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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJ7_the-eagle-and-bowman-hotels_Jackson-MS.html
Two of Jackson's historic hotels once stood at this site. The Eagle Hotel, originally a tavern, was built in 1823. Andrew Jackson was a guest here in 1840.Alexander McClung, editor and Mexican War hero, committed suicide at the hotel in 1855. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJ6_st-marks-episcopal-church_Jackson-MS.html
This church, organized in 1883, began as a Sunday School mission to blacks under the episcopate of Bishop Hugh M Thompson. The first instructor was a Mr. Williams, an African American. The Rev. Richard T Middleton became the first priest in 1904. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJ3_noel-house_Jackson-MS.html
On this site was the house of Andrew J and Susie Davis Noel, built 1924. Active in the NAACP the Noels hosted Freedom Riders here in 1960. In 1948, Gladys Noel Bates filed the first lawsuit in the state seeking equal pay for black public school te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYBR_indian-trading-post_Clinton-MS.html
Operated at junction of Natchez Trace and Old Vicksburg Rd. by Robert H. Bell(1783-1835) & his "yellow man Vincent", freed by Bell's will in 1835. Bell-Vincent Scholarship, Millsaps College, endowed with funds from the sale of this land, memoriali…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIZ_jackson-city-hall_Jackson-MS.html
Built 1846-47 by slave labor, of handmade brick. Original cost $7505.58. John Oldham, Mayor, Will Gibbon Arch. Used as hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers during war between the states. This building was spared when the town, having b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIY_ace-records_Jackson-MS.html
Ace Records, founded in 1955 by Johnny Vincent (1925-2000), was the most successful Mississippi-based label of the 1950s and 1960s. Ace's extensive catalog of blues, R&B, pop, rock, and soul included records by Mississippi blues artists Arthur Cru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIX_edwards-hotel_Jackson-MS.html
Constructed in 1923 and renamed the King Edward Hotel in 1954, the Edwards Hotel was the site of temporary studios set up by OKeh Records in 1930 and the American Record Corporation in 1935 to record blues artists Bo Carter, Robert Wilkins, Joe Mc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXD7_eudora-welty-house_Jackson-MS.html
Eudora Welty (1909-2001), one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, lived in this house for seventy six years. This house was built by Welty's parents, Christian and Chestina Welty. In 1925, Eudora Welty wrote all of her major wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3Q_temple-beth-israel_Jackson-MS.html
Jackson's Jewish congregation was organized in 1861. While not the first congregation in Mississippi, Beth Israel was the first to build a temple. In 1867-1868 a wood frame structure was built on this site. Used as both a school and a house of wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDB_battle-of-raymond_Raymond-MS.html
May 12, 1863, on Fourteen Mile Creek, 2,500 Confederate troops under Gen. John Gregg attacked a 10,000 man corps under Gen. James B. McPherson. Outnumbered, Gregg was forced to withdraw to Jackson.