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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GVN_yazoo-county-civil-war-memorial_Yazoo-City-MS.html
1861 — 1865
As at Thermopylae, the greater
glory was to the vanquished
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This monument is erected to
perpetuate the memory of the
noble courage, constancy and
self sacrificing devotion of the
women of the Confederacy, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GQ7_gatemouth-moore_Yazoo-City-MS.html
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Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore was one of America most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religious leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer. He served as pastor of several churches in Mississippi an…
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Tommy McClennan (c. 1905-1961) was one of America's most successful down-home blues recording artists during the period when he recorded 20 singles for the Bluebird label (1939-1942). Among McClennan's most notable numbers were "Bottle It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GQ3_st-francis-mission-school_Yazoo-City-MS.html
Established by the School Sisters of St. Francis of Milwaukee and Father Peter DeBoer, SVD, to minister to the African American children of Yazoo City, the school opened in September 1940 with 80 children enrolled. The high school held its first a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPP_town-creek_Yazoo-City-MS.html
Town Creek, one of Yazoo City's earliest residential areas, is located within the Town Center National Register Historic District, noted for the uniformly constructed buildings in the business district.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPK_redoubt-mckee_Yazoo-City-MS.html
On March 5, 1864, Union Maj. George McKee and the 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment, occupying this defensive position, were attacked by Confederate cavalry forces commanded by Gen. Lawrence "Sul" Ross and Gen. Robert V. Richardson. During the battl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPI_yazoo-expedition_Yazoo-City-MS.html
Early in 1864, a Union task force under the command of Col. James H. Coates occupied Yazoo City. The garrison included African Americans troops of the 1st Mississippi Cav. and 8th Louisiana Inf. (African Descent.) Attacked by Confederates on Marc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPF_bethel-a-m-e-church_Yazoo-City-MS.html
Organized in 1868, Bethel is the oldest African American congregation in Yazoo City. After affiliating with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the congregation moved to this site in 1890. Designed by J.S. King, Bethel A.M.E. is one of the ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPD_the-oakes-house_Yazoo-City-MS.html
This home was built in stages 1866-1910 by John and Mary Oakes, free blacks who had moved to Yazoo City by the 1850s, and by their first son, Augustus J. Oakes, an educator and builder, who had established the Oakes Lumber Yard by 1900. The Oakes …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPA_confederate-navy-yard_Yazoo-City-MS.html
Established in 1862, the yard contained five saw and planing mills, machine shop, and carpenter and blacksmith shops. The ironclad ram Arkansas was launched here on July 14, 1862. Burned by direction of Lt. Isaac Brown, C.S.N., the yard was occup…