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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16L9_the-lorraine-motel_Memphis-TN.html
Originally the Windsor Hotel (c. 1925) and later one of the only few hotels for blacks, it hosted such entertainers as Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, B.B. King, and Nat King Cole. Walter and Loree Bailey bought it in 1942, renaming it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CK_tom-lee-monument_Memphis-TN.html
Late afternoon of May 8, 1925, Tom Lee (1886-1952) steered his 28' skiff Zev upriver after delivering an official to Helena.
Also on the river was a steamboat, the M. E. Norman, carrying members of the Engineers Club of Memphis, the American So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LK_josiah-t-settle_Memphis-TN.html
After a noted legal and legislative career in Mississippi, Settle came to Memphis in 1885 During the late 1880s, he served as Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Court of Shelby County, an appointment unprecedented for an African-American a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11K5_the-hunt-phelan-home_Memphis-TN.html
During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as a Federal Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JV_george-w-lee_Memphis-TN.html
Political, business and civic leader, Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Force. Heroic in W.W.I, he was an active black combat officer. An insurance executive and capitalist, Lee was leader of the Lincoln League and Old Guard Repu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11GL_the-commercial-appeal-publishing-locations_Memphis-TN.html
(side 1)The Commercial Appeal
This newspaper began in 1839 as THE WESTERN WORLD & MEMPHIS BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION. In 1840 Col. Henry Van Pelt bought and renamed it THE MEMPHIS APPEAL. During the Civil War it published on the run from Union …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11F0_wdia_Memphis-TN.html
WDIA, the Goodwill Station, was the first radio station in the nation to have an all-black format. This format made WDIA the top-rated Memphis Station in the early 1950's. In 1948, Nat D. Williams became its first black "D-J". Among those who appe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11EW_civil-war-in-tennessee_Memphis-TN.html
In 1860, Memphis had Tennessee's largest cotton and slave markets and was a strategic Mississippi River gateway. The naval battle of Memphis in June 1862 took place as thousands of residents watched nine Union vessels defeat eight Confederate ship…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11ET_virginia-ginnie-bethel-moon_Memphis-TN.html
The daughter of a Confederate sympathizer, Ginnie Moon was a noted Southern Civil War spy. Born in Ohio, Ginnie moved to Memphis with her mother in 1862. She was arrested for spying soon after the Federal Army occupied the city, but escaped to con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11ES_elizabeth-avery-meriwether_Memphis-TN.html
Born in Bolivar, Elizabeth Meriwether spent much of her life in Memphis. A noted author, her more famous works include The Master of Red Leaf, Black and White, and Recollections of 92 Years. Mrs. Meriwether toured many states lecturing in support …