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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMM0_maj-gen-william-colbert_Pontotoc-MS.html
A noted Chickasaw chief who served the United States at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794, and in the War of 1812. Colbert died in Pontotoc in 1836 and is believed to be buried in this cemetery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJW5_elvis-presley-and-the-blues_Tupelo-MS.html
Marker Front:Elvis Presley revolutionized popular music by blending the blues he first heard as a youth in Tupelo with country, pop, and gospel.Many of the first songs Elvis recorded for the Sun label in Memphis were covers of earlier blues record…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJW3_elvis-presleys-childhood-church_Tupelo-MS.html
Attend a Pentecostal church service where Elvis first fell in love with gospel music. Elvis Presley Birthplace presents a unique experience in the First Assembly of God Church where Elvis and his family regularly attended service. This structur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJU6_jefferson-street-methodist-church_Natchez-MS.html
This was the first Methodist congregration in Natchez formed in the early 1800s, and the 1st building was constructed in 1807. The 1st Sunday School south of Philadelphia, Pa., was organized here in 1829.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR5_oakland-normal-institute_Fulton-MS.html
W. 1 mi. Here, 1887~1904, G.A. & J. T. Holley bridged gap between rural schools and colleges for many who distinguished themselves in law, education, & business.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR3_shake-rag-community_Tupelo-MS.html
From 1943~47, Elvis' father, Vernon, worked for L.P. McCarty & Son's local wholesale grocery company making deliveries to various parts of the City. Shake Rag, a historically black community, was one of his delivery areas. It was here that Elvis w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR2_shake-rag_Tupelo-MS.html
Marker Front:Shake Rag, located east of the old M & O (later GM & O) railway tracks and extending northward from Main Street, was one of several historic African American communities in Tupelo. By the 1920s blues and jazz flowed freely from perfor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJIJ_site-of-rose-cottage_Corinth-MS.html
Among Corinth's countless stories of personal wartime tragedy is that of General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate Commander of the War in the West , who made his headquarters in Rose Cottage. After Johnston received a fatal wound at the Battle …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJI9_johnstons-headquarters_Corinth-MS.html
Site of Hq. of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, April 1~4, 1862. After his death at Shiloh, April 6, body was brought here where it lay in state, April 7, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJI4_view-toward-batteries-robinett-and-williams_Corinth-MS.html
Looking northwest in this view along the right-of-way of the Memphis & Charleston RR, you can see the earthworks of Battery Williams to the left of the tracks. Battery Robinett lies in the distance to the right. One of the many military tent camps…
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