Mickey Gilley
Mickey Leroy Gilley, born March 9,1936, grew up in Ferriday, Louisiana, andis a well-known country music performerand songwriter. He learned to play thepiano alongside his famous cousins,...
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis, born September 29, 1935,in Ferriday, Louisiana, with a God-given talent,at an early age became a world-famous rock-and-roll star. At age 8 he sang for the first timeto an audience...
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- ferriday
- music
- rock & roll
Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker
1906 - 1993Leon "Peewee" Whittaker was bornabout 35 miles north of Ferriday,near Newellton, Louisiana. Hestudied music as a child and receivedinstruction on clarinet, trombone,guitar, string bass,...
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- ferriday
- music
- blues
Howard K. Smith
Howard Kingsbury Smith, a broadcasterand journalist, was born in Ferriday,Louisiana, May 12, 1914. His father, alsonamed Howard K. Smith, was of a gentleman-farmer's family from Lettsworth,...
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- journalist
Calero County Park - Baily Fellow House
Calero County Park – Bailey Fellows House The nearby Bailey Fellows house is a historic "Italianate" structure located at the south end of Calero Reservoir and appears on the County of Santa...
Sleeping Widow
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COMMERATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE BAHAMAS
ThIS PLAQUE IS IN COMMERATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE BAHAMAS THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE THE FIRST MEMBERS ROM HARBOUR ISLAND TO SERVE IN THE...
Ipswich was Settled in March 1633
IPSWICH WAS SETTLED IN MARCH 1633 ON THIS HILL-TOP THE FIRST MEETING-HOUSE WAS BUILT AND SURROUNDED WITH A STONE FORT. THE PRESENT EDIFICE IS THE FIFTH WHICH HAS OCCUPIED THIS SPOT...
Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians
HIAWATHA ASYLUM FOR INSANE INDIANS Receiving Congressional appropriations in 1899. the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians was the second federal mental hospital and the first dedicated...
5 November 2009 Ft. Hood Memorial - Killeen, Texas
5 November 2009 Ft. Hood Memorial - Killeen, Texas At 13:20 on a sunny Thursday afternoon on the 5th of November, 2009, Soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center...
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