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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME23_corinth_Corinth-MS.html
Began 1854 as Cross City. Proximity to Tennessee River and the railroads made it of great strategic value during Civil War. Battle of Corinth fought here, Oct. 3-2, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDYH_grants-headquarters_Corinth-MS.html
Site of hq. of Gen. UlyssesSimpson Grant in June,1862. In mid-July Grantremoved to plantationhome of F. E. Whitfield, Sr.,about 1 mi. S. of Corinth.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8R_mt-pleasant-methodist-church-and-vaughns-cemetery_Steens-MS.html
Established in 1833 when James and Susannah Vaughn donated 5.7 acres of land to the Mt. Pleasant congregation. After Judge John Perkins donated an adjacent 5-acre plot to the congregation in 1851, the church was moved and the original site was des…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD74_gautier-school_Gautier-MS.html
Built in 1940, the Gautier School replaced the Lyon School, built in 1918 and located 3 miles west at Hilda. The Lyon School consolidated other schools in the area, including the "Little Red Schoolhouse," built in 1890 by Walter Gautier. The "Litt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD68_woolmarket_Biloxi-MS.html
S. 3 mi. Once center of wool industry. Here on July 16, 1910; three rural schools formed Woolmarket Vocational High School, considered to be the first consolidated high school in the state.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCI5_the-first-presbyterian-church_Natchez-MS.html
Congregation organized in 1817. The Sanctuary was built in 1828-29 and enlarged in 1851. The Romanesque Revival rear addition was built in 1900 in honor of Joseph Stratton, Pastor, 1843-1903. The church and its companion manse on South Rankin Stre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAXO_the-old-place_Gautier-MS.html
Built c. 1867, by Fernando Upton Gautier and his wife, Theresa Fayard Gautier. The Gautiers moved to this area from Biloxi and established the F. Gautier and Sons Sawmill in 1866. The house is built from native pine cut at the sawmill, which close…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAXM_fernando-gautier-and-sons-sawmill_Gautier-MS.html
This sawmill operated on this site from 1867 till 1906, employing more than twenty local citizens and producing more than 30,000 board feet of lumber per day at its peak. The sawmill was well situated with easy access to the river, railroad, plent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWZ_creosote-works_Gautier-MS.html
The West Pascagoula Creosote Works, at this site, was the first continuously operated creosote treatment plant in the nation. Established in 1874 to protect railroad bridge timbers against rot and the toredo worm, the plant was open until 1978. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWU_monument-to-women-of-the-confederacy_Jackson-MS.html
(South face)Our MothersTo the women of the Confederacy "Whose pious ministrations to our wounded soldiers soothed the last hours of those who died far from the objects of their tenderest love, whose domestic labors contributed much to supply the w…