Conerly's P.O. and Lampton's Store
In June 1848, Benjamin Lampton and his brother-in- law Cullen Conerly established a post office here in Lampton's mercantile business. Situated on Dry Creek between Conerly's Mill and Tyler's...
- mississippi
Hanging of Will Purvis
On February 7, 1894, crowds gathered near this site to witness the hanging of Will Purvis, who had been convicted of the murder of local farmer Will Buckley. When the trap door was released Purvis...
- mississippi
Cambridge
Cambridge Originally part of the Choptank Indian Reservation laid out for them in 1669, Cambridge was made a port of entry by the assembly in 1684. It is one of the few towns authorized at...
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- slavery
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- astern shore
- choptank
- nanticoke na...
Harriet Tubman Brodess Farm
Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 The “Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman of the Bucktown District found freedom for herself and some three hundred other slaves whom she led north. In the Civil War, she...
- harriet tubman
- african american
- underground railroad
- slavery
- eastern shore
Stanley Institute
"Stanley Institute" Oldest community-owned one- room schoolhouse still intact in Dorchester County. First constructed c. 1865 near Church Creek, moved here in 1867. It was used continuously until...
- african american
- education
- eastern shore
Abbé Adrien E. Rouquette
Abbé Rouquette (1813-1887), poet and priest, lived as missionary among Choctaw Indians in region of Bayou Lacombe from 1859 till his death. The Choctaw called him "Chata Ima," meaning "Like...
- louisiana
Stone Square Lodge No. 8
On August 21, 1879 the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana issued a charter to Worshipful Master Sterling Barrow, Senior Warden Alexander Gilbert and Junior Warden Alex Bains to organize...
- louisiana
- african-american
Union Baptist Church
Oral tradition recounts a visit by an African American gospel preacher in 1804. He preached the Baptist Christian Doctrine for the first time in West Baton Rouge near the foot of the levee...
- louisiana
- church
- african-american
St. Mary's A.M.E. Church
St. Mary's A.M.E. Church was founded on September 16, 1888 and erected in 1889. August Levert, plantation owner, donated a tract of land to Albert Henderson to build a church under the doctrines...
- louisiana
- church
- african-american
Israelite Missionary Baptist Church
This institution of worship can trace its roots to the 1890s, but it was formally chartered in 1905. The congregation was established as Israelite Baptist Church of Brusly Landing. The...
- louisiana
- church
- african-american
Le Chemin Militaire
Route used by Civil War troops. It led from Mississippi River over swamp ridges, Indian trails, through Chackbay (Chegby), Thibodaux and Bayou Lafourche areas, Schriever, Gibson, Morgan City, to...
- louisiana
- civil war
New Sight School
In 1921 the Confederate Grove, Garner, Clear Branch, and Mt. Zion community schools consolidated to create the Now Sight School, once located on this site. Established under the Smith- Hughes Act...
- mississippi
- education
Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School
On December 9, 1914, the Trustees of Copiah- Lincoln Agricultural High School had its first meeting and opened its doors to students on September 6, 1915. This building was one of the first...
- mississippi
- education
Mississippi Mills
Site of cotton & woolen mills set up, 1866, by J. M. Wesson. Burnt, 1873; rebuilt, expanded & operated by Col. Ed. Richardson & Capt. Wm. Oliver with 2,000 employees. Closed 1910 & dismantled 1919
- mississippi
Wesson Hotel
Site of a hotel since 1864, this structure was built ca. 1877. Known originally as the Richardson House, the hotel was owned by Mississippi Mills, a once-flourishing textile mill founded by...
- mississippi