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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N47_jeff-busby-park_Ackerman-MS.html
On February 15, 1934, while serving as U.S. Congressman from Mississippi, Thomas Jefferson Busby (1884-1964) introduced a bill authorizing a survey of the Old Natchez Trace. Four years later the historic road was designated a unit of the National …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N46_the-old-natchez-trace_Eupora-MS.html
In the early 1800's many thoughtful Americans believed that isolation and the difficulties of communication would force the Mississippi Valley settlements to form a separate nation. Hoping to hold the frontier, Congress in 1800 established a post …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJR_ackerman_Ackerman-MS.html
Chartered February 16, 1884, upon the arrival of the Canton, Aberdeen, & Nashville Railroad, and named for the company's president, William K. Ackerman. Since 1896 county seat of Choctaw County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJQ_two-steps-from-the-blues_Ackerman-MS.html
"Two Steps From the Blues" might refer to Choctaw County's location, a bit off the path from the well-known blues highways and byways of Mississippi, but it is also the title of a classic blues song written by a native of Ackerman, "Texas" Johnny …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJP_colemans-mill_Weir-MS.html
On Yockanookany, 1/2 mi. S., was built in 1836 water mill of W.R. Coleman of Fairfield Co. S.C., first white settler after Choctaw cession in Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek