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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P1I_217-w-capitol_Jackson-MS.html
Is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by its inclusion in the West Capitol Street Historic District March 1980 National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOV_capitol-rally_Jackson-MS.html
Front On June 26, 1966, James Meredith's "March Against Fear" — led by Stokely Carmichael. Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd McKissick, and others after Meredith was shot and wounded — ended its three-week trek from Memphis with a rall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JUG_greyhound-bus-station_Jackson-MS.html
(front) On May 28, 1961, a Greyhound bus with nine Freedom Riders aboard arrived here, the third group of Riders into Jackson. The first two came on Trailways buses May 24, That summer 329 people were arrested in Jackson for integrating public tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRZ_otis-spann-little-johnnie-jones_Jackson-MS.html
~ Front Side ~ Otis Spann and Little Johnnie Jones, two of the acknowledged masters of Chicago blues piano, were cousins who lived in Jackson in the 1930s and '40s. On the vibrant post-World War II Chicago scene they both played with blues king M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CIT_mississippis-old-capitol_Jackson-MS.html
As the state capitol (1839-1903), this building was the site of the 1861 Secession Convention and 1868 and 1890 Constitutional Conventions. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and Jefferson Davis spoke here. After housing state offices 1917-1959, the Old …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJA_carter-jewelers_Jackson-MS.html
Established in 1849 by Carl J. Von Seutter as the Carl J. Von Seutter Jewelry and Art Emporium, this business was once located in the Majestic Arcade Building on Capitol Street. In 1918, one of Von Seutter's employees, John C. Carter, purchased th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJ8_greenwood-cemetery_Jackson-MS.html
Established by federal grant of 1821. Originally "The Graveyard"; later "City Cemetery"; & in 1899 received present name. here lie 7 state governors, many other city and state leaders, and in unmarked graves over 100 Confederate soldiers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJ7_the-eagle-and-bowman-hotels_Jackson-MS.html
Two of Jackson's historic hotels once stood at this site. The Eagle Hotel, originally a tavern, was built in 1823. Andrew Jackson was a guest here in 1840.Alexander McClung, editor and Mexican War hero, committed suicide at the hotel in 1855. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIZ_jackson-city-hall_Jackson-MS.html
Built 1846-47 by slave labor, of handmade brick. Original cost $7505.58. John Oldham, Mayor, Will Gibbon Arch. Used as hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers during war between the states. This building was spared when the town, having b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIY_ace-records_Jackson-MS.html
Ace Records, founded in 1955 by Johnny Vincent (1925-2000), was the most successful Mississippi-based label of the 1950s and 1960s. Ace's extensive catalog of blues, R&B, pop, rock, and soul included records by Mississippi blues artists Arthur Cru…
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