Virginia Bethel Moon1844-1925
"Miss Ginny" Moon, a Confederate Spy who became famous during the War between the States. She was known as an active and dangerous rebel. At the time of her death, she still retained a...
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W. C. Handy
In Memory Of W.C. Handy Composer, Music Publisher, Father Of The Blues 1976 Erected By The Association For Study Of Afro-American Life And History In Cooperation With The Amoco Foundation, Inc....
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Darwin Time Capsule
From instagram Submitted by @littlebobbyplaqueson and @simeonking.
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Christian Brothers College
At this site, on November 17, 1871, the Christian Brothers purchased what was the Memphis Female College. Brother Maurelian, who served as the first president of Christian Brothers College, along...
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Sophie G. Friedman
American War Mothers Memphis Chapter A Tribute To Sophie C. Friedman For Her Activities In Having Had Enacted First Marriage Law In Tennessee General Assembly Abolishing Child Marriage Sponsored...
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In Memoriam 1917-1919
1917 1918 In Memory Of The Four Members Of The Memphis And Shelby County Medical Society Who Gave Their Lives In The Service Of Their Fellow Men In The World War Capt. Robert B. Underwood -...
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Walter Malone
In Memory Of Walter Malone Erected MCMXIX "Opportunity" They Do Me Wrong Who Say I Come No More When Once I Knock And Fail To Find You In; For Every Day I Stand Outside Your Door, And Bid You...
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Warren Chapel Pisgah Cemetery
The former site of Warren's Methodist Chapel and cemetery was sold in 1851 by Joseph and Matilda Warren Locke for $20 to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. At this time it became known...
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WDIAThe Goodwill Station
WDIA, the Goodwill Station, was the first radio station in the nation to have an all-black format. This format made WDIA the top rated Memphis station in the early 1950s. In 1948 Nat D. Williams...
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Wedding Of The Waters
A great celebration marking completion of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad occurred here May 1-4, 1858. The festivities attracted 25,000 spectators and included a symbolic "wedding of the waters"...
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Wildcats
Court Square was pretty far out of town in the early days. Wildcats still prowled in its woods as recently as the 1870's Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.
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William G. Leftwich, Jr. Memorial
Semper Fidelis This Monument Is Erected To Preserve The Memory Of William G. Leftwich, Jr., Lt. Colonel, United States Marine Corps. A Native Memphian Who Lost His Life On November 18, 1970, When...
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William Len
Memphians have been asking "Who is William Len?" ever since the Wm. Len Hotel, now apartments, opened in 1930. William Len Seaman was the father- in-law of the hotel's manager and one of...
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WMC Radio Station
Memphis' first full-service radio station began regularly scheduled broadcasting on January 20, 1923, from the top floor of this building, which was then the home of The Commercial...
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Solvent Savings Bank
The Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company founded by Robert Church, Sr., first Negro bank established in Memphis, opened at this site, 392 Beale Street, in 1906. It survived the money panic of...
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