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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MD_forrest-and-the-memphis-slave-trade_Memphis-TN.html
Front From 1854 to 1860, Nathan Bedford Forrest operated a profitable slave trading business at this site. In 1826,Tennessee had prohibited bringing enslaved people into the state for the purpose of selling them. As cotton and slavery grew in i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26FJ_skipwith-crevasse-sara-cutoff-island-no-89_Memphis-TN.html
A. Skipwith Crevasse Mile 499.4 AHP When the levee at Skipwith Plantation broke in the flood of 1913, the water poured slowly through the break. Couriers on horseback were able to alert the residents of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, and no live…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26FG_grand-lake-cutoff-worthington-cutoff-kentucky-bend_Memphis-TN.html
A. Grand Lake Cutoff Mile 511.0 AHP An oxbow lake two miles west of the river, Grand Lake, was removed from the channel by this natural cutoff in the 1700's. The small river town of Princeton grew up on the west bank, with a busy landing. In 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E5_lake-providence-louisiana-stack-island_Memphis-TN.html
A) Lake Providence, Louisiana Mile 487.3 AHP To guide a boat past this point without falling prey to murderous pirates of the area was considered an "act of providence" in the early 1800's. Both the ancient oxbow lake to the west and …
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A) American Cutoff Mile Mile 526.5 AHP In the flood of 1858, the Mississippi cut through the neck of American Bend, and the abandoned river bed was renamed Lake Lee. The first steamboat to try to navigate the American Cutoff was the Pennsylvania…
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A) Ashbrook Cutoff Mile 549.0 AHP Rowdy Bend was the first of four consecutive loops, in this stretch of the river that pilots called the "Greenville Bends." Rowdy Bend kept getting longer despite efforts to stabilize it, and Ashbrook …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E1_mounds-landing-crevasse-cypress-bend-caulk-neck-cutoff_Memphis-TN.html
A0 Mounds Landing Crevasse Mile 560.5 AHP The Mounds Landing Crevasse was the most disastrous levee break during the great flood of 1927. The levee was old, originally built in 1867, and a ferryboat's frequent landings had weakened the embankmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26D7_willow-cutoff-salem-crevasse-goodrich-landing-louisiana_Memphis-TN.html
A) Willow Cutoff Mile 464.3 AHP Before 1913, the lower Mississippi took a sharp turn east in this area, in a 14-mile long bend through what is now Lake Albemarle. During the 1913 flood, the river abandoned Albermarle Bend, taking a smaller curv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2674_davis-island-mississippi-kents-island_Memphis-TN.html
A) Davis Island, Mississippi Mile 415.0 AHP A large bend once curved around this land which the first settlers name Palmyra. Jefferson Davis established his Briercliffe Plantation here in 1835, next to his brother Joseph's Hurricane Plantation. …
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A) Rodney Cutoff Mile 388.0 AHP Opened in 1936 the Rodney Cutoff bypassed an old river bend and the ghost town that once was the busy river town of Rodney. Over 4,000 people lived in the town of Rodney in the 1850's and its bustling port rivaled…
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