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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOM_smith-creek-mounds-historical_Woodville-MS.html
The Smith Creek site consists of three mounds surrounding a large plaza. Mound A is the site's largest monument, at over 30 feet. Mound B is a burial mound surrounded by a ditch or moat. Mound C, to the east, is eroding into Smith Creek; its origi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMA_lessley-mound-historical_Woodville-MS.html
The Lessley site consists of one large, rectangular platform mound. Excavations in 2013 determined that the mound was built in two or more stages, beginning in the Late Coles Creek or Early Plaquemine Period, ca. AD 1100-1350. Based on excavated c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TJI_rosemont-historical_Woodville-MS.html
Jefferson Davis' boyhood home. Built 1810, by father, Samuel Davis. First schooling in log cabin here. Jane Cook Davis, his mother, died here in 1845 and is buried here with others of family.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCK_camp-van-dorn-historical_Centreville-MS.html
Named for CSA General Earl Van Dorn, this U.S. Army Post served as a training camp from 1942-1945. The 99th ("Checkerboard") and the 63rd ("Blood and Fire") divisions trained here and fought in Europe, suffering over 10,000 casualties in such acti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T9W_midway-methodist-church-historical_Centreville-MS.html
Nearby is the site of the original log cabin church established in 1811 by Matthew Bowman. Wm. Winans, circuit rider and leader in Miss. Methodism served as pastor, and in 1815, married Martha DuBose.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5O_the-woodville-republican_Woodville-MS.html
The Republican, established in 1823 by William A.A. Chisolm, is the oldest newspaper and business institution in continuous operation in Mississippi. Operated by Lewis family for over 100 years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNN_fort-adams_Woodville-MS.html
Twenty mi. west, called Davion's Rock by French. Loftus Heights by British. U.S. Fort, 1798, named for John Adams. "Man Without a Country," Phillip Nolan was once stationed here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLP_west-feliciana-railroad_Woodville-MS.html
The West Feliciana Railroad line was built in this area between 1828 and 1842 to haul cotton from Woodville to the Bayou Sara Landing on the Mississippi River. The West Feliciana Railroad was the first line chartered in Mississippi, in 1831, and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RI0_grave-of-oliver-pollock_Woodville-MS.html
Pollock, an Irish merchant in Spanish New Orleans, served in that city as Commercial Agent for the Continental Congress & helped finance the American Revolution with his fortune. He died at Pinckneyville, 1832.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RE9_woodville_Woodville-MS.html
Chartered in 1811. Was Jefferson Davis' boyhood home. Gen. Poindexter lived here. West Feleciana R.R., begun by Edward McGehee in 1831. was first in state and second in Miss. Valley.
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