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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM23JA_east-mississippi-female-college_Meridian-MS.html
The East Mississippi Female College was established here in 1869 by the Central Methodist Church and became recognized as one of the finest female colleges in the South under the leadership of John Wesley Beeson, President (1869-1903). The college was destr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/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 classes. In 1932…
historicalmarkerproject.com/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 selected to …
historicalmarkerproject.com/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. The Vicks…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2669_featherston-magruder-house_Vicksburg-MS.html
In 1831, Richard Featherston, a teacher,
built a single story structure here and
opened Vicksburg's first school. Dr. Alex
Magruder expanded the house to two stories
in 1850 and used the original as a clinic
where he treated victims of the 1853
Y…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM266I_the-clinton-riot_Clinton-MS.html
On September 4, 1875, Charles Caldwell, a
former slave and Republican state senator,
organized a political rally at "Moses
Hill." Firing erupted during the rally,
attended by more than 1,500 blacks and
about 75 whites, including some white
…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM266K_charge-of-the-2nd-michigan_Jackson-MS.html
During the Civil War siege of Jackson, on
July 11, 1863, Union soldiers in the 2nd
Michigan Infantry staged an impromptu
assault on the city's fortifications.
Advancing south through what is today
eastern Belhaven, they overran a campsite
north …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM266L_kenningtons-mansion_Jackson-MS.html
Robert Estes Kennington was one of
Jackson's wealthiest merchants in the
early 1900s. In 1912, he chose this hill
north of the city to build "Kenwood," a
grand brick mansion on extensive grounds
including a tennis court, lake, formal
gardens, ho…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM266N_jitney-14_Jackson-MS.html
The Jitney Jungle grocery store chain was
founded in 1919 by the McCarty and Holman
families. In 1933, Jitney No. 14 held its
grand opening in this Tudor Revival
building designed by Emmett Hull. The
building, called "The English Village,"
was e…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM266O_m-w-stringer-grand-lodge_Jackson-MS.html
Named in honor of Grand Master
Thomas W. Stringer, founder of Prince
Hall Masonry in Mississippi, who served
as Grand Master from 1867 to 1893.
Dedicated on May 30, 1955, with an
address given by civil rights activist
and future Supreme Court Ju…