Springhill Cemetery (Hernando, MS) was established in 1836. It was the public burial ground for…read moreresidents of the town, free and slave, until churches and other groups established separate cemeteries. There are probably 500-1000 burials on the site even though there are only about 100 headstones present because graves were usually marked wood boards or posts, plantings, or earthen mounds decorated with the deceased's cup, bowl, bottle, or other personal items. It also encases victims of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic that nearly destroyed the town of Hernando, so much that it lost its city charter. After this, the cemetery declined. For years, cattle roamed the cemetery and broke off many of the tombstones. It was covered over by kudzu, briars, and honeysuckle before Mayor Ferguson and others undertook its restoration. Here's a link that explains some of the tombstones and their history! http://m.desototimes.com/news/a-walk-among-the-dead/article_5b1816de-dbd1-11e8-8d84-eb4af7cf397f.html

This plaque pays tribute to the 1,547 people who died aboard the Steamer Sultana back in 1865…read more We must remember our history and that which led us to here.

There is just something cool about a water tower. Hernando, Mississippi has a cool one visible from…read morethe highway and a lovely landmark for this cool Mississippi community This is something that I don't see in the cities and these water towers are, at least to me, a slice of Americana.

Awesome and friendly staff! Ryan White Part A oversees distribution of federal funds to local…read moreprograms and agencies to help those with HIV and AIDS receive care and support services.

Another historical marker in downtown Memphis, this one is on Beale Street and points out the…read morehistory of a business that has since gone but an entire industry and the history of a group of immigrants who came to America for a new start. The front of the marker reads, "Chop Suey Café. Chop Suey is actually an American dish created by early Chinese immigrants in the 1800s for gold miners in California. It is a stir-fried mixture of vegetables and meat in a starchy soy sauce served over rice. An instant success, chop suey became the standard Chinese food found in restaurants known as "chop suey houses." The Chop Suey Café at 342 Beale Street was open for 47 years and is believed to be the longest operating Chinese restaurant in Memphis. Two Restaurateurs, Chu C. Lau and Chu Lain, opened it as the "Oriental Café" in 1920, and in 1922 a new owner, Ming Moy, renamed it "Moy Ming." It became the "Chop Šuey Café" in 1923, managed by Ming Moy until 1930. There was a succession of owners from 1930 to 1953, the last being a man named Jew Sing. The restaurant closed in 1967." On the reverse, "Chinese Merchants of Beale Street. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 banned Chinese laborers from entering the United States but allowed merchants, students, scholars, and diplomats. These exceptions allowed Chinese to continue to immigrate and establish businesses throughout the U.S. The earliest known Chinese business in Memphis, a laundry, opened in 1873. Fourteen other laundries operated on Beale at various addresses from 1887 to 1915. Subsequently, from 1930 to 1963 up to five Chinese grocery stores opened on Beale. Sam Lee & Co. was in business for 20 years and Joe T. Chew for 10 years. When these businesses were at their peak, this surrounding area of Beale Street was called "Chinatown." During the era of segregation, Chinese grocers played an important role in trading with African-American customers throughout Memphis and the Mid-South." This marker does not have a number. It was erected 2019 by The Chinese Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid-South and the Shelby County Historical Society. And now I want some chop suey. [Review 2094 of 2024 - 548 in Tennessee - 23113 overall]

I've lived in every municipality in Shelby County. Collierville has the absolute WORST city…read moreservices. I see a Police car patrol MAYBE once a month on our road; which is a city boundary. The garbage services are worse than that. They half way pick up piled up tree debris & I've had actual arguments with the recycling driver. His supervisor was no help. The roads are absolute garbage, for this to be tge wealthiest town in the county. I've even asked; in emails, for extra Police patrol; which would be ANY patrol at this point. I asked for help from engineering because our ditch floods and flows over into my yard. Instead of getting help I got an email saying to keep my easement clean. Even though the city charter says that they're responsible for ditches and flood water. After paying over $550K for our home and doubling my mortgage, I wish I'd just stayed in Arlington. Collierville is awful and not accountable for anything.

Really don't know why I haven't done check ins here in my little slice of of the world. I first…read morerode around this quaint little town with a realtor when looking to relocate in 1993, fell in love and have been here ever since. I guess I can start to doing check-is regularly. (smiles) There's so much to say about my adopted home of Collierville. I call it my adopted home because I was born in Ohio, grew up in NC and moved around the country from California to VA and PA before getting out of the Navy and settling down and having children in MA. I thought New England was going to be my 4ever home and I was there, in one place, for longer than anywhere else before. But alas it was not to be and when fate brought me back down south it all started by an offer for a morning gig at a new Memphis radio station & looking for a new house in little ol' Collierville.   It was relatively small back then in 1992 (approx 14,000) and that 1st ride through the wonderfully quaint and pristine town square was like driving right into an episode of Andy Griffith because it was like a ride into Mayberry. From the trains and whistle stop to the whiskey barrels set up for checkers in the boot and tackle shop, right down to a little bank the size of an outhouse, it was just all very charming. (Parade Magazine ranked the town square "Best Main Street" in America in 2014) I would soon discover that this town was home to excellent schools for my kids that, would later, have national championship cheerleaders and athletes with some of the finest teachers and administrators anywhere.  My kids, who grew in metro areas, would soon have their first puppy, their first bikes and even a pool in their very own backyard and more, pretty awesome!  The people of Colliervile had a great sense of community and civic pride and I got to know many of the police professionals, many who have federal certifications and have always been on the cutting edge in an effort to protect our not so little community and our firefighters and local business owners. I say not so little because the expansion has been pretty fast (currently over 50,000) with a new 800,000+ sq ft outdoor shopping center & Baptist Hospital and industry like Carrier & Pepsi, and a really big deal, the national headquarters for FedEx. There's been so many new businesses, houses, banks, restaurants, schools, many new churches and so much more with construction all around. Then there was the major highways, the first was the Nonconah (385) which connects the town to I-240/I-40 (a loop around Memphis) and later I-269 a Memphis beltway connecting the I-55 corridor in MS to the south & I-40 to the East. If that weren't enough Collierville will eventually become part of the I-69 hwy plan that integrates SR-385 & I-269 as part of the huge project linking Canada and Mexico. Wow! I make a big deal out of these roads because when I first arrived we were kind if isolated from the "big city" and all the highway systems It used to taket 45+ minutes just to get to Memphis on Poplar & just as long to get to I-40 via backroads to go east (Nashville), so growth has been relatively fast and big, but I digress. I'm happy to have been right here in Collierville for over twenty-five years which is, by far, longer than any of my previous homes. While I have lived in 12 different states, and visited 46 others, I am both happy and proud to call this little place my home.

This place is a nice outside the city gem that's equipped with all you need to host parties,…read morebanquets, social meeting whatever your agenda call for.

The Mississippi Vietnam War Memorial Wall stands solemnly in front of the DeSoto County Museum as a…read moretribute to the brave young people who laid down their lives during the Vietnam War. I think of the sacrifice these heroes made and it also makes me think that the people on this wall, had they lived, would be elderly now. But instead, most died before their lives had even begun. We must remember these brave young heroes and acknowledge the sacrifice they and their families made. I am glad to see Hernando, Mississippi remembers them.