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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29TD_the-lynching-of-lee-walker_Memphis-TN.html
A mob estimated at 3,000 people gathered near this spot on the night of July 22, 1893, with the intent of breaking into the Shelby County Jail and seizing Lee Walker, a black prisoner accused of attempting to rape a young white woman. Four days ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29TC_fort-san-fernando-de-las-barrancas_Memphis-TN.html
Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, erected Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas near this site in May of 1795. He named the structure for Spain's crown prince and future king, Ferdinand VII. Conforming to Pinckney's Treaty, Spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM220C_congregation-b-nai-israel_Memphis-TN.html
Jews have been a part of Tennessee's economic, social and political life since the early 19th century. Congregation Children of Israel, chartered by the State of Tennessee on March 2, 1854, rented and eventually purchased a building near this site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NRT_winchester-cemetery_Memphis-TN.html
The Winchester New Burying Grounds was established in 1828 as the first cemetery by Andrew Jackson, John Overton, and James Winchester, the three original land owners of Memphis. At that time, the city government was less than two years old. Prior…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NRS_st-marys-cathedral-chapel-and-diocesan-house_Memphis-TN.html
St. Mary's Cathedral Chapel and Diocesan House
The church was founded on this site as an Episcopal Mission in 1857 and consecrated on Ascension Day in 1858 by James Otey, the first Bishop of Tennessee. It was designed as the Diocesan Cathedral …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSD_st-marys-catholic-church_Memphis-TN.html
Parish founded in 1852 by German Catholics desiring ministry in their native tongue. Cornerstone laid 30 Sept. 1864 at this site while Union soldiers fired a salute. Second oldest Catholic church in Memphis. Designed by noted architect James B. Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSB_poplar-tunes-one-stop-shop_Memphis-TN.html
Poplar Tunes
Calling itself "Memphis' Original Record Shop," Poplar Tunes lived up to its billing. Founders Joe Cuoghi and John Novarese opened the store in 1946, selling records for the retail, wholesale and jukebox trade. Demo records lined t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSA_lauderdale-courts-presley-family-at-lauderdale-courts_Memphis-TN.html
Lauderdale Courts
Built in 1936 by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Lauderdale Courts was one of the first federal housing projects in the nation. It replaced substandard housing with clean, modern dwellings for the poor. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F69_lorne-lewis_Victoria-BC.html
Born in New BedfordMassachussets [sic] in 1814Died in Victoria in 1912while a resident ofthe Old Men's Home
He came to Victoria from California in 1858 and was appointed by Governor James Douglas as a police constable but racial prejudice made …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F68_fort-adams-fort-pike_Memphis-TN.html
With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second U.S. President, the stockade was later called Fort Pike, b…