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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LRA_bolers-inn_-.html
Boler's Inn. . Built by Wesley Boler in 1835. Used as stage coach inn on the Jackson Road. During Civil War Gen. Wm. T. Sherman spent the night here during raid of February, 1864.
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LRG_neshoba-county-fair-c_-.html
Neshoba County Fair©. . Est. in 1889, the Neshoba County Fair fosters political, agricultural, educational, and social exchanges of knowledge and ideas. Home of the state's only licensed horse track since 1922 and the nation's largest campground fair, the …
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Neshoba County Fairgrounds. . 5 mi. S.W., an institution famed since 1890 for its exhibits of farm products and livestock. horseshows and races, political oratory, and social get-togethers.
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LRI_carthage-united-methodist-church_-.html
Carthage United Methodist Church. . The Carthage United Methodist Church was established in 1846 when Mrs. Joseph Eads became the first member during a revival held by a Methodist circuit rider. Rev. Alexander S. Parker was appointed as the first pastor in …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LRQ_site-of-meridian-male-college_-.html
Site of Meridian Male College. . Founded by John Wesley Beeson in 1902 on a campus originally developed by Rev. L. M. Stone as a college for women, the Meridian Male College was led by President Malcolm A. Beeson from 1903-1913, when it merged with John Bee…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LRR_carnegie-branch-library-for-blacks_-.html
Carnegie Branch Library for Blacks. . The 13th Street Colored Branch Library, also known as the Carnegie Library for Blacks, opened in 1913 on a site donated by St. Paul Methodist Church. The library was one of twelve segregated libraries funded by Andrew C…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LRT_site-of-meridian-college-and-conservatory_-.html
Site of Meridian College and Conservatory. . Founded by John Wesley Beeson in 1903 as the Meridian Woman's College to which was added the Conservatory of Music in 1904. The school merged with Beeson's Meridian Male College in 1914, becoming known as the Mer…
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Booker T. Washington School. . In 1909 Edward and Julia Stevens founded a school for Philadelphia's African American children in the Black Masonic lodge near Wilson Street. In 1922, the Neshoba County School moved into a new building on Rea Street funded by…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LSK_marion-c-s-a-cemetery_-.html
Marion C.S.A. Cemetery. . N.W. ¾ mi. Here are buried 170 unknown Confederate soldiers who died at field hospital after various battles in 1862-63 from Shiloh to Vicksburg.
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2LSM_adam-monroe-byrd_-.html
Adam Monroe Byrd (1859-1912) built a home near this site and began a law practice in 1885. Byrd served as the Neshoba County superintendent of education (1887-89), in the Mississippi Senate (1889-96) and House of Representatives (1896-97), as prosecuting at…