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1000 Block Main Street

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Pineville, Louisiana.
Dodd's Rooming House, 1927, once stood on the site of Charles McTire's Beauty School. J.B. Kelly, Dentist, and C.B. Durham, MD, had offices upstairs in the rooming house. During the 50's C.E. Pickett operated a grocery . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alligators!

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St. Martinville, Louisiana.
Alligators have been around since the age of the dinosaurs. Found only in the southeastern United States, American alligators inhabit freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps, and bayous. Oftentimes you may only see . . .

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Intersection of Washington and South Martin Luther King streets

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Natchez, Mississippi.
An 1866 photograph shows that the porch on the house at 705 Washington Street (behind you) was a later addition. Those who built houses without porches often soon added them. Travel writer Joseph Holt Ingraham noted in 1835 . . .

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Intersection of Washington and South Rankin streets

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Gathered on the front steps of Green Leaves are the founders of the Natchez Garden Club, the women who started the local historic house tours in 1932. The vision of these women created the city's heritage tourism industry, . . .

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Intersection of State and South Canal streets

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Natchez, Mississippi.
William Johnson, a freed person of color, was a barber, entrepreneur, and slave owner. He built this house in 1841 using materials salvaged after the 1840 tornado that damaged much of downtown. His diary details its . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

African American Public Education

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Natchez, Mississippi.
The Union School (above) was the first public school built by the City of Natchez for African American students. Built in 1871 by contractor P. E. Willman, the Union School was a grand brick edifice which stood at the . . .

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C.S. Artillery Company,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. J.Q. Wall. Part of the company served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Moore's Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4,1863. A detachment probably . . .

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Mississippi 40th Infantry

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Engaged defense May 18-July 4 Casualties: Killed 12, Wounded 38, Total 50 Major R.B. Campbell killed

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John H. Forney

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Commanding Second District Vicksburg May 4 - July 4, 1863 U.S. Military Academy 1848 – 1852 1st Lieut. 10th Inf. U.S.A. August 25, 1855 Commanding Pioneer Corps with General Albert Sidney Johnson in Utah Campaign 1857 . . .

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C.S. Moore's Brigade

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
One piece of artillery, kind and caliber unknown, was served in this work from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863, by a detachment of either Sengstak's, Tobin's, Landis; or Wall's battery.

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Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway

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near Paint Rock, Texas.
In gratitude to the thousands of men and women who served our country during the Vietnam War, the people of Texas dedicate this highway which runs across our state from the southernmost tip to the northernmost point. It is . . .

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The Stallone Family

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Pictured (left to right) are the Stallone sons, Hugo, Serviglio, Premo, and Meno. All of the sons worked on St. Catherine Street. Hugo operated a grocery store, where his brother Serviglio also worked. Premo opened a . . .

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U.S. Companies A, B, C, D, H and I;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Maj. Maurice Maloney. A detachment of the regiment, under Capt. E.D. Phillips, served one 30-pounder Parrott rifle in this position from May 21 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Intersection of State and South Pearl streets

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Institute Hall was built in 1852-1853 as a public auditorium and a companion building to the Natchez Institute. The contractors were the Weldon Brothers, who used over 100 enslaved craftsmen and whose head draftsman was a . . .

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C.S. Appeal (Arkansas) Battery;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. William N. Hogg; Lieut. Christopher C. Scott; Lieut. Robert N. Cotten. A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Robert N. Cotten, served one 3-inch rifle in this position, directly on the Jackson Road, from about . . .

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Bishop's Prayer Garden

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Natchez, Mississippi.
In 2012, the Diocese of Jackson celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding by Pope Gregory XVI. The Bishop's Prayer Garden, located on the old catholic burial ground, is dedicated in this year to the seven deceased . . .

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US Capt. Robert Buchanan

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Commanding Regiment May 16 - June 13 1863 Marks its farthest advance May 22 Killed 9, wounded 93, total 102

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Lunette at left of Stockade.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
This lunette, part of the stockade to its right, and the line to its left were held, the afternoon of May 19, 1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the 27th Louisiana Infantry with the Second Missouri . . .

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C.S. McNally's (Arkansas) Battery;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. Francis McNally. A detachment of the battery served one 12-pounder howitzer in this position from the morning of May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. Casualties in battery during the defense, severe, but . . .

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Louisiana 27th Infantry

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Col. L.D. Marks Lieut. Col. L.L. McLaurin Major Alex S. Norwood Col. L.D. Marks Capt. Joseph T. Hatch Casualties during the defense killed 58, wounded 96, total 154 Lieut. Col. L.L. McLaurin, Lieut. George Harris, Capt. J.F. . . .

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