On Brunswick Road, 0.2 miles south of Osborn Road, on the left when traveling north.
Wade Bolton and Bolton College
On this site in 1887 upon the Hoboken Plantation was erected the first building of Bolton College, established under the provisions of the will of Wade H. Bolton, prominent landowner, killed in 1869 by a former . . . — — Map (db m148523) HM
Gray's Creek Baptist Church. This church is Shelby County's oldest African American congregation. It was founded by two free men of color, preachers Simon Price and Joseph "Free Joe" Harris, and numerous slaves, right after its former . . . — — Map (db m148239) HM
Just to the north is the site of an old inn used by stagecoach and other travelers between Memphis and eastern settlements from 1829 until stagecoach travel ceased. It was dismantled in 1926. — — Map (db m74842) HM
On Mary Alice Drive just south of U.S. 70, on the right when traveling south.
The Town of Arlington welcomes you to Mary Alice Park, formerly the home of Arlington Blending & Packaging Company, a pesticide formulating and packaging facility which operated from 1971 to 1978. In 2005, the Town purchased the land, to be . . . — — Map (db m148517) HM
Near Davies Plantation Road, 0.2 miles west of Davies Manor Road, on the right when traveling west.
Davies Manor provides a stunning example of wartime survival. Located just north of the stage route between Memphis and Nashville, the house and surrounding plantation were visited by soldiers from both sides during the Civil War.
When the war . . . — — Map (db m179119) HM
Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In the path of both armies, 1861-65, it was the scene . . . — — Map (db m148287) HM
Near Davies Plantation Road, 0.2 miles west of Davies Manor Road, on the right when traveling west.
Born Frances Ellen Davies, Mrs. Davies-Rodgers was teacher, school administrator, Shelby County Historian for 30 years, genealogist, author of 10 books (focusing mainly on the Brunswick area and Episcopal Church history), philanthropist. church . . . — — Map (db m179133) HM
Near Stage Road (Tennessee Route 15) east of Darolyn Street, on the left when traveling east.
Born on November 27, 1821 in Robertson County, TN. Gabriel Bartlett grew up on the family farm near Cedar Hill. He came to Shelby County in the mid-1840s as a young man and married Elizabeth Glasgow of Fayette County in 1846. He bought a tract of . . . — — Map (db m179134) HM
On 3rd Road, 0.1 miles east of Memphis-Arlington Road, on the left when traveling east.
Born in Memphis and graduated from Bartlett High School, Singleton was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by Congress for heroism during combat in Vietnam. Serving in the 3rd Marine Division, on March 24, 1967, he charged through heavy enemy . . . — — Map (db m179137) HM WM
On Memphis Arlington Road, 0.2 miles Oak Rd., on the left when traveling west.
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 as Pisgah. The earliest known burial was Sarah C. Bond, . . . — — Map (db m85584) HM
On Stage Road (Tennessee Route 15) at Charles Bryan Road on Stage Road.
Front
On Christmas Eve 1949, parishioner John Maher buried a statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague on this site and hopeful Catholics from the area began fund-raising efforts to build the first Catholic church in Bartlett. Within one year . . . — — Map (db m88647) HM
On Stage Road (Tennessee Route 15) at Bartlett Road, on the right when traveling east on Stage Road.
A toll road of 1829 became Stage Road, Bartlett's main street. In 1856 the town was called Union Depot. Incorporated in 1866 and named Bartlett for Major Gabriel Matson Bartlett. Shelby County Courts were held here from 1870-1885. In 1885 Bartlett . . . — — Map (db m7543) HM
On Court Street at Woodlawn Street, on the right when traveling south on Court Street.
Nicholas Gotten a native of Spangdahlen, Germany, immigrated to America at the age of 22: worked in the north before coming to Tennessee: established himself as a blacksmith in Union Depot (Bartlett) in 1860: enlisted in the Confederate Army (Co. C. . . . — — Map (db m6943) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun sights of Confederate cavalrymen intent on severing . . . — — Map (db m37267) HM
(Side one):
On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate cavalrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN, 18th MS, 2nd MO, 2nd AR, and 3rd MS, approached Collierville from the south along Mt. Pleasant Road. . . . — — Map (db m63137) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Gen. James R. Chalmers to "harass [Sherman's] rear and break the railroad behind him." . . . — — Map (db m37269) HM
On Walnut Street north of West Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north.
For the citizens of the State of Tennessee during the early 1860's, the violence and bloodshed of combat were not faraway abstractions, nor were they empty statistics in a textbook. The soldiers who fought and died were not anonymous heroes, . . . — — Map (db m200760) HM
On North Main Street at East Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Collierville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was originally founded in Fayette County near the close of the Civil War. Construction began at the present location in 1873. Renovations to the building were made in 1906, and again in the . . . — — Map (db m63135) HM
On College Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west on College Street.
This land, which was actually in Mississippi until 1838, originally belonged to the Chickasaws. This area has served as a central hub for education in Collierville since 1873, when Bellevue Female College constructed a two story wooden building . . . — — Map (db m76812) HM
On North Center Street at North Rowlett Street, on the right when traveling south on North Center Street.
One of two sanctuaries of Collierville United Methodist Church, the Sanctuary on the Square was built in 1900 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South congregation. The Methodists were the first to erect a church in the community and from . . . — — Map (db m82673)
On North Rowlett Street west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county’s second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd, Hodge, Collier and the Tharp Grant. In 1837, the . . . — — Map (db m63134) HM
Near North Main Street at East Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north.
In Honor of
Collierville Area Veterans
Dedicated by
Collierville VFW Post 5066
Mickey Locke - Commander
Jim Inman - Quartermaster
— — Map (db m149076) WM
Near South Mount Pleasant Road south of Keough Road, on the right when traveling south.
To those who gave so much to their cause during the great conflict. Brave men lie beneath this ground; some in mass graves near the battlefields where they fell, some in lonely unmarked graves, and some in untended cemeteries across the south. The . . . — — Map (db m200769) WM
On West Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of South Houston Levee Road, on the left when traveling east.
The home of Cecil and Laura Davis Elliott was designed in 1913 by architect Bayard Snowden Cairnes of the Memphis firm Hanker and Cairnes. Cairnes, who was trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, used a unique hexagonal plan that provided a . . . — — Map (db m37266) HM
On Walnut Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised “Collier Town for Sale” in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was established on the north side of State Line Road . . . — — Map (db m76816) HM
On Walnut Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
*Referenced from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XLII. Chalmers' Raid Series 1, Volume 30, Part II, page 783.
The following is a quote provided by Colonel R. V. . . . — — Map (db m149072) HM
Near West Powell Road just east of Greenview Road, on the right when traveling west.
Herman W. Cox, Jr., life long resident of Collierville, was a 1939 graduate of Collierville High School. He served as an elected leader of Collierville, first as alderman in 1959 and Mayor in 1975, retiring in 1999 after serving for 40 years. . . . — — Map (db m149082) HM
Near North Center Street just south of East Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north.
In July of 1866, Collierville, like much of the South, was beginning to recover from the ravages of war. Three years earlier, "Mister Collier's Village" consisting of several homes and a general store a few hundred yards east of the square on Mt. . . . — — Map (db m149075) HM
On Schilling Road at Deloach Lane, in the median on Schilling Road.
McGinnis Park is dedicated to the memory of Wiley Washington McGinnis (1875 1959), who
first landscaped Collierville Square. The park and streets of the 443 acre Schilling Farms development are named for individuals who contributed to the rich . . . — — Map (db m149054) HM
On South Rowlett Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Rowlett Street.
The Federal troops quickly understood the importance of taking control of railroads and by May 1862 the US Government held the Memphis & Charleston Railroad with few exceptions until the end of the Civil War. Note that there were up to 15,000 Union . . . — — Map (db m149079) HM
On Walnut Street at Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street.
In 1844 Salem Presbyterian Church was established in southeast Shelby County. It remained there until 1871 and then relocated to Collierville. The name was changed to the Presbyterian Church of Collierville. The Presbyterians met at the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m63131) HM
On Center Street at West South Street on Center Street.
This is a portion of the ridge where the Confederates faced the occupying Union Forces and General W. T. Sherman in the Battle of Collierville. When you look north toward the railroad and the town square you are standing in the shadows of the . . . — — Map (db m119227) HM WM
On Mulberry Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on Mulberry Street.
The corner stone for Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew’s, led a group that raised $3,000 to build the church. The . . . — — Map (db m63132) HM
On South Rowlett Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Rowlett Street.
On Sunday October 11, 1863, the Confederate forces of Brigadier General James R. Chalmers, consisting of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Tennessee Cavalry, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and 18th Mississippi Cavalry and the 2nd Missouri Cavalry, along . . . — — Map (db m149140) HM
On North Rowlett Street at North Center Street, on the left when traveling west on North Rowlett Street.
Collierville Railroad Depot
The first railroad depot in Collierville was located in this vicinity adjacent to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. A letter was discovered in the Mississippi Library Department of Archives and Special . . . — — Map (db m149077) HM
On North Main Street at East Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Route 57), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Original Town Site of Collierville/Colliersville
In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before a village . . . — — Map (db m149071) HM
(side 1)
On April 15, 1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall Grays to oppose President Lincoln’s call for volunteers to invade the South. The company was named in honor of Senator Louis T. Wigfall who was well known for . . . — — Map (db m82843) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Herbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community and can be seen in the physical beauty of Collierville's landscape as well as the design of the . . . — — Map (db m37271) HM
On Walnut Street north of West Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south.
"The expression of American personality through this war is not to be looked for in the great campaign and the battle-fights. It is to be looked for… in the hospitals, among the wounded.” ~ Walt Whitman notebook entry
During the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m149073) HM
On Shelby Farms Greenline, 0.6 miles north of Macon Road, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. Greene Fort Pinkston, who practiced medicine for more than 58 years in the Cordova area, was born in Scott County, Mississippi, in 1875. His parents were Ritton and Fannie Gresham Pinkston. At age 24 he left home to attend Meharry Medical School . . . — — Map (db m118383) HM
On Bedford Lane east of Kenney Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The land that is now Bedford Plantation subdivision was once part of 640 acres owned by Julian Bedford (1825-1879), and Virginia R. Kenney
Bedford (1830-1916), who settled in 1851 at what was
to be known as the Bailey Station community.
They . . . — — Map (db m149053) HM
Near West Street south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling north.
Although in 1860, Germantown numbered fewer than 300 people, almost every able-bodied man—85 of them—enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861. They formed the Shelby Grays and were designated Co. A, 4th Tennessee Infantry. The regiment, . . . — — Map (db m162731) HM
On Arthur Road south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling south.
This is the only Germantown church to survive the war, while the town suffered because of its strategic location on the Memphis & Charlestown Railroad. Many male members of the congregation joined the 4th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), while others . . . — — Map (db m121840) HM
On Plantation Circle at Deep Valley Drive, in the median on Plantation Circle.
In 1825, Scottish-born Frances Wright purchased 1,940 acres of land on this site to establish a utopian colony called Nashoba, an experiment to end slavery. General Lafayette, the French Revolutionary War hero, her host on her voyage to America and . . . — — Map (db m200775) HM
On South Germantown Road just north of North Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Organized circa 1836 as New Hope Baptist Church. Ground given in 1841 by Wilks Brooks, whose family was active in life of the Church for many years. Original building was burned in 1862 when Federal forces had command of community. Present building . . . — — Map (db m162738) HM
On McVay Road close to Second Street, on the right when traveling north.
Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this cemetery served the whole community for 125 years. A stone fragment dated 1843 marks the earliest . . . — — Map (db m84552) HM
On South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) at Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road.
The Germantown Depot, shown in 1927, was constructed in 1858. It served as a passenger station between Memphis and Williston, Tennessee. The depot was also a shipping center and a floral distribution point. The depot burned in 1947 and was rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m200824) HM
On South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road.
The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in 1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of Germantown now includes the site of historic Nashoba Plantation. Union troops occupied the town during the Civil War. Yellow . . . — — Map (db m74837) HM
On South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) south of Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The office of Dr. John Grundy Seay and Glenn's Grocery were side by side, prior to this site becoming the Germantown Commissary.
Visit www.ghpatn.org to learn more about Germantown history. — — Map (db m200830) HM
Near Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) 0.4 miles north of Farmington Road.
One of the oldest surviving brick residences in Shelby County, the John Gray House, built prior to 1851, is a rare example of a Federal Period hall and parlor plan, middle-class farmhouse. Originally located in Morning Sun, near Eads, it was moved . . . — — Map (db m83728) HM
On Southern Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling west.
Land near the present church site was provided to New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church by Mrs. Florida Thompson, a member of a prominent white family of Germantown. The land was made available for a church structure, known then as a brush arbor, . . . — — Map (db m143164) HM
On C.D. Smith Road, 0.3 miles west of Hacks Cross Road, on the right when traveling west.
During the Civil War, the railroad in front of you was the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. Union forces occupied the area soon after the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh and the capture of Memphis on June 6. they used the railroad to transport troops and . . . — — Map (db m107968) HM
On South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) at Dogwood Road, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road.
S.A. Oakley established his mercantile and grocery store at the intersection of Germantown Road and Dogwood Road in 1938. Oakley sold hardware, canned goods, feed, kerosene and candy. After Oakley's death in 1941, his son Minor Oakley operated the . . . — — Map (db m200826) HM
Near South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) south of Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
A Southern Railway engine making a stop at the Germantown Depot in 1915. Southern Railway operated along these tracks between 1894 and 1990. This Depot served as an office for the Railway Express Agency (REA). It was destroyed by fire in the late . . . — — Map (db m200834) HM
Near South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1861, Germantown was divided between secessionists and unionists until the news of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln’s call for volunteers tilted the balance in favor of secession. Germantown women announced on April 26, “We…offer . . . — — Map (db m82844) HM
On Holly Tree Drive at Grand Oak Drive, on the right when traveling south on Holly Tree Drive.
This was the site of a Civil War earthwork redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June 1863 by the 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment and used . . . — — Map (db m74839) HM
Near Forest Hill Irene Road, 0.6 miles south of Crestwyn Hills Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Dedicated
to those men of the
First Marine Division, FMF
who gave their lives
in the service of
their country
World War II • Korea • Vietnam
Southwest Asia — — Map (db m200770) WM
On Poplar Pike at Southern Avenue when traveling west on Poplar Pike.
The house was built in 1854 on Wm. Carter's land. Its 493 acres were subdivided in 1872. In 1918 Fritz Hussy and Mamie Cloyes owned and named 20 acres Oaklawn Garden. Harry and Becky Cloyes established a botanical garden and museum of historic . . . — — Map (db m76905) HM
On Chambers Chapel Road, 0.2 miles north of U.S. 64.
Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church
Martha Ann Vaughan Chambers donated an acre of land near Chambers Mineral Springs as a site for a Methodist Episcopal Church South on Nov. 6, 1869. Three wooden frame buildings have stood on this . . . — — Map (db m88696) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) American Cutoff Mile
Mile 526.5 AHP
In the flood of 1858, the Mississippi cut through the neck of American Bend, and the abandoned river bed was renamed Lake Lee. The first steamboat to try to navigate the American Cutoff was the . . . — — Map (db m115525) HM
The Mississippi’s southernmost major tributary, the Arkansas, is born from melting snow on the eastern slopes of the Continental Divide near Leadville, Colorado. Its 1,450-mile course drains 160,500 square miles in five states.
Despite dramatic . . . — — Map (db m115008) HM
On Old Millington Road south of Armstrong Field Road when traveling south. Reported missing.
This was the site of one of the earliest airports in the Memphis area. Named for Lt. Guion Armstrong, a Memphis pilot killed in World War I, it was dedicated Nov. 11, 1926. Charles A. Lindbergh landed here on Oct. 3, 1927 (four months after his . . . — — Map (db m221425) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Ashbrook Cutoff
Mile 549.0 AHP
Rowdy Bend was the first of four consecutive loops, in this stretch of the river that pilots called the “Greenville Bends.” Rowdy Bend kept getting longer despite efforts to stabilize it, and . . . — — Map (db m115526) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana... going navigation on the Mississippi River. ...gas fields in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma... a major processing and transportation... industry.
The French built the first fort here in 1819. They . . . — — Map (db m114996) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Mile 75.9 AHP
Belle Chasse Plantation was the home of Judah P. Benjamin, often called “the brains of the Confederate government.” He served as Attorney General Secretary of War and Secretary of . . . — — Map (db m114921) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Bonnet Carre Spillway
Mile 128.0 AHP
Completed in 1935, the Bonnet Carre Spillway protects New Orleans, LA and the levees around it by diverting flood waters into Lake Pontchartrain. The one and a half mile long concrete structure . . . — — Map (db m114925) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
Cairo's position at the confluence of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio made it an important river and rail junction in the steamboat era. Changes in America's shipping patterns reduced its role in the 20th Century but it remains an active port and . . . — — Map (db m114728) HM
On Elvis Presley (Bellevue) Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling south.
Consecrated in 1867 to serve the booming populations of the Catholic Irish, Germans and Italians, Calvary became the second Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County. Msgr. Martin Riordan, V.G., of St. Patrick Parish, was a leading proponent and advocate . . . — — Map (db m19032) HM
On South Parkway East at Pillow Street, in the median on South Parkway East.
Chew C. Sawyer was a mid-twentieth century African-American entrepreneur. He founded Sawyer Realty Company, which later became Cornette Realty; Arnette Construction Company; Future Insurance Agency; and Sawyer Rental Agency. In 1956, Sawyer founded . . . — — Map (db m86448) HM
On Walnut Grove Road at Briarview Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Grove Road.
Christian Brothers High School
Christian Brothers High School, the oldest high school for boys in Memphis, opened November 21, 1871 as the secondary department of Christian Brothers College at 612 Adams Avenue. CBC was established by the . . . — — Map (db m63274) HM
A.Claiborne Landing
Mile 188.3 AHP
This was the plantation home of William C.C. Claiborne. At the age of 21, Claiborne helped write a constitution for the new state of Tennessee and five years later President Jefferson appointed him . . . — — Map (db m114995) HM
Barges first appeared on the Mississippi River after the U. S. Civil War, as river interest tried to compete with the railroads’ growing domination. The railroads won this transportation duel and tows practically disappeared from the river until WWI . . . — — Map (db m115159) HM
When Southern states seceded from the Union in 1861, the Mississippi River became not only a vital commercial waterway, but also a strategic route through the heart of the Confederacy. The river proved to be the South's greatest weakness. At the . . . — — Map (db m82850) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Davis Island, Mississippi
Mile 415.0 AHP
A large bend once curved around this land which the first settlers name Palmyra. Jefferson Davis established his Briercliffe Plantation here in 1835, next to his brother Joseph’s Hurricane . . . — — Map (db m115167) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Donaldson Point, Missouri
Mile 905.3 AHP
Union forces dug a canal across Donaldson Point in 1862 hoping to use it to bypass Confederate batteries at Island No. 10. The canal proved to be too shallow, but the rebels scuttled the . . . — — Map (db m114731) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
A) Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Mile 175.0 AHP
A trading post was established where Bayou Lafourche met the river in 1750, and a small community grew up around it. Most of the settlers were French, but the town was named . . . — — Map (db m114994) HM
On Jackson Ave (Tennessee Route 14) at Villa on Jackson Ave.
Sunday school held in a schoolhouse led to the formation of Eastland Presbyterian Church November 11, 1906 with Dr. W.H. Gragg, Sr., E.H. Porter and Captain T.H. Savage, Elders. Dr. Gragg secured the lumber for the original frame building from the . . . — — Map (db m88498) HM
On Summer Avenue, 0.1 miles east of North Mendenhall Road, on the right when traveling east.
The world’s first Holiday Inn was opened on this site, August 1, 1952 by Memphis entrepreneur Kemmons Wilson as a result of his unsatisfactory lodging experiences on a vacation the prior summer with his wife Dorothy and their five children. He soon . . . — — Map (db m63364) HM
Near Island Drive, 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue.
France was the first nation to settle and develop the Lower Mississippi. Although they governed it for only 80 years, the French left a lasting impression on the river and its valley.
In 1673, Louis Jolliet, a French trader, and Father Jacques . . . — — Map (db m53731) HM
On Wilson Street at Kerr Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Street.
Born in Memphis in 1867, G.P. Hamilton was the author of The Bright Side of Memphis, one of the earliest books on black residents of Memphis. In 1892 Hamilton, an honors graduate of LeMoyne, was appointed principal of Kortrecht, the first . . . — — Map (db m149022) HM
Near Island Drive just south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Grand Gulf, Mississippi
Mile 407.0 AHP
A bluff jutting into the river at the old mouth of the Big Black River created perilous whirlpools that made Grand Gulf notorious among early flatboatmen. The town of Grand Gulf was established . . . — — Map (db m115164) HM
A. Grand Lake Cutoff
Mile 511.0 AHP
An oxbow lake two miles west of the river, Grand Lake, was removed from the channel by this natural cutoff in the 1700’s. The small river town of Princeton grew up on the west bank, with a busy landing. . . . — — Map (db m115524) HM
As early as the 1730's, a few British traders lived among the Chickasaw in this area, but Great Britain's brief ascendancy on the Lower Mississippi did not began until 1763. In that year, the British defeated France in the Seven Years' War and took . . . — — Map (db m82852) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Head of Passes
Mile 0.0 AHP
The Mississippi River officially ends here, 954 miles from Cairo, Illinois. At this point, the stream divides into three channels, Pass a Louture, South Pass, and Southern Pass. They each branch into . . . — — Map (db m114914) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
A) Hog Point, Louisiana
Mile 298.2 AHP
The channel off Hog Point, in the middle of Raccourci Cutoff, has long been one of the most troublesome stretches on the lower river. Constant dredging is required to keep the channel open. . . . — — Map (db m115003) HM
On Ridgeway Road north of the Hutchison School entrance road, on the right when traveling north.
Mary Grimes Hutchison (1872-1962), a pioneer in rigorous education for girls in Memphis, opened her school in the Wesley Halliburton home in 1902. By 1925. Hutchison School had become a leading girls' college preparatory school, and its expanding . . . — — Map (db m200789) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Hymelia Crevasse
Mile 131.3 AHP
In 1903, a 200-foot gap opened in the levee at Hymelia Plantation. One thousand laborers were put to work constructing a sandbag fill but a runaway barge crashed into the repairs and destroyed them. . . . — — Map (db m114926) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Island No. 20
Mile 8290 AHP
The wandering geography of Island No. 20 illustrates the Mississippi River's erratic nature. Navigation charts of 1801 show the island lying near the west bank. Later, the river moved and placed the . . . — — Map (db m114737) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Island No. 5 (Wolf Island)
Mile 933.0 AHP
Kentucky and Missouri fought all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court for possession of Wolf Island. Missouri’s attorneys presented an array of old maps and navigation charts that showed the . . . — — Map (db m114730) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Islands No. 2, 3, and 4
Mile 940.5 AHP
Zadok Cramer first numbered the islands of the Lower Mississippi River in his 1801 book, The Navigator. The number system allowed boatmen to exchange river information without becoming . . . — — Map (db m114729) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Junior Crevasse
Mile 55.0 AHP
During the great flood of April 1927, the steamship Inspector was fought erratic currents downstream past the Junior Plantation. The pilot lost control and the boat’s bow crashed into the levee. . . . — — Map (db m114920) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Kenner, Louisiana
Mile 113.0 AHP
This community grew up on a sugar plantation owned by the Kenner family and became a railroad stop in the antebellum years. During the U.S. Civil War, Union troops were sent to Kenner to destroy the . . . — — Map (db m114924) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Lake Providence, Louisiana
Mile 487.3 AHP
To guide a boat past this point without falling prey to murderous pirates of the area was considered an “act of providence” in the early 1800’s. Both the ancient oxbow lake to the . . . — — Map (db m115522) HM
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
A) Lutcher, Louisiana
Mile 147.6 AHP
Tobacco was never a very successful cash crop for early French settlers, with the notable exception of Pierre Channet, who lived near here. The “Perique tobacco” he developed is still . . . — — Map (db m114928) HM
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