Bank of the United States

Second national bank opened branch in 1818 in Fayetteville. Bank operated, 1820-1835, in house one block east.

Marker is at the intersection of Gillespie Street and Halliday Street, on the right when traveling north on Gillespie Street.

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St. John's Church

Construction was begun in August of 1872 with the cornerstone being laid on September 4, 1872. Opening services were held on October 11, 1875. Cruciform in shape and Gothic in style, the structure is made of native blue hammered limestone ...

Conowingo

An Indian name meaning “at the falls.” Captain John Smith ascended the Susquehanna River in 1608, to the head of tidewater. He named the first rapids “Smiths Falls.”

Marker is on Conowingo Road (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles south of Shuresville Road, ...

The Piney Woods School

Founded in 1909, by Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones, who came to Mississippi to further the education of the African American community. The Piney Woods School wonce housed the Mississippi Colored School for the Blind. Dr. Jones presided over the school ...

Keyes House

1853-54

This rambling brick Italianate and Eclectic style house probably was originally built for Lansing W. Hoyt, a local speculator. It was later occupied and altered by Elisha W. Keyes, a powerful local political "boss" who was appointed postmaster by Abraham ...

Piney Woods School

Mississippi Blues Trail Marker

The musical programs of the Piney Woods School have produced many fine artists over the decades, including bluesman Sam Myers, who sang in vocal groups while attending a school for the blind located here. The International Sweethearts ...

Barrow Hall

General Robert H. Barrow enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942, and was assigned as an assistant drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diago, before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1943. He served during World War ...

Old Brandon Cemetery

Established in the 1830's, the Old Brandon Cemetery contains more than 1000 graves, including two Mississippi governors, Robert Lowry (1881-1889) and Anselm McLaurin (1896-1900). Also buried here is postmaster and surveyor Thomas Shaw, educator Miss Frank Johnson, and Susie Blue ...

Camp Site of Lord Dunmore

1774

Rock weights were in drawbridge at Harper Street crossing of Hocking Canal.

Marker is at the intersection of Canal Street (U.S. 33) and Pine Grove Drive, on the right when traveling east on Canal Street.

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Beth Israel Cemetery

Jewish community flourished in Woodville 1820-1920. Est. cemetery 1848. Synagouge built on Natchez St. 1878, rebuilt 1896, burned 1930’s. Jewish community enriched Town’s economic/artistic life.

Marker is on Sligo Street, on the left when traveling north.

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