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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQR_pemberton-headquarters_Vicksburg-MS.html
Built ca. 1835. Military headquarters of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, who commanded the Confederate forces during the siege of Vicksburg. Here on July 3, 1863, the decision was made to surrender the city.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIS_mississippi-dental-association_Vicksburg-MS.html
On April 21, 1875, the Mississippi Dental Association was organized in Vicksburg at the office of Dr. J.B. Askew and Dr. J.D. Miles on Washington Street. Dr. J.D. Miles became its first president.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBD_old-natchez-district_Vicksburg-MS.html
Ceded by Choctaws & Chickasaws in Fort Adams Treaty, 1801, confirming earlier British treaty. Contained most of present Warren, Jefferson, Claiborn, Adams, Franklin, Wilkinson & Amite counties.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBB_mississippi-dental-association_Vicksburg-MS.html
On April 21, 1875, the Mississippi Dental Association was organized in Vicksburg at the office of Dr. J.B. Askew and Dr. J.D. Miles on Washington Street. Dr. J.D. Miles became its first president.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BM7_willie-dixon_Vicksburg-MS.html
(front)Willie Dixon, often called "the poet laureate of the blues," was born in Vicksburg on July 1, 1915. As a songwriter, producer, arranger, and bass player, Dixon shaped the sound of Chicago blues in the 1950s and '60s with songs such as "Seve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BM1_u-s-marine-hospital_Vicksburg-MS.html
Established, 1853, for care of ill or disabled merchant seamen. Three-story brick building on this site was used as hospital until 1873 and demolished in 1892.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM186L_snyders-bluff_Redwood-MS.html
Throughout the winter of 1862-63, Union Major General Ulysses S. grant orchestrated a series of Bayou Expeditions aimed at capturing Vicksburg. The Steele's Bayou Expeditions aimed at capturing Vicksburg. the Steele's Bayou Expedition was the most…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HL_mississippi_Vicksburg-MS.html
Explored, 1540~1, by De Soto. Colonized first byFrench, 1699. Became acolony of British, 1763;Spanish, 1779. Territoryorganized by U.S., 1798.Became 20th. state, 1817.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJE_vicksburg_Vicksburg-MS.html
Founded 1820 and named for the Rev. Newitt Vick. Was originally site of Spanish Ft. Nogales. Later was U.S. Ft. McHenry. On July 4, 1863 the city surrendered to Gen. Grant
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJC_south-central-bell_Vicksburg-MS.html
The first telephone exchange in Mississippi was installed in Vicksburg, January 10, 1881, at 102 ½ North Washington Street, by the Louisiana Telephone Company, a predecessor of South Central Bell.