Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in this house built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died on Aug. 16, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Cradle of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was inaugurated as president of the CSA provisional government on the State Capitol portico on Feb. 18, 1861.

On Mar. 4, the first national flag of the Confederacy was hoisted over the Capitol itself. While government ...

Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph

Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph were earthwork/moat fortifications constructed beginning October 1864 by Confederate forces anticipating a repetition of Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Summer 1864 Red River Expedition.

Construction, completed March 1865, was under the command of Capt. C.M. Randolph ...

Battle of Milliken's Bend

At daybreak on June 7, 1863, Gen. H. E. McCulloch led his Texas Brigade against the Union force which guarded the Union supply depot at Milliken's Bend.

In the savage fighting which ensued, the Confederates drove the Federals from their ...

Bienville Monument

Born in Quebec Canada in 1680, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville is considered the founder of numerous Gulf Coast cities, including Mobile Alabama, Biloxi Mississippi, and New Orleans Louisiana.

After surveying the area in 1717, Bienville returned and established New ...

Paul Bunyan Statue

This statue, reputed to be the largest of Paul Bunyon in the world, stands facing the Penobscot River. The legendary giant woodsman is a symbol of the great era in the late 1800's when Bangor, Maine was acclaimed to be ...

Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune

This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. She was one of the first pupils of the Mayesville Mission School, located fifty yards west of this marker, where she later served ...

Boone Hill Plantation

Boone Hall Plantation, established in 1681 by a grant to Major John Boone, remained in the family for 130 years.

The plantation, purchased by the Horlbeck family in 1817, produced primarily Sea Island cotton. A cotton gin, smokehouse, and nine ...

Cambell's Covered Bridge

This bridge, built in 1909, is the last extant covered bridge in S.C. Built by Charles Irwin Willis (1878-1966), it was named for Alexander Lafayette Campbell (1836-1920), who owned and operated a grist mill here for many years.

Measuring 35 ...

The Arsenal Crisis

The Civil War could have begun at this U.S. arsenal. As other states seceded, rumors that reinforcements were heading for the arsenal led around 1,000 militia from south and west Arkansas to demand the surrender of the garrison.

On February 12, ...