Captain Brady Tonth, Jr.
A graduate of Mississippi Valley State University, Brady Tonth, Jr. was the first MVSU Air Force ROTC graduate to become a pilot after completing training in Columbus, Mississippi. In 1979,...
- mississippi
- usaf
- pilot
- african american
Alpha Kappa Alpha National Presidents
Both former residents of Vicksburg, B. Beatrix Scott and Ida L. Jackson served as the fifth and eighth national presidents of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1925-1927 and...
- mississippi
- vicksburg
- sororities
- women
Ralph Ellison
Inscription 1: RALPH ELLISON / 1914-1994 / AMERICAN WRITER / LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 730 RIVERSIDE DRIVE / HIS PIONEERING NOVEL, INVISIBLE MAN (1952), / DETAILS THE STRUGGLES OF A YOUNG...
Lest We Forget, Vicksburg
These headstones represent soldiers from Louisiana and Mississippi who died at the hospitals located at Mississippi Springs and Coopers Wells. These soldiers from the Army of Mississippi died...
- mississippi
- vicksburg
- cemetery
- us civil war
Frank Crump, Jr.
Navy veteran and Alcorn College graduate Frank Crump, Jr. taught at Rosa A. Temple High School (1960-1970) and was Vo-Tech Dean at Utica Junior College. During Freedom Summer in 1964,...
- mississippi
- civil rights
Lum Home (Grants Headquarters)
Site of Lum Mansion, Hq. of Gen. U.S. Grant, family & staff, after siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The 26 room house, built about 1820, was later destroyed by order of Capt. Cyrus B. Comstock to build...
- mississippi
- vicksburg
- us civil war
Sky Parlor Hill
This area was originally Sky Parlor Hill. During the Civil War, locals entrapped by the Siege (1863), would gather here to watch the battles between Confederate and Union forces. This is depicted...
- mississippi
- vicksburg
Missing Angels
City HallIn 1903 Vicksburg was the largest city in Mississippi. James Riley Gordon, a famous architect, designed the booming town a new "City Hall" that was built for $50,000. Gordon also designed...
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- vicksburg
- disasters
If Walls Could Talk
Warren County Court HouseThe Reverend Newit Vick, Vicksburg's founder, originally planned to build his home on this site; however, after he and his wife both fell victim to yellow fever in August...
- mississippi
- vicksburg
- history
Growing and Changing
A Different Point of ViewVicksburg was pretty bare in the early days. The original townspeople cleared the land and used the trees to construct buildings and open space for farming. When Vicksburg...
- mississippi
- vicksburg
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Headquarters Mississippi River Co mmission/Mississippi Valley Division
The mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Mississippi Valley is accomplished by two complementary programs. The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is responsible for...
- mississippi
- corps of engineers
- mississippi river
Broadmoor Golf Course
Located at the golf club house of the renown Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. Donald J. Ross1872-1948Legendary Golf Course ArchitectDesigned The Broadmoor's FirstGolf Course in 1916submitted...
- golf
- broadmoor
- colorado springs
Road Of Remembrance WWI
This plaque is on one of the two pillars at "Nine Mile Corner", where Colorado highway 7 intersects U.S. highway 287 in Lafayette, Colorado. It's 9 miles from this corner to downtown Boulder. ...
- boulder
- lafayette
- colorado
- highway
- great war
- wwi
- lions club
- roads
Old Burying Ground St. Francisville
Established by 18th Century Capuchin Friars.
- louisiana
- cemetery
- st. francisville
LSU Campus Mounds - History of the Mounds
The mounds were created by the First Peoples of North America. Experts believe these hunter- gatherers considered the mounds to be sacred and met there for ceremonial activities and...
- louisiana
- lsu
- native american
- earthworks