tudor Revival, Craftsman, and Colonial Revival styles.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPR_griersons-raid-historical_Starkville-MS.html
During the Vicksburg Campaign, a Union cavalry raid led by Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson moved from LaGrange, Tennessee, toward the Southern Railroad at Newton, Mississippi. On the afternoon of April 21, 1863, Grierson's cavalrymen rode into Starkv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYU4_greensboro-street-historic-district_Starkville-MS.html
This historic district, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, contains thirty historically and architecturally significant structures built along Old Greensboro Road from 1865 to 1930. Residents have included a university pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTZ_hic-a-sha-ba-ha-spring_Starkville-MS.html
Methodist circuit rider Jacob Matthews conducted this area's first Methodist worship service near this site in 1834. The first meeting, held in a grove of sweet gum trees next to a spring known by the Choctaw Indians as Hicashabaha, led to the est…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJS_w-h-corn-club-smith_Starkville-MS.html
Eminent educator & agriculturist. Pres. of Miss. State U. & first Pres. of USM. Served as state rural school supervisor & state supt. of ed. Founded first state Boys Corn Club in 1907, forerunner of 4-H & FFA Clubs.