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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5Z_david-crockett_Jackson-TN.html
On this site in 1831 Con-
gressman Crockett, defeated
for reelection told the
citizens of Jackson and
Tennessee "You can go to
hell, but I am going to
Texas!" He went to Texas
where he died in the Battle
of the Alamo.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FI_andersons-claytons-memorial_Jackson-TN.html
Monroe Dunaway Anderson1878 - 1939Benefactor Of Medicine and MankindBorn in Jackson at 111 E. Orleans St.Banker with Peoples Savings BankFounding Partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co. in 1904.Opened Anderson, Clayton's corporate office in Houston in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1965_general-ulysses-s-grant_Jackson-TN.html
Headquarters in 1862 for General Grant until skirmishes in the area led his troops to the Battle of Shiloh.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VP_jones-anglewood_Jackson-TN.html
(obverse)Home of William Norwood and Bessie Mae Jones
This marker is dedicated in special honor and memory of Mary Ruth daughter and sister 1924 to 2003, who had special love for this home living here until her death. Also dedicated to all the fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1692_monroe-dunaway-anderson-1873-1939-anderson-clayton-company_Jackson-TN.html
(obverse)Monroe Dunaway Anderson1873-1939
Monroe Dunaway Anderson is known as the "father" of the Texas Medical Center and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was born 29 June 1873 on McNairy Hill at the present site of 111 East O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15KH_campbells-levee-bridge_Jackson-TN.html
(obverse)The Campbell's Levee Bridge, built by the Vincennes Bridge Company of Vincennes, Indiana, in 1920-21 for the Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works, once spanned this stream. This bridge was located on the important Memphis-to-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15KE_merry-high-school_Jackson-TN.html
With the addition of the twelfth grade in 1922 the South Jackson School on Church Street, the city's only secondary school for black youth, was renamed Merry High School in honor of Austin Raymond Merry (1856-1921), the principal who had pioneered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15KD_lane-college_Jackson-TN.html
Founded, 1882, by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America, as a high school, under direction of Bishop Isaac Lane, with his daughter as principal. It became Lane Institute in 1883. Its first president, Rev. T. F. Saunders, served from 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15KC_camp-beauregard_Jackson-TN.html
Among the Confederate units activated and trained in the staging area which stood here were the 6th Tenn. Infantry (Stephens), 9th Tenn. Infantry (Douglass), 12th Tenn. Infantry (Russell), 13th Tenn. Infantry (Wright), and 15th Tenn. Infantry (Car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15K8_butler-race-track-c-1825-memphis-conference-female-institute-1843-1923_Jackson-TN.html
William E. Butler, who served as Surgeon-General to Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, owned a race track located on this block. Jackson and his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, attended races here in 1825. In 1843 Dr. Butler donated the site for a scho…