This timber framed Greek Revival-style house, built in the mid-1850s, was constructed from hand-hewn lumber and connected with wooden pegs. The Bates House was the home of Rev. James Wesley Bates, a Methodist minister and railroad Conductor, for . . . — — Map (dbm85260) HM
In September 1857 the Mississippiand Tennessee Railroad arrivedhere, drawing businesses andresidents from nearby Panola,also known as Panola Landing,a port on the south bank of theTallahatchie River. The newrailroad hub was named . . . — — Map (dbm173899) HM
The Batesville Magnolia Cemetery wasestablished before the Civil War. Land forthe cemetery was donated by a local citizen,Mrs. Cypressa C. Vance Rootes (1816-1881) foruse as a public burial ground. The earliestrecorded grave dates to the . . . — — Map (dbm235189) HM
Seven mounds were originally recorded at the Batesville site. Of these, two remain intact. Mound B is a rectangular platform mound nine feet high; Mound C is a conical and stands 20 feet high. Mounds A and D have been greatly reduced by plowing but . . . — — Map (dbm102575) HM
On Tuesday, March 19, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a number of his aides came to Batesville to enlist participants in a planned Washington camp-in. While in Batesville, Dr. King spoke at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church to explain how the . . . — — Map (dbm85264) HM
Constructed to educate black childrenduring the Jim Crow era, the MacedoniaRosenwald School was the educationaland cultural center of the community. Theschool was constructed in 1923-24 bythe Webb brothers, who were localbuilders, and . . . — — Map (dbm235180) HM
Built in 1895 by Andrew Johnson, St. Stephens was used as a church until the late 1930s and was deconsecrated after 1940. Since then, the building has housed the American Legion Post #118, the city library, and a voting precinct and served as a . . . — — Map (dbm85268) HM
Named for Lake Como, Italy. First settled in 1832 by George Tait. Moved in 1857 to Tait property near railroad. Called Como Depot until 1906. Birthplace of Stark Young, famous author. — — Map (dbm102670) HM
Front Fred McDowell, a seminal figure in Mississippi hill country blues, was one of the most vibrant performers of the 1960s blues revival. McDowell (c. 1906-1972) was a sharecropper and local entertainer in 1959 when he made his first . . . — — Map (dbm102873) HM
Front Napolian Strickland (1924-2001) was one of Mississippi's most gifted musicians in the fife and drum and country blues traditions. A lifelong resident of the Como-Senatobia area, Strickland excelled on the homemade cane fife and . . . — — Map (dbm102874) HM
Front The African American fife and drum tradition in north Mississippi stretches back to the 1800s and is often noted for its similarities to African music. Its best known exponent, Otha (or Othar) Turner (c. 1908-2003), presided over . . . — — Map (dbm102872) HM
Young was born October 11, 1881, in Como. In 1897, two years afterhis family moved to Oxford, Mississippi, he enrolled at the University ofMississippi. He would receive his B.A. there in 1901, and an M.A.degree from Columbia University in New . . . — — Map (dbm235142) HM
Como Mississippi-born Stark Young contributed tothe literary legacy of the 20th century – as a dramàcritic, novelist, playwright and poet. An accomplishedartist educator and often called the greatest dramacritic in the history of the . . . — — Map (dbm235154) HM
Dr. Lynda Ruth Campbell (1958-2001), anative of Sardis, received degrees in specialeducation therapy and speech pathology atOle Miss. After earning a Ph.D. from HowardUniversity in 1985, she joined the faculty atSt. Louis University in . . . — — Map (dbm235187) HM
The home of John W. Kyle, state Supreme Court Justice, and Andrew Johnson, noted architect; Sardis began ca. 1844 as a tiny log school and preaching house. Incorp. in 1866, it became the seat of Panola County in 1871. — — Map (dbm102672) HM
In the late 1930s, elementary teachersOlivette Ellis and Minnie Smith. supported bythe trustees and county superintendent. workedto open a training school for high school students.With funding from the Smith-Hughes Act and ateacher . . . — — Map (dbm235177) HM
Lorenzo H. Adams (1849-1912) came to this area from Arkansas after the Civil War. He was elected constable in 1880 and later served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Sheriff upon the death of his daughter Georgia Anne (1871-1884), Adams donated . . . — — Map (dbm160630) HM
In 1907, twelve area women, including Texas' first woman senator, Margie Neal, established the circulating book club. Focusing on civic and social issues in addition to literacy, the club's first major project was to raise funds for Carthage's first . . . — — Map (dbm208879) HM
Organized with 17 members on September 26, 1901, Central Baptist has been a significant part of Carthage's religious and cultural heritage through the years. Formed under the leadership of the Rev. H. E. Harris, the early congregation included . . . — — Map (dbm105279) HM
The community of Deadwood was established in the 1830s by the Adam LaGrone family. A family burial ground was begun on the LaGrone farm in 1847 when Adam LaGrone's wife Christeena, died. Adam was buried next to his wife nine years later. Although . . . — — Map (dbm160632) HM
Gospel meetings in the late 1880s brought together enough prospective members to organize the First Christian Church of Carthage. Hamilton Pollard deeded a lot to the congregation in 1890, and a building was completed the next year. When the . . . — — Map (dbm110933) HM
In 1862, Jimmy Arnold, a 15 year old orphan boy from Carthage, left Texas to fight in the Civil War as a member of Company G, 14th Texas Cavalry. As a line formed for the Battle of Chickamauga on Sept. 20, 1863, Jimmy had a premonition that he . . . — — Map (dbm105842) HM WM
25 ► Texas, Panola County, Carthage — International Boundary Marker — Republic of Texas-United States — Historic Civil Engineering Landmark —
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark International Boundary Marker Republic of Texas-United States (Set April 23, 1841) Designated by the Texas and Louisiana Sections — — Map (dbm105272) HM
In the early 1700s, France and Spain began disputing their New World international boundary that included this area; each nation claimed what is now Texas. When the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, the boundary was still . . . — — Map (dbm105262) HM
Born in Galloway, James Travis Reeves played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league team until an injury forced him to abandon that career. He became a radio disc jockey and formed a country western band. Joining the Grand . . . — — Map (dbm26550) HM
Kentucky native Jonathan "Old Shelby" Anderson, a grandson of American Revolution veteran Bailey Anderson, settled in this area when Texas was part of Mexico. He served in the Texas Revolution and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. In 1848 he . . . — — Map (dbm105277) HM
A native of Panola County, Margie Elizabeth Neal began her career as a teacher in 1893. She became editor and owner of the East Texas Register newspaper in 1904. A respected educator and leader in the woman suffrage movement, she was the first . . . — — Map (dbm104958) HM
Designed by J. N. Carnes and completed in 1891, this structure served as the Panola County Jail for sixty-two years. The two-story brick building exhibits Italianate and Romanesque style influences and features a symmetrical facade with projecting . . . — — Map (dbm208887) HM
Formed from Harrison and Shelby Counties Created March 30, 1846 Organized July 13, 1846 Named for an Indian word meaning "cotton" County Seat, Pulaski, 1846 Carthage, since 1848 — — Map (dbm104956) HM
Tom M. Bowers (1837-1916) printed the first issue of the Watchman on July 2, 1873. He had published the Carthage Banner here from 1859 until he left about 1861 to serve in the Confederate army. Type was handset, and news items came from other . . . — — Map (dbm208880) HM
In the 1870s Richard Ormand Respess (1839-1906) and his wife Nannie Lois Williams moved here from Harrison County. Respess gave the land and taught at the first school built in the Frog Pond community, known later as Liberty Chapel. His oldest son . . . — — Map (dbm208882) HM
Site of 1850 sawmill and grist mill. Settled mostly by cotton planters. Center for markets and gins. Oil development after 1900. Named for Col. Alfred W. DeBerry (1829-1903). 28th Texas Cavalry, Dismounted Confederate Army. In 1863 – 65 . . . — — Map (dbm160717) HM
This fellowship grew from the pioneer Bell-Fountain Baptist Church, which was organized prior to the Civil War. After a fire destroyed the Bell-Fountain Chapel in 1880, members started two separate congregations: Shady Grove and DeBerry. Land for . . . — — Map (dbm160712) HM
This site was originally part of a tract owned by pioneer area settlers Richard and Polly Golden. They later gave it to their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Cornelius Crenshaw. Who buried a son here in the 1840s. They deeded the property to . . . — — Map (dbm160760) HM
The Rev. Littleton Fowler, an early Methodist missionary in East Texas, is believed to have organized this congregation between 1837 and 1839. Land for the first sanctuary, now the site of Old Williams Cemetery (1 mi. W), was donated by Purviance . . . — — Map (dbm221458) HM
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