Wade Walton
WADE WALTON One of Clarksdale's most talented and renowned blues musicians, Wade Walton (1923-2000) chose to pursue a career as a barber rather than a professional entertainer. Walton never lost...
- mississippi
- clarksdale
- walton
- blues
Muddy Waters's House
MUDDY WATERS'S HOUSE Muddy Waters lived most of his first thirty years in a house on this site, part of the Stovall Plantation. In 1996 the restored house was put on display at the Delta Blues...
- mississippi
- clarksdale
- muddy waters
- blues
- chicago
Birthplace of Kermit the Frog
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- kermit
- mississippi
- henson
- stoneville
James "Son" Thomas
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- leland
- mississippi
- montgomery
- porter
- yazoo
- eden
- ferris
- greenville
Johnny Winter
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- winter
- blues
- leland
- mississippi
- cotton
Earthworks of Poverty Point
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- lousiana
- poverty point
- native americans
- earthworks
- mounts
- ridges
- plaza
- ornaments
Ancient Mounds Trail: Poverty Point Earthworks
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- earthworks
- mounds
- poverty point
- indians
- ridges
- artifacts
- trade networks
Marsalis Mansion Motel
MARSALIS MANSION MOTEL Opened at 110 Shrewsbury Road in 1944 to serve African Americans during segregation. Proprietor Ellis L. Marsalis, Sr., was Jazz musician family patriarch & Civil...
- lousiana
- african americans
- segregations
- marsalis
- jazz
- civil rights
- racial segregation
- african americans
- louisiana
- civil rights
- martin luthe...
- thurgood marshall
- ray charles
- etta james
- dinah washington
- alvin childress
- marsalis
Sardine Point The Cut Off
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- sardine
- catholic
- plantations
- flood
- levee
- dispersed
Morrisonville
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- morrisonville
- morrison
- australia
- levee
- setbacks
- graceville
- mayflower
- plantation
- baton rouge
Royston Factory Mill
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque. http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/historical- markers/henry-merrell-royston-factory-mill
- todo
The First Courthouse for the County of Hempstead
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
- arkansas
- blevins
- courthouse
- southwest trail
Bonnie and Clyde
On This SiteMay 23, 1934 at 9:15 a.m.The Infamous OutlawsBonnie Parker and Clyde BarrowMet Their Demise At The Hands Of TheseDedicated Law Enforcement Officials Lest we Forget These...
- bonnie
- clyde
- lousisiana
Reverend John Dupree
REVEREND JOHN DUPREE 1806 - 1899 Pioneer Baptist preacher and missionary. He organized many churches in Georgia as well as sixteen in Louisiana east ofthe Red River, where his labors began in...
- lousiana
- horseback
- red river
Nation Ford Road Mile Marker
Nation Ford Road Mile Marker This 200 pund stone marker originally helped travelers find their way along Nation Ford Road, part of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. This marker is chiseled with...
- south carolina
- fort mill
- nation ford road
Faires / Coltharp Cabin
Faires / Coltharp Cabin This cabin was originally built by Jesse Faires in about 1814 about three miles from this location. Jesse's parents, Alexander and Jennet Faires, traveled here on horseback...
- south carolina
- fort mill
- civil war
- appomattox
- comic sans
Billy Graham's Grandfather's House
Billy Graham's Grandfather's House This log house was the ancestral home of the world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham. It was the home of his grandfather, W. Crook Graham, a...
- south carolina
- billy graham
- civil war
- yankee bullet
- peg-leg
- log house
- preacher
- w. crook graham
- fort mill
Springfield Plantation
SPRINGFIELD PLANTATION This house was build ca. 1806 for planter John Springs III (1782 - 1853), who served in the S.C. House 1828-34 and was a partner in several banks, railroads, and...
- south carolina
- plantation
- secession
- civil war
Cambsites In Meory of Bob Jolley
Campsites Maintained By Boy Scout Troop 108 In Memory Of BOB JOLLEY (1944-1998) Friend and Supporter Troop Committee Chairman Civic, Business, And Church Leader Submitted by Linda Nutman.
- south carolina
- boy scouts
- camping
- campsite
Jefferson Davis Used This Road While Escaping
Nation Ford Road You are crossing over this historic road that was once a major route for both Patriots and British soldiers during the American Revolution. Patriot General Thomas Sumter's...
- charlotte
- south carolina
- american revolution
- civil war
- jefferson davis
- sumter
- cornwallis