Ruins of St. Paul's
VIRGINI MAGNÆ MATRI CIVITAS MACAENSIS LIBENS POSVIT·AN·1602 "To the great virgin mother, dedicated with great joy by the city of Macao. Year 1602"
Francis Benjamin Johnston House
This Greek Revival house was erected for Mme. Julie Duralde, widow of John Clay, Henry Clay’s brother who purchased the property in 1835 and owned it until her death in 1861.From 1940 until 1952...
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- new orleans
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Thomas Hinds
Home 4 mi. W. His cavalry "pride" of one army & "admiration" of other at N. Orleans, 1815. Militia head, 1815-19; comr. in negotiating Choctaw cession, 1820 & selecting site of capital at Jackson,...
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Salem Academy
Salem Academy Bardstown’s first school, 1788, formed by Va. act. James Priestley, noted educator, in charge. One class of Kentuckians later noted in life consisted of John Rowan, Judge and US...
Kresge Korner
Woodward Avenue Cultural Heritage Tour Kresge Korner Sebastian S. Kresge established the S.S. Kresge Company on Woodward Avenue in 1899. Ten years later he moved his store to the corner...
Washington
Territorial capital 1802-17. Statehood constitutional convention held here in 1817. Legislature met here until 1820. During its great days, it was known as the "Versailles" of the territory.
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Salem Church - Cole's Creek
S. 4 mi. First Baptist church in Miss. Set up, 1791, in home of Margaret Stampley, with Richard Curtis, of S.C., as pastor. Here, 1806, first Miss. Baptist Assn. formed.
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Andrew Jackson at Washington
Here, on April 22, 1815, over 200 citizens of the Old Natchez District entertained General Andrew Jackson on his return from the victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815.
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- war of 1812
Dr. John W. Monette
Scientist-historian (1803-51). Lived ¼ mi. S.E. Research on yellow fever brought first quarantine in Old S.W. at Natchez, 1844. Author of scholarly book on the discovery and settlement...
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- science
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Rose Hill is the oldest black baptist congregation in the state, with origins dating to 1837. This 1908 building replaces the first wooden church and contains a 1912 Moller pipe organ. Randle...
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- african american
- church
"Soldiers Retreat"
"Soldiers Retreat," located here, was the home of Ferdinand Leigh and Magdaline Claiborne. F.L. Claiborne (1772-1815) moved to the Mississippi Territory from Virginia in 1807 and served as Brig....
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Jefferson Military College
N. 200 yd. Founded 1802. Mississippi's oldest school. Received the first charter to be conferred for any purpose by legislature of Mississippi Territory.
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- education
The First Presbyterian Church
Congregation organized in 1817. The Sanctuary was built in 1828-29 and enlarged in 1851. The Romanesque Revival rear addition was built in 1900 in honor of Joseph Stratton, Pastor,...
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- church
Wharlest Jackson, Sr. - 1937-1967
Wharlest Jackson was a Natchez Civil Rights activist who lost his struggle for racial equality on February 27, 1967. The explosion of a bomb implanted under his truck took his life. Members of the...
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- civil rights
- african american
St. Catherine Creek Italian Colony
On January 21, 1905, a number of families from struggling farming communities near Bologna, Italy, left Genoa bound for New York aboard the S.S. Montevideo. Many of these families ventured south,...
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- immigrants
Shot Clock
The 24-second "Shot Clock" 1954 Syracuse, New York This clock honors the rule that changed basketball and saved the National Basketball Association. The 24-second shot dock, which put an end...
The Pina Colada
LA CASA DONDE NACIO LA PINA COLADA EN EL ANO 1963 POR DON RAMON PORTAS MINGOT THE HOUSE WHERE IN 1963 THE PINA COLADA WAS CREATED BY DON RAMON PORTAS MINGOT Submitted by @enf
BATTERY B
BATTERY BFIRST N.Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY DRILLEDNEAR THIS POINT UNDER THEIRORGANIZER, CAPT. RUFUS D. PETTIT,IN THE SUMMER OF 1861.STATE EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT 1939
Mazzuca Building
MAZZUCA BUILDING Agostino Mazzuca and his son Gabriel (Bill) opened a variety store on York Street in 1924. Bill moved the business into a new building at the same location in 1959. From...
John Archer LeJeune
Lt. General Lejeune, 1867-1942, was born in Innis; commanded the 2nd Division of the AEF during WW I; became Commandant of USMC; was superintendent of VMI from 1929 to 1937.
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