Mt. Plain B.C.
The original church was located on Montgomery Plantation when it burned down during the civil rights movement of 1963.It was rebuilt at this site in 1964.
- mississippi
- civil rights
- african-american
Shacklefore Church Mounds
Shackleford is a ceremonial site with 4 mounds that date to about AD 800. Three of the mounds are 3 feet tall or less. However, the large platform mount is over 13 feet tall and is the...
- louisiana
- native americans
Pride High School 1906-1981
On this site for approximately 75 years, a significant landmark existed that educated and developed precious lives of thousands of individuals in this area. Donated in 1906 by the families, Lea nd...
- louisiana
- education
Bridges Across Holt's Bayou and Bayou du Rosset
To facilitate the concentration of the Union Army at Hard Times, Gen. J.A. McClernand ordered his troops to reconnoiter a road from Somerset along the western shore of Lake St. Joseph. Col....
- louisiana
- civil war
Davis Plantations
Four miles east of this marker in Warren County, Mississippi is Davis Island on which was located Briarfield Plantation, owned by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy....
- louisiana
- civil war
Franklin Plantation
At the time of the Civil War, Franklin Plantation was owned by Dr. Allen T. Bowie. Other planters of this prosperous section of Louisiana owned more property and grew more bales of cotton, but...
- louisiana
- civil war
Hentry Watkins Allen
During the second week of May 1863, the Federals abandoned their supply line connecting Milliken's Bend with Hard Times. ON June 4, the Confederates reoccupied Richmond. From Richmond, Gen....
- louisiana
- civil war
- politican
Engagement at Choctaw Bayou
After completing the bridges across Phelps and Clark Bayous Col. J. Keigwin started for Hard Times on the Mississippi Rover on April 28, 1863. A cavalry patrol was sent to see if it could locate...
- louisiana
- civil war
Beaver Park
Beaver Park was developed by the Beaver Club on land leased by the Playground and Park Commission in April 1959. The Beaver Club is an organization of business and professional men dedicated to...
- louisiana
Site of J.H.Rowe School
Formal public education for African American students in the Jasper area dates to 1875 and the formation of a school at nearby Cold Springs. It moved to a new campus in Jasper in 1924, the...
- texas
- education
- african american
Beaty-Orton House
Twice the property of Beaty family members, this lot was purchased by Thomas Beaty in 1843 and sold in 1851. His grandson, John T. Beaty (1855-1937), acquired the site again in 1888 and erected...
- texas
- dwelling
Woods Park (Newton County Fairgrounds)
In 1937, the Southwestern Settlement and Development Company deeded land to Newton County. This property would become known as Woods Park, named for the company's surveyor, C.A. Woods. County...
- texas
- community
Jasper Public Schools
Jasper Collegiate Institute, first local center for higher leaning, opened 1851; partially tax- supported, coeducational. First president was noted East Texas educator Marcus Montrose, graduate,...
- texas
- education
Alamo Wall and Bulldog Stadium
Jasper Bulldog Stadium, established circa 1922, served as the centerpiece for the town's athletic competitions, becoming ever more popular over the years. By 1936, the bleachers were being filled...
- texas
- sports
- wpa
Bevilport
Important river shipping and trading point; was made seat of Bevil municipality, 1834. Named for John Bevil, Texas Ranger, a delegate (1835) to Consultation on Texas Independence, Chief Justice of...
- texas
Site of the Town of Bevilport
Important river navigation point,1830-1860. Established by John Bevil in whose honor the municipalitywas first named in 1834 with Bevilport as seat of justice.A mail station in 1835. Countyseat of...
- texas
- settlement
Nightriders
The Harrisonburg Road was a wagon trail in the 1800s that connected the Natchez Trace to the El Camino Real. This section of the road, along the border of Grant Parish and Winn Parish, is...
- louisiana
- crime
Camp Packard - Company 1446
On June 28, 1933, Company 1446 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) occupied Camp Packard (F-3) one mile south of this location near Castor Plunge. Camp Packard was the center of...
- louisiana
- ccc
Cottage Corners
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- ecv
- beer
South Enrolling Room / Shell Oil Company Foundation
Shell Petroleum Corporation, a forerunner of Shell Oil Company, acquired the Norco Refinery in 1929. Located on three hundred sixty-six acres of sugar cane fields from Good Hope Plantation, the...
- louisiana