Inside Levee is site of Coahoma County’s first County seat, settled about 1843. Town was abandoned during the late 1870’s because of change in the course of the Mississippi River.
Location:
Hwy 1, 1/2 mile south of Moon Lake Road
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DELTA Inside Levee is site of Coahoma County’s first County seat, settled about 1843. Town was abandoned during the late 1870’s because of change in the course of the Mississippi River. Location: Hwy 1, 1/2 mile south of Moon Lake Road |
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W.C. HANDY 1873-1958 “Father of the Blues” composer and family lived at this site 1903-05. In Clarksdale Handy was influenced by Delta Blues which he collected and later published as well as his own famous and influential music. Location: Clarksdale Between 309 and 317 Issaquena |
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CLARKSDALE Founded 1868 at crossing of Indian trails and on possible route of De Soto’s expedition. Chartered 1882. Coahoma co-county seat, 1892; sole seat since 1936. Home of Gov. Earl Leroy Brewer. Location: Clarksdale Between 416 and 420 Third Street |
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ANDREW JACKSON PLANTATION W. 8 mi. Here from 1839 to 1849 the President owned a plantation of some 1100 acres. Today all of this property is covered by the Mississippi River. Location: Sherard Miss. Hwy 1 (Marker is missing) |
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CHICKASAW-CHOCTAW LINE
Fixed in 1786 by Chickasaw Chief Piomingo in Treaty of Hopewell. Last of area to south ceded by Choctaws in 1830. Area to north opened to whites by Pontotoc Treaty with Chickasaws in 1832. Location: US Hwy 61 at Tunica-Coahoma line |
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FORREST’S PLANTATION Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest owned a 1900 acre plantation here, 1858-1866. After the end of the Civil War, Forrest rented some of his land to several Federal officers, whom he befriended. Location: On east side of State Hwy 1, 4 miles south on intersection with State Hwy 322 |
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JAMES L. ALCORN (1816-1894) General, U.S. Senator, and State Governor. Founder of state levee system, which opened Delta for cultivation. His plantation home, “Eagle’s Nest” is 3 mi. E. Location: On east side of US 61 at junction with Farrell-Eagle's Nest Road, about
10 miles north of Clarksdale |
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HOPSON PLANTATION ESTABLISHED 1852 On this site in 1944, the Hopson Planting Co. and International Harvester, revolutionized modern cotton farming by introducing the first commercially produced mechanical cotton picker. Location: Clarksdale Adjacent to Hopson Plantation on Hwy 49, 1 mile south of Clarksdale |
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YAZOO PASS EXPEDITION On February 3, 1863, Union forces blasted the Mississippi River levee to enable flotilla to use Moon Lake and the Yazoo Pass in a futile effort to reach Vicksburg by way of the Coldwater, Tallahatchie, and Yazoo rivers. Federal forces were stopped by Confederate batteries at Fort Pemberton, near Greenwood, on March 11-April 5, 1863. Location: On west side of State Hwy 1, 1.9 miles south of junction with US Hwy 49 |
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CHARLEY’S TRACE Old trail leading to the Mississippi River. Dating from the 18th century. It was named after a Choctaw Indian who lived on it and is reputed to have served as a guide. Location: On Hwy 6 near Dublin (Marker is missing) |
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HERNANDO DE SOTO COMMEMORATIVE BRIDGE The Hernando de Soto expedition to explore and claim the Southeast for Spain crossed the Mississippi River on June 18, 1541, at a point in northwestern Mississippi between Sunflower Landing in Coahoma County to the south and Bass Landing in DeSoto County to the north. Location: Lula Approximately 2 miles east of the Mississippi River Bridge on US Hwy 49 near Lula
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FRIARS POINT Known originally as Farrar’s Point, this town was incorporated in 1852. Its name was later changed to Friar’s Point to honor an early settler and legislator, Robert Friar. Coahoma County Seat 1850-1930. Location: Near Post Office at Friars Point |
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INDIAN MOUNDS W. ˝ mi. Built c. 700 A.D. on Mississippi river banks. Surface pottery indicates extended occupation. Here ceremonial temples were built & in plaza between mounds rites were held. Location: Intersection of US 61 and Coahoma- Rich Road |