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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284Q_old-town-of-rodney_MS.html
Incorporated in 1828, Rodney was noted for its high level of culture, county fairs and business activity. Rodney once contained two banks, two newspapers, 500 people and 35 stores. Cottonseed development, river boat landing, river boat taverns and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284P_the-original-campus_MS.html
In 1840, Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain, founder and president of Oakland College, reported on progress to Governor McNutt as follows:"We have 250 acres of land... and subscriptions to above $100,000, near one-half of which is due in the form of a perma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284O_oakland-memorial-chapel_MS.html
Construction on Oakland Memorial Chapel was begun in 1840 by Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain, the college's founder and president. It was completed in 1851, two years after the death of Dr. Chamberlain. While this structure was consistently referred to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27Z2_old-rodney-to-bruinsburg-road_MS.html
Old early nineteenth century road was one of two connecting the old town of Rodney with Claiborne County settlements. Composed of loess soil, the roadbed and roadside bluffs remain today much as they were 150 years ago.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27YG_old-port-gibson-to-rodney-road_MS.html
This road is the first established route from Port Gibson and Alcorn to Rodney, and was constructed in the early nineteenth century. Composed of loess soil, the old roadbed and roadside bluffs for the next 2.4 miles remain today much as they were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27YF_belles-lettres-building_MS.html
Ca. 1851. Neoclassic Revival. The origin of this structure is uncertain. It is generally assumed to be one of two buildings completed in 1851 for use by a campus literary society. Its architecture is more properly called Neoclassic Revival. It doe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27YD_red-lick_MS.html
Organized June 23, 1845. Church built , 1846, the cornerstone being laid June 28, 1846. Dedication by the Revs. Zebulon Butler and S. S. Templeton.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27XI_colemans-crossroads_MS.html
On July 4, 1864, a small brigade of
Confederate cavalry under the command
of Col. Robert C. Wood attacked a
Union force composed of the Mississippi
Marine Brigade and two regiments of
United States Colored Troops on an
expedition from Rodne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27XH_alcorn-agricultural-and-mechanical-college_MS.html
Established May 13, 1871, as Alcorn Univ. of Miss on site of Oakland College. Hiram Revels, first president. Reorganized 1878 and Alcorn A.&M. Oldest land-grant college for Negroes in the United States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZYF_canemount-plantation_MS.html
This house is considered the finest example of the Italianate Revival influence in Claiborne County. The house is located on the site of an earlier house built about 1826.