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Marmaduke-Walker Duel

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Jacksonville, Arkansas.
Following the Aug. 27, 1863, battle at Bayou Meto, Confederate Gen. John Marmaduke asked to be removed from under Gen. Lucius M. Walker’s command. The two generals were at odds over actions at Helena and Brownsville earlier . . .

(Military • Notable Events • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Maritime Veterans Memorial

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Lehighton, Pennsylvania.
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(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Naval Combat at West Point / Combat on the Little Red River

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West Point, Arkansas.
Naval Combat at West Point The U.S. gunboat Cricket steamed up the Little Red River Aug. 14, 1863, hunting the Confederate steamboats Kaskaskia and Tom Sugg. She captured the vessels at Searcy Landing and destroyed a . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry Jacob Lutcher Stark

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Orange, Texas.
On December 8, 1887, Henry Jacob Lutcher Stark was born in Orange to William H. and Miriam H. (Lutcher) Stark. His maternal grandfather, Henry J. Lutcher, had amassed wealth as a co-founder of the Lutcher and Moore Lumber . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

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Orange, Texas.
Well known for his expertise on the guitar and his multi-genre music, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown had a recording career that spanned more than 50 years. Born in Vinton, Louisiana, he and his family moved to Orange when he . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louisiana Baptist Orphanage

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Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Area congregations constructed a two-story orphanage in 1899 that housed up to 150 children at a time. This location was selected for the wholesome, rural character of the setting. The landmark structure was so identified . . .

(Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Forrest's Artillery Positions

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Memphis, Tennessee.
In this locality, the highest in Memphis, a section (2 guns) of Forrest's artillery was emplaced under Lt. Sale, supporting his raid on Memphis. Fire was directed against Federals in buildings of the State Female College . . .

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

1866 Memphis Massacre

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Memphis, Tennessee.
On May 1, 2 and 3, 1866, mobs of white men led by law enforcement attacked black people in the areas near South St. (aka Calhoun & G.E. Patterson). By the end of the attack, the mobs had killed an estimated 46 black people; . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Civil Rights • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church

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Orange, Texas.
The earliest known Black congregation in Orange, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church was started in 1871 as a result of the organizatonal efforts begun by Simon Jones, Peter Minor and William Ruben Minor. Joined later by . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Sultana Disaster

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Memphis, Tennessee.
One of the worst maritime disasters in world history occurred 7 miles north of Memphis on April 27, 1865, when the steamer Sultana exploded and burned with the loss of over 1,547 lives. Built to carry only 376 passengers, . . .

(Disasters • Notable Events • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marcus Winchester

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Memphis, Tennessee.
On this corner Marcus B. Winchester in 1819 set up the first store in Memphis, and in 1821 the first post office. Son of General James Winchester, he was agent for the original proprietors of the Rice Tract and was largely . . .

(Notable Persons • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stax Recording Studios

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Memphis, Tennessee.
On this site stood Stax Records, Inc. which boasted such stars as Otis Redding, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Albert King, the Bar~Kays, and many others. It relied upon its deep soul roots to carry . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Joseph Edison Walker

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Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1923, Dr. J.E. Walker co-founded and was the first president of Universal Life Insurance Company, established in Memphis. A physician by training, he helped organize the old Memphis Negro Chamber of Commerce in 1926. . . .

(African Americans • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Salem United Methodist Church

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Orange, Texas.
Six months after the news of the Emancipation reached Texas in 1865, the Louisiana-Texas-Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for African Americans, known as the Mississippi Conference, was organized on . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Modern Movie~Making In Memphis

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Front On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler and Shelby County Government . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

People's Grocery

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart, all African-Americans and co-owners of People's Grocery (located at this site), were arrested in connection with a disturbance near their store. Rather than being brought to . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of First Memphis Telephone

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Memphis, Tennessee.
on October 18, 1877, at residence of Col. Mike Burke, 673 Shelby, Superintendent of Miss. & Tenn. RR, which was connected only with RR office and home of Col. H.A. Montgomery at Poplar & Bellevue.

(Communications) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Russwood Park

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Originally Red Elm Park, Russwood Park was home to Memphis professional baseball from 1899 to 1960. Primarily home to the Memphis Chicks, a charter member of the Southern Association, Russwood hosted nearly 70% of all . . .

(Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shelby County Archives and Hall of Records / Former Criminal Courts Building

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Shelby County Archives and Hall of Records After the Shelby County criminal courts and jail moved from here in 1982, this National Register Historic District building stood empty until 1998, when extensive renovations were . . .

(Architecture • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Tavern

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Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1820 several log cabins were built here to provide for the land office opening. Samuel Brown, first sheriff, later kept tavern on the same site. Adjacent on the south was the office of Frances Wright's Nashoba colony.

(Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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