Major John B. Downing

Major John B. Downing was born in Rutland in February 1834, son of Rodney and Marian Black Downing. Educated at Marietta College, he spent 27 years as a pilot and boat owner on the Mississippi River, operating between St. Louis ...

White - Force Cottage

This Italianate style cottage was built in 1859 by C. B. and Martha Todd White. Mrs. White, half sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, was an outspoken Southern patriot, who subjected the Lincolns to severe criticism, when the Northern press accused ...

Hickman Bluff Stabilization Project

1996 - 2000

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Memphis District

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell

Congressional Sponsor

Mayors of Hickman

Judy C. Powell

John P. Shuff

Richard H. White, M.D.

Project Design: D'Appolonia, Inc.

Prime Contractor: Schunbel Foundation Co.

Subcontractor: Coffey Construction Co.

After a century of instability, erosion of Hickman Bluff caused ...

Rear Admiral William W. Outerbridge

Middleport native William Outerbridge (1906-1986) initiated the first shots of American involvement in World War II at 6:37 a.m. prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Outerbridge was commander of the destroyer USS Ward, which ...

Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.

March 9, 1916 - November 11, 1998

Born in Hickman, Mr. Stahr became one of the towns most decorated citizens. Having studied in England as a Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Stahr went on to become President John F. Kennedy's selection as Secretary ...

Middleport Medal of Honor Recipients

Edward A. Bennett, PFC, Co. B., 358th. Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div. Honored for bravery during combat in Germany, Feb., 1945. Award presented by President Truman in October. Bennett retired from service with the rank of Major on Feb. 1, ...

The Madden Branch Massacre: Anti-Confederate activity in North G

North of here on Madden Branch in Polk County, Tennessee, on November 29, 1864, during the American Civil War, six Georgians trying to enlist in the U.S. Army -- Thomas Bell, Harvey Brewster, James T. Hughes, James B. Nelson, Elijah ...

Green Swamp Methodist Church

Site of First Methodist Church in Vicinity of Sumter

Influenced by Bishop Francis Asbury, Richard Bradford gave land and with others built a wooden chapel in 1787, first called Bradford's Meeting House. Here Santee circuit riders preached until 1827 when church ...

Rio Grande Theatre

1926

Has been placed on the

National Register of

Historic Buildings

By the

United States Department

Of the Interior

Marker is on North Downtown Mall, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Crowfield Plantation

(Front text)

Crowfield Plantation, on the headwaters of Goose Creek, was originally granted to John Berringer in 1701. John Gibbes (1696-1764), a member of the Royal Assembly, sold it in 1721 to Arthur Middleton (1681-1737), also a member of the ...