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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2691_sky-parlor-hill_Vicksburg-MS.html
This area was originally Sky Parlor Hill. During the Civil War, locals entrapped by the Siege (1863), would gather here to watch the battles between Confederate and Union forces. This is depicted in the painting "From Sky Parlor Hill" along with t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2690_missing-angels_Vicksburg-MS.html
City Hall In 1903 Vicksburg was the largest city in Mississippi. James Riley Gordon, a famous architect, designed the booming town a new "City Hall" that was built for $50,000. Gordon also designed the Arizona State Capitol, at least 20 county…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268Z_mercantile-explosion_Vicksburg-MS.html
After the Civil War with slavery abolished, the giant plantations were struggling to find labor. To help with the lack of labor, sharecropping became a common practice. Many of the former slaves became sharecroppers on the plantations where the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268Y_city-of-steeples_Vicksburg-MS.html
Faith Arrives Faith had an early foothold in Vicksburg. The Catholic faith arrived early with the Spanish explorers and settlers. Organized religion started around 1812 when Newit Vick, a Methodist minister, arrived. Early settlers held r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268S_the-anti-dueling-society_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Luckett Compound The larger original house was constructed in 1830 and Dr. Thomas Jefferson Harper added the others buildings in 1840. The main building had the parlor and dining areas on the second floor and a ground level basement below, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268R_cherry-street_Vicksburg-MS.html
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, this part of Cherry Street was an affluent residential area lined with spectacular homes. The Rose Home In 1897 Adolph Rose, a prominent banker and wholesale merchant, built this grand home with a unique sect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2668_vicksburg-garden-club_Vicksburg-MS.html
In 1931 Hester Flowers started the Vicksburg Garden Club in this three-story Tudor house. Built in 1906 by her father William Clark Craig., the house was designed by New York architect W.W. Knowles. In 1928, Craig deeded the house to his daughter.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2666_magnolia-high-school_Vicksburg-MS.html
Replacing an earlier school on Cherry Street, Magnolia High School was built here in 1923. J.G.H. Bowman was the schools principal from 1906 to 1944 and helped develop a strong college preparatory curriculum. In 1940, the school was se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2665_carr-central-high-school_Vicksburg-MS.html
Built in 1924 in the tutor Gothic style, Carr Central High School was designed by architect William A. Stanton. This building once housed the administrative offices of the school district and kindergarten, elementary, and junior high school classe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2365_peter-j-osterhaus_Vicksburg-MS.html
Brig · General U · S · Vols Commanding 9th Division Thirteenth Army Corps ______ Maj · MO · Inf · Bat'ln Apr · 27, 1861 Col · 12th · MO · Inf ·…
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