{"sEcho":1,"iTotalRecords":100,"iTotalDisplayRecords":100,"aaData":[{"mkr_id":2,"mkr_name":"Acona Methodist Church","mkr_name_sort":"Acona Methodist Church","mkr_lat":"33.268900","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.019780","mkr_dir":"The Acona Methodist Church Marker is located 11.9 miles north of the Lexington Courthouse on MS-17.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
The church was built on three acres of land purchased in 1847 from Mrs. A.T. Landfair for $25. Lumber for the building was shipped by rail from Tennessee to Vaiden, then hauled to Acona by wagon. The church was erected by John Hamilton. The Building Committee included Jordan Bailey, John Hamilton and J.S. Herbert. By 1875, the church had 86 members, and the building was jointly owned and used by the church and the Grange. Early church officials included: Pastor K.A. Jones; Trustees: D.T. Johnson, B.H. McGee, and J.M. Johnson; Stewards: J.M. Johnson, P.M. Diggs, and J.S. Herbert. John William Bailey was Superintendent of the Sunday School for thirty five years. The first Bible teacher was Rev. Thomas Newell and President of the Woman's Society was Miss Mary Jane McGee.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Acona_Church.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Acona_Church_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":1,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"Acona Methodist Church","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Acona"},{"mkr_id":17,"mkr_name":"Acona School","mkr_name_sort":"Acona School","mkr_lat":"33.268900","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.019780","mkr_dir":"The Acona School, located 11.9 miles north of the Lexington Courthouse on MS-17, is on the grounds of the Acona Methodist Church.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
The first school at Acona, Woodlawn, was built of logs. It was replaced by a more modern building in 1870. Woodlawn School was closed when Acona High School was built in 1903. Around 1910, The Downer and Cedar Gleen Schools were consolidated with Acona, making this the first consolidated school in the United States. The High School students from Acona began going to school with the \"city kids\" in Lexington in 1928, with the elementary students continuing to attend Acona until its closure in the spring of 1944.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Acona_School.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Acona_School_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":2,"mkr_chu_fk":1,"mkr_sch_fk":44,"mkr_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"Acona Methodist Church Cemetery","chu_name":"Acona Methodist Church","sch_name":"Acona Methodist Church School","twn_name":"Acona"},{"mkr_id":3,"mkr_name":"Castalian Springs","mkr_name_sort":"Castalian Springs","mkr_lat":"33.083709","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.850922","mkr_dir":"Castalian Springs marker is in Durant near the corner of Highway 12E and Highway 51.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
W. 3 mi. Mineral springs created popular health spa prior to Civil War. Girls boarding school organized, 1854. In 1862, wounded from Shiloh treated here. Now Y.M.C.A. state camp.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Castalian_Springs.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Castalian_Springs_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":6,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Castalian Springs"},{"mkr_id":1,"mkr_name":"Bishop Charles H. Mason","mkr_name_sort":"Charles H. Mason, Bishop","mkr_lat":"33.112542","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.052870","mkr_dir":"This marker for Bishop Charles H. Mason is on the grounds of the Holmes County Courthouse in Lexington.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Charles Harrison Mason (1864-1961) began his ministry in 1893 in Preston, Arkansas. Shunned by African American Baptist community in Jackson during the 1890s due to his teachings on holiness, Mason brought his revival to Lexington in 1897. He began preaching on the steps of the Holmes County Courthouse and later moved to private homes and an abandoned gin house. During his time in Lexington, Mason established St. Paul Church, which became known as the \"Mother Church\" of the Church of God in Christ denomination.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Mason_Charles.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Mason_Charles_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":4,"mkr_name":"Choctaw Line","mkr_name_sort":"Choctaw Line","mkr_lat":"33.061386","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.867760","mkr_dir":"The Choctaw Line marker is south of Durant on Highway 51. Note: the coordinates provided are only approximate. They will get you to a point on Hwy 51 South. If you happen to find the marker please send the coordinates to the webmaster.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Boundary between Choctaw cessions of 1820 (Doak's Stand), and 1830 (Dancing Rabbit Creek), going from S.E. corner Simpson Co. northward into Holmes & thence through Bolivar Co.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Choctaw_Line.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Choctaw_Line_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"mkr_id":5,"mkr_name":"Durant","mkr_name_sort":"Durant","mkr_lat":"33.087440","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.849474","mkr_dir":"Marker located on Highway 51 about a mile north of downtown Durant.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Founded, 1858. Named for Louis Durant, a nearby Choctaw chief. Lockhart's Store, 4 mi. W., was first Holmes County post office, dating from 1849. Town later merged with Durant.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Durant.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Durant_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"mkr_id":21,"mkr_name":"Edmund Scarborough and John Scott","mkr_name_sort":"Edmund Scarborough and John Scott","mkr_lat":"32.890617","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.972067","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Born in 1835 in Alabama, Edmund Scarborough became a successful farmer in Pickens. He served in the Mississippi Legislature in 1870-1871 and organized what would become Union Memorial UMC. John B. Scott, born near Pickens in 1853, attended Tougaloo College and married Scarborough's daughter in 1878. An entrepreneur and prominent landowner, he owned one of the largest farms in Holmes County. Born into slavery, both men became Methodist Episcopal Church ministers.<\/p>","mkr_img":"scarborough_scott.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":40,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Pickens"},{"mkr_id":6,"mkr_name":"Elmore James","mkr_name_sort":"Elmore James","mkr_lat":"32.994167","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.053056","mkr_dir":"This marker for Elmore James is at Newport Missionary Baptist Church in Ebenezer (2028 Newport Road).","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
The cemetery of the Newport Missionary Baptist Church is the final resting place of Elmore James (1918-1963), often described as the \"king of the slide guitar.\" James' electric style built on the approach of Robert Johnson and later influenced many blues and rock guitarists. Also buried here is Lonnie Pitchford (1955-1989), known for his skills on the one-string guitar or \"diddley bow\" and his dedication to keeping alive older traditions of Delta blues.<\/p>","mkr_img":"James_Elmore.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"James_Elmore_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":189,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"Newport MB Church Cemetery","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"mkr_id":16,"mkr_name":"First Boys' Corn Club","mkr_name_sort":"First Boys' Corn Club","mkr_lat":"33.074397","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.853150","mkr_dir":"There is some controversy as to where the marker is located. The state Historical Marker web site states that it is Durant while others state that it is Lexington. The Lat\/Lon information provided above will lead you 4.2 miles south of Durant to the road leading to the Holmes County State Park.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
4-H Clubs are reaching millions of American boys and girls yearly. These Clubs known throughout the world, developed from Boys' Corn Club started February 1907 in Holmes County by William Hall \"Corn Club\" Smith cooperating with Mississippi State College and Seaman A. Knapp of U.S. Dept of Agriculture. This was first Federally sponsored rural youth organization in U.S. The 120 boys of this Club used scientific methods, under supervision of County Agent W.B. Lundy, making up to 120 bushels corn per acre starting the shift... (remaining inscription covered by brush).<\/p>","mkr_img":"Corn_Club.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Corn_Club_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"mkr_id":7,"mkr_name":"Franklin Church","mkr_name_sort":"Franklin Church","mkr_lat":"33.035450","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.001736","mkr_dir":"This marker for Franklin Church is on Highway 17 about 7 miles south of Lexington, directly across from a water tower. It was actually the 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry, for the record.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
During Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's raid in the late winter of 1864-1865, a small Confederate brigade under the command of Gen. Wirt Adams attacked the rear guard of one of Grierson's columns at Franklin Church on January 2, 1865. Among the Federal units engaged here was the 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, composed of men recruited from Mississippi. Unable to defeat the Federal forces at Franklin Church, Wirt Adams abandoned his pursuit of Grierson, who proceeded to Vicksburg.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Franklin_Church.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Franklin_Church_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":44,"mkr_chu_fk":45,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":16,"cem_name":"Franklin Cemetery","chu_name":"Franklin Presbyterian Church","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Franklin"},{"mkr_id":22,"mkr_name":"Goodman School","mkr_name_sort":"Goodman School","mkr_lat":"32.966817","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.911317","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Built in 1921 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund and known locally as the Goodman School for Negroes, the Goodman School served African American students in the first through eighth grades in the Goodman-Pickens area. Local Black citizens raised most of the $4,000 construction cost. After closing as a school in 1965. the building housed the local Head Start program from 1967 to the early 1980s. Since then, the school has been used as a community center.<\/p>","mkr_img":"goodman_school.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":20,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Goodman"},{"mkr_id":20,"mkr_name":"Hazel Brannon Smith","mkr_name_sort":"Hazel Brannon Smith","mkr_lat":"33.106783","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.052933","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Hazel Brannon Smith (1914-1994), a journalist and publisher, was the owner and editor of four weekly newspapers, including the Lexington Advertiser. An advocate for racial justice, Smith condemned the state's Sovereignty Commission and the Citizen's Council. As a result, Smith was ostracized by the White community and her newspapers were boycotted, eventually forcing her to declare bankruptcy. In 1964, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for her reporting on race.<\/p>","mkr_img":"hazel_brannon_smith.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":8,"mkr_name":"Holmes County Blues Lexington","mkr_name_sort":"Holmes County Blues Lexington","mkr_lat":"33.111216","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.052728","mkr_dir":"This Blues Trail marker is a few blocks south of the courthouse square on Highway 17 in Lexington.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Holmes County has been a significant contributor to the legacy of African American blues and gospel music in Mississippi. Hearlded blues artists born or raised in the Lexington area include Elmore James (a native of Richland, about eleven miles south of town), Lee \"Shot\" Williams, Otis \"Big Smokey\" Smothers, and Lonnie Pitchford. B. B. King also lived briefly in Lexington as a teenager.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Blues_Lexington.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Blues_Lexington_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":9,"mkr_name":"Holmes County Blues Tchula","mkr_name_sort":"Holmes County Blues Tchula","mkr_lat":"33.182119","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.221453","mkr_dir":"This Blues Trail marker is at the southern entrance to Tchula.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Many blues performers who gained fame in the Delta, Jackson, and Chicago and on the southern soul circuit have lived in or near Tchula, including Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, Jimmy Dawkins, Jesse Robinson, Lewis \"Love Doctor\" Clark, Little Smokey Smothers, Arelean Brown an Lester Davenport. Even long after most of its famous sons and daughters had departed, Tchula remained a center of juke joint revelry along Highway 49<\/p>","mkr_img":"Blues_Tchula.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Blues_Tchula_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"mkr_id":10,"mkr_name":"Lexington","mkr_name_sort":"Lexington","mkr_lat":"33.112542","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.052753","mkr_dir":"Marker is on the courthouse square in Lexington.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Began in 1820's as trading post. Incorporated in 1836. County seat of Holmes County since 1834. In 1907 the first Corn Club in the United States was organized here by W. H. (Corn Club) Smith.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Lexington.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Lexington_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":19,"mkr_name":"Dr. Arenia Conelia Mallory","mkr_name_sort":"Mallory, Dr. Arenia Conelia","mkr_lat":"33.099220","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.053535","mkr_dir":"The marker is located on Hwy 17 South, 0.9 mile from the south entrance of the Lexington Courthouse square.
Google coordinates: 33.099220205785194, -90.05353568249892<\/p>","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Dr. Arenia Mallory (1904-1977), a native of Jacksonville, Illinois, was a graduate of Jackson State University and the University of Illinois and was awarded a Ph.D. from Bethune-Cookman College, in 1926. Mallory came to Lexington where she and Bishop Charles H. Mason, founder of the Church of God in Christ, established the Saints Industrial and Literary School — Saints Academy and Junior College. A noted educator, civic leader and churchwoman, Dr. Mallory retired as president of Saints Academy and Junior College in 1976.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Mallory_Arenia.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":125,"mkr_sch_fk":13,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"St. Paul COGIC","sch_name":"Saints Academy & College","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":11,"mkr_name":"O.E.S. Birthplace","mkr_name_sort":"O.E.S. Birthplace","mkr_lat":"32.971394","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.986346","mkr_dir":"This marker for O.E.S. Birthplace is at the Little Red Schoolhouse near intersection of Highways 17 and 14 (near Goodman).","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Here in 1849 Robert Morris Mason, schoolmaster, began movement that resulted in creation of the Order of the Eastern Star. Schoolhouse has also housed Masons and Co. C 15th Miss, Inf C.S.A.<\/p>","mkr_img":"OES_Birthplace.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"OES_Birthplace_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":43,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Richland"},{"mkr_id":12,"mkr_name":"PFC Milton Lee Olive III","mkr_name_sort":"Olive, PFC Milton Lee III","mkr_lat":"33.090314","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.055106","mkr_dir":"This marker for PFC Milton Olive Lee is south of Lexington on Highway 17 where it meets Ebenezer Road.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Milton Lee Olive III, a native of Chicago, moved to Holmes County and attended school in Lexington. During the Vietnam War, Olive served in Co. B. 2nd Bttn. (Airborne), 503rd Infantry. Near Phu Cong, on October 22, 1965, Olive saved the lives of four other members of his platoon by falling on and absorbing he blast of a Viet Cong grenade. For this action, PFC Olive was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is buried in the West Grove M. B. Church cemetery near Lexington.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Olive_Milton.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Olive_Milton_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":152,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"West Grove MB Church Cemetery","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":23,"mkr_name":"Robert D. Pointer Sr.","mkr_name_sort":"Pointer, Robert D., Sr.","mkr_lat":"33.197231","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-89.778248","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Robert D. Pointer Sr. Was born in 1909 in town of West. Despite limited educational opportunities, he was mechanically inclined and acquired a local blacksmith shop in 1948. Pointer's Blacksmith Shop, which included carpentry services, was a vital part of the community for more than two decades. A successful entrepreneur, he was among the first African American business owners in West. Robert D. Pointer Sr. died in 1971.<\/p>","mkr_img":"pointer_robert_mkr.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"mkr_id":13,"mkr_name":"Providence Farm","mkr_name_sort":"Providence Farm","mkr_lat":"33.244627","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.142044","mkr_dir":"Providence Farm marker is on Providence Road, 5.7 miles east of Highway 49, north of Tchula.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
The Delta Foundation operated a 2,500-acre integrated cooperative farm here from 1938 to 1956. The providence Farm community included a clinic, school, store, and gas station. The cooperative's purpose was to improve the living conditions of tenant farmers in the Delta. Providence Farm ceased operation in 1956 due to Civil Rights-era racial tensions. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History now owns a portion of the site.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Providence_Farm.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Providence_Farm_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"mkr_id":18,"mkr_name":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church","mkr_name_sort":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church","mkr_lat":"33.117200","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.053630","mkr_dir":"St. Marys Episcopal Church is located at 400 Tchula St, Lexington, Holmes Co., MS.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
St. Mary\u2019s Episcopal Church is the successor to Calvary Parish, organized in 1851 at \u201cWannalaw,\u201d the home of William Eggleston. Built in 1852-1853 and consecrated by Bishop William Mercer Green in 1855, the Calvary property was sold in 1878 to build St. Mary\u2019s. The church burned on Christmas Eve in 1894. Members of the church saved the bell, which was reused when St. Mary\u2019s was rebuilt in 1899. The first rector, Benjamin Halstead, served from 1853 to 1888. At his request, he and his family are buried beneath the chancel.<\/p>","mkr_img":"St_Mary_Church.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"St_Mary_Church_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":124,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":14,"mkr_name":"St. Paul Church of God in Christ","mkr_name_sort":"St. Paul Church of God in Christ","mkr_lat":"33.102516","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.053527","mkr_dir":"The St. Paul Church of God in Christ marker is at 17214 MS-17S in Lexington. Note: Google Maps gets confused with addresses in Lexington. Be sure to include the &#039;S&#039; after the highway number (e.g., 17S)","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
St. Paul's Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, the founder of the COGIC denomination. St. Paul has served as \"Mother Church\" for the COGIC since it construction here in 1906. Saints Academy, formerly known as Saints Industrial and Literary School, began in the basement of the church in 1918. By 1954, it had grown to become a junior college and established its own campus south of the church. The denomination has grown to include members in over seventy-one countries.","mkr_img":"St_Paul_Church.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"St_Paul_Church_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":125,"mkr_sch_fk":13,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"St. Paul COGIC","sch_name":"Saints Academy & College","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"mkr_id":15,"mkr_name":"Tchula","mkr_name_sort":"Tchula","mkr_lat":"33.181332","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-90.220948","mkr_dir":"This marker is at the fork of East Main Street and MLK Drive in Tchula.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Settled by Charles Land, 1826. Early settlers came by Rockport Road, built by Indians from Tchula Lake to Natchez Trace. Town was trade and shipping center for planters of this area.<\/p>","mkr_img":"Tchula.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":"Tchula_TN.jpg","mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"}]}