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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM296L_nelson-kirby-house_Memphis-TN.html
This house was home to two owners who experienced differently the tribulations of the Civil War. The first, Thomas A. Nelson (1819-1887), acquired property on Poplar Pike in 1869 as a rural refuge from the yellow fever epidemics that periodically …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21PJ_this-chimney-swift-tower_Memphis-TN.html
This chimney swift tower celebrates the work of Ben and Lula Coffey who directed members of the Tennessee Ornithological Society, Boy Scouts, and others in banding 113,000 swifts from 1932 to 1959. Rediscovery of six of the bands in Peru helped to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTX_memphis-university-school_Memphis-TN.html
Founded in the downtown area in 1893 by Principals E.S. Werts and J.W.S Rhea, Memphis University School soon became the city's leading boys' preparartory school. Although the "old MUS" succumbed to the Great Depression in 1936, alumni and friends …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11E3_crystal-shrine-grotto_Memphis-TN.html
A unique cave was constructed by Memoral Park founder E. Clovis Hinds and Mexican artist Dionicio Rodriquez in 1935-38. Natural rock and quartz crystal collected from the Ozarks form the background for nine scenes from the life of Christ. The cave…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWS_shelby-county-memphis_Memphis-TN.html
Shelby CountyEstablished 1819; named in honor of ISAAC SHELBY who, along with Andrew Jackson, as appointed United States Commissioner; together they arranged the purchase of the Western District from the Chickasaw Indian Nation in 1818.
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