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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Stacker Lee Confederate calvary saber
The 150th annivesary rememberance of the Battle of Shiloh also known as the Battle of Pittsburg landing, will be celebrated over the next week at the Shiloh National Park. Stacker Lee on March 15 1864 enlisted as a 16 year … Continue reading
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CITY OF CLIFTON almost a Lee Line steamboat
This picture used by permission from the Univ. of Wisconsin LaCrosse Collection. CITY OF CLIFTON Way’s Packet Directory boat 1068, sternwheel packet, wood hull, built Jeffersonville Ind., 1900. 190 ft. 36 ft.x 5 ft. Engines 16’s – 7 ft. Three … Continue reading
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Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen March 2012 Peters Lee
March 2010 S & D Reflector Peters Lee This article is from the most recent issue of the S & D Reflector. David Tschiggfrie Editor of the Reflector graciously gave me permission to use this article which is part of … Continue reading
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March 17, 1887 Electric Medical Break through
The Memphis Commercial Appeal Mid South Memories section March 17, 1887 reported the following. ” Dr. A.M. Kimbro has opened an Electric Infirmary at 381 Main which is believed to be the largest of its kind in the South. Treatments … Continue reading
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1918 Sinking of the GEORGIA LEE and DESOTO
During the great Mississippi River ice gorge of January and February 1918 the GEORGIA LEE and the DESOTO were crushed and sunk. Following the great flood of 1937 which forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and flooded … Continue reading
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1865 – 1866 Long’s City Directory Preface – dodging the tax man
1865 1866 Long’s Directory dodging the tax man In 1865 the citizens of Memphis were not happy having to pay Federal taxes with the result that the compilers of the Long’s Memphis City Directory had difficulty getting people to identify … Continue reading
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1887 Memphis Chain Gang
The Memphis Commercial Appeal March 12, 2012 Mid-South Memories section reported the following for March 12, 1887, “One of the chain gang prisoners became unruly at the jail yesterday and a guard attempted to put him in the dungeon. The … Continue reading
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High Water 1887 and the KATE ADAMS
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported in the Mid-South Memories section March 8, 2012 the following: “The river here is as high as it was in 1882, being two feet and one inch above the danger line. But Captain Cheek of … Continue reading
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New pictures
There are a number of new Lee Line pictures on the site from the University of Louisville and the University of Wisconsin collections. I have 4 more pictures coming from the U of Wisconsin collection which will be added to … Continue reading
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