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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21CF_the-battle-of-ellis-bridge_West-Point-MS.html
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In memory of
those who fought to
liberate West Point
Feb. 21, 1864
Their actions resulted
in victory against
a vastly superior
Federal army. Their
bravery will always
be remembered.
Rear
Confederate Forces Engaged
Februar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21C9_chickasaw-burial-ground_West-Point-MS.html
Excavated June 1934 by
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Dunbar Rowland, LL.D., Director
Jordan B. Chambers, Archeologist
— Marked 1934 by —
Horseshoe Robertson Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21C8_indian-camp-ground_West-Point-MS.html
Marked 1934 by
Israel Miller Society
Children of the American Revolution
— Members —
{Listing of members and titles}
Built by A.J. Pearson & Sons
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214A_prehistoric-indian-burial-mound_West-Point-MS.html
Constructed ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 400 for the burial of high-status members of an unknown local tribal group. An associated village site lies across the highway to the Southwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2148_mary-holmes-college_West-Point-MS.html
Named for Mary Holmes of Rockford, Illinois, who dedicated her life to education, this school was founded in Jackson in 1892 by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Board of Missions for Freedmen as a seminary for African American women. Mary Holmes S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20Z6_clay-county-world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_West-Point-MS.html
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Erected 1927 by Horse-Shoe Robertson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in tender memory of Clay County World War Veterans.
West Point Army Officers:
Navy - Marine
{List of names}
Clay County Army Officers:
{List of nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20Z4_payne-field-site_West-Point-MS.html
Operated
May 1918 - March 1920.
125 Curtiss JN-4 Planes
533 acres. Cost $891,340
About 1,500 pilots trained.
Name for
Capt. Dewitt J. Payne
Marker erected August 23, 1968
50th Anniversary and Reunion
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJT_waverley_West-Point-MS.html
W. 5 mi. Built in 1852 by Col. Geo. H. Young, who used own plant for gas lighting. In Civil War housed refugee girls from Memphis & New Orleans, Site of organization of National Fox Hunters Association.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXY5_howlin-wolf_West-Point-MS.html
One of the giants of post-World War II Chicago blues, Chester Arthur Burnett, aka "Howlin' Wolf," was born in White Station, just north of West Point, on June 10, 1910. In his early teens Burnett began performing in the Delta and was later a pione…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXY4_west-point_West-Point-MS.html
County seat of Clay ( formerly Colfax ) county. Chartered November 20, 1858, one year after the arrival of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.