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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P97_friendship-clinic_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
United Order of Friendship of America
opened Friendship Clinic under the
leadership of Dr. T. R. M. Howard
Second medical facility in Mound Bayou
Renamed Sarah Brown Hospital
Renamed Mound Bayou Community Hospital
Hospital closed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P96_site-of-mound-bayou-oil-mill-manufacturing-company_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
Organized by Charles Bank
Building dedication led by Booker T. Washington
More than 15,000 attended dedicatory event
Constructing Architect: Thomas W. Cook
Construction Foreman: W. H. Cook
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P94_delta-health-center_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
First rural community health center
in the United States
Opened by Tufts University
as Tufts Delta Health Center
Third health care facility in Mound Bayou
Serves as a much needed health resource for the
poor and disenfranchised in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8E_bolivar-county-veterans-memorial_Cleveland-MS.html
Dedicated to the memory of
those veterans who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the World Wars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8D_taborian-hospital_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
International Order of Twelve
Knights and Daughters of Tabor, Inc.
opened Taborian Hospital under
the leadership of P. M. Smith
Second oldest hospital for Blacks in Mississippi
First hospital in Mound Bayou
Placed on the National Regis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8C_newton-keys-hotel-site_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
First hotel built in the Village of Mound Bayou
"In the matter of sanitary surroundings, in the way of rooming
arrangements, and culinary excellence with the matter of
dining, the service at the Newton Hotel will satisfy the
mostly rigorou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3B_bolivar-county-confederate-monument_Cleveland-MS.html
Front (East)
To the memory
of our
Confederate Dead.
1861-65.
Dead upon the field of glory
Hero fit for song and story.
Rear (West)
Bolivar County's
tribute to
southern heroism.
No nation ever rose so free from crime,
nor f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZX_aka-mobile-health-project_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
sponsored its first mobile health
initiative, the Mississippi Health
Project from 1935 - 1942. Dr. Dorothy
Ferebee, a member of the sorority,
was the project director.
Ida Jackson was the national
pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZI_t-r-m-howard_Mound-Bayou-MS.html
Front
Mound Bayou businessman and physician Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard (1908-1976) founded and led Mississippi's pre-eminent civil rights organization in the 1950s, the Regional Council of Negro Leadership. A charismatic speaker and mentor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZH_margaret-wade_Cleveland-MS.html
Lily Margaret Wade (1912-1995) was a standout on Cleveland High
School's girls basketball team and Delta State's women's basketball
team. Compiling a CHS coaching record of 453-89-6, she began
coaching the Lady Statesmen in 1973, winning the AI…