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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AOR_gibson-county-training-school_Milan-TN.html
The historic Training school for Negroes was constructed in 1926 with $2,500 required donations from the Milan Negro citizens, $16,000 of public school funds, and $1,500 from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Tuskegee Institute Principal Booker T. Washin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6R_gibson-county_Milan-TN.html
Established 1823; Named in honor of
Colonel John Gibson
who served with distinction under General Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition, 1812 - 13, and in the Creek Wars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6P_carroll-county_Milan-TN.html
Established 1822: Named in honor of
William CarrollAn officer in the War of 1812; governor of Tennessee, 1821-27 and 1829-35; Served as governor longer than any other man.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYZJ_gibson-county-training-school-polk-clark-school_Milan-TN.html
Organized in 1926, the Industrial Training School for Negroes was the only training school for Blacks in Gibson County. Later named Gibson County Training School, it was the county's first four-year high school for Blacks. Students came from the t…