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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM266P_council-of-federated-organizations-cofo_Jackson-MS.html
Founded in 1961, COFO combined the Civil
Rights efforts of the Congress of Racial
Equality. NAACP, Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, and local groups
under one umbrella. COFO's grassroots
campai…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267G_old-agency-road_Ridgeland-MS.html
Named for the Choctaw Indian Agency once located in this area, Old Agency Road is a portion of the original road system that formed the old Natchez Trace. Its sunken roadbed and high earthen banks are evocative of the narrow road that linked Natchez to Nash…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267H_old-agency-road_Ridgeland-MS.html
Named for the Choctaw Indian Agency
once located in this area, Old Agency
Road is a portion of the original road
system that formed the old Natchez
Trace. Its sunken roadbed and high
earthen banks are evocative of the
narrow road that linked Nat…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267J_g-i-subdivision_Jackson-MS.html
To assist returning veterans of
WWII, the Mississippi Legislature
set aside 153 acres for low-cost
house sites. Then known as the
"Old Asylum Land," the parcels
were sold by lottery in September,
1948. Streets in the subdivision
bear familiar …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267L_fairview-inn_Jackson-MS.html
Built ca. 1908 as a private residence for
Cyrus C. Warren, vice president of the
Warren-Godwin Lumber Company, this
Colonial Revival mansion was designed
by the Chicago architectural firm of
Spencer & Powers. Known as the Warren-
Gunter Guild-Sim…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267M_mt-helm-baptist-church_Jackson-MS.html
Formed in 1835, the congregation of Mt. Helm is the oldest black religious body in the city. The church bears the name of the Helm family who donated this land on which the church originally stood.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267V_east-clinton-historic-district_Clinton-MS.html
Composed largely of residential structures built ca. 1870-1940, this district includes E. College, E. Main, Landrum and New Prospect Streets. Parts of the district were included in the 1829 town plan. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM267W_east-clinton-historic-district_Clinton-MS.html
Composed largely of residential
structures built ca. 1870-1940,
this district includes E.
College, E. Main, Landrum and
New Prospect Streets. Parts of
the district were included in
the 1829 town plan. Listed in
the National Register of
Histo…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2680_clinton_Clinton-MS.html
Governor Walter Leake built his
home, Mount Salus, in 1825. The
Mount Salus post office was authorized
that year and renamed Clinton in 1828
to honor Governor Dewitt Clinton of New
York. In 1828-30 the state legislature
considered relocating the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2686_ridgeland_Ridgeland-MS.html
What is now the City of Ridgeland was
first settled in 1832 when William Austin
purchased land in this area near the
Natchez Trace. James Yellowley bought
the property in 1853. He sold it in 1896 to
Gorton Nichols and Edward Treakle, who
formed …