South — Site filing

Sites with a file in Mississippi

Mississippi carries 11 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

11 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsGrand Village of the Natchez — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20

Other Mississippi filings:Historic houses14 Houses10 Mansions6 Historic inns5 Historic sites4 Cemeteries4 Museums3 Libraries3

Grand Village of the Natchez

Natchez, Mississippi

The Natchez people’s ceremonial center—the mounds on the bluff.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Elvis Presley Birthplace

Tupelo, Mississippi

The two-room shotgun house where the King was born—1935.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bryant’s Grocery

Money, Mississippi

August 24, 1955—the store where Emmett Till was accused.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tallahatchie County Courthouse

Sumner, Mississippi

The 1955 trial—where the killers walked free.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shubuta bridge

Shubuta, Mississippi

The "hanging bridge"—where the lynchings happened.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ship Island

Gulfport, Mississippi

Fort Massachusetts on the barrier island—where the prisoners died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Emerald Mound

Natchez, Mississippi

The second-largest mound in America—35 feet of Mississippian earthwork.

Dockery Farms

Cleveland, Mississippi

The plantation where the blues were born—Charley Patton’s home.

Fort Maurepas

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

1699—Iberville’s first French settlement on the Gulf.

Ida B. Wells birthplace

Holly Springs, Mississippi

The 1862 cabin site—where the anti-lynching crusader was born.

Dentzel Carousel

Meridian, Mississippi

The 1909 carousel in Highland Park—still turning.

Full Mississippi record → state index· Every site on file → type index