Hernado, De Soto County seat MS23
Hernando Formed after the Chickasaw Cession of 1832, as town of Jefferson, Incorporated in 1837 and named for Spanish Explorer De Soto. County seat and site of oldest academy in Cession

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Colonel John B. Wyman MO491

Led by former railroad builder, John B. Wyman, the 13th Illinois Infantry ("Fox River") Regiment arrived in Rolla on July 17, 1861. Except for brief forays, the unit remained at the railhead until March 1862, leading soldiers to quip that the regiment should have been called the "Rolla Home Guard." Col. Wyman died of wounds received at the head of his regiment during the failed attack of Chickasaw Bluff, Miss. (Battle of Chickasaw Bayou) on Dec. 28, 1862.

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Vincennes IN529

So named in honor of French Canadian, Francois-Marle Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (1700-1736).

In 1732, he built a fort here to protect the claims of France in the New World.

In 1736, Vincennes was burned at the stake by Chickasaw Indians near the present town of Fulton, Tennessee.

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City of Arlington TX2013

The City of Arlington developed along the juncture of two distinct ecological regions, the Blackland Prairie and the Eastern Cross Timbers. The West Fork of the Trinity River and its area tributaries flow through the city, and one such stream, Village (Caddo) Creek was the site of a series of Native American Communities.

The 1841 Battle of Village Creek and the 1843 Bird's Fort Treaty between the Republic of Texas and the Delaware, Chickasaw, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi, Caddo, Nadako, Ionie, Biloxi and Cherokee tribes opened the region to pioneer settlement, led by Col. Middleton Tate Johnson and Patrick Watson. In 1876, the Rev. A.S. Hayter helped survey the area for a new townsite and rail stop for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Named Arlington for the Virginia home fo Gen. Robert E. Lee, the town became a regional cotton distribution center. Incorporation occurred in 1884, the year after its first newspaper, The World, was first published. At the turn of the 20th Century, the city's more than 1,000 residents supported several churches and schools, including Arlington College, an institution that became the University of Texas at Arlington in 1967.

Arlington residents adopted a City Manager for of government in 1949. The municipality, situated between Fort Worth and Dallas, served as an interurban rail hub and as a stop along the Bankhead Highway. It became a statewide destination for amusements beginning in the 1920s with gambling at Top O' Hill Terrace and horseracing at W.T. Waggoner's Arlington Downs. Later attractions included Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, established in 1961, and the Texas Rangers baseball team. Today, Arlington remains a viable part of one fo the Nation's largest metropolitan areas.

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Furgerson Cemetery 4A25
Here are buried many who established the Cedar Grove Community following the Chickasaw Purchase of 1818. The first burial was in 1834. Also buried here are veterans of the Confederacy, and several Tennessee legislators, with their ancestors. A part of the cemetery was reserved for slaves, and Negroes were also buried here following emancipation.

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Tippah County MS1
Originally Chickasaw Territory, Tippah County was formed on March 1, 1836. On May 9, 1837, Ripley was named the county seat. The original log courthouse was replaced in 1838 by a brick structure which was burned by Union troops in 1864. A new courthouse was built in 1870 and renovated in 1928.

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Wacinton KY1
Wacinton
(To have understanding)

Hand chiseled from a local 56,000 pound Red Oak to honor the Chickasaw Indians who lived and hunted in this area until the Jackson Purchase, 1818.

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Colonel William C. Young TX1085
County Named For Texas Confederate
Colonel William C. Young
(1812-1862)

Tennessee lawyer, U.S. Marshall, frontier Texas Ranger. Annexation Convention member 1845, Colonel Mexican War. During Civil War, raised and commanded 11th Texas Cavalry. Secured safety of northern Texas through capture of Forts Cobb, Washita and Arbuckle and negotiations with Comanches, Kiowas and Chickasaws. Fought Battle Chustenalah. Murdered in Red River cane "brakes" by renegades for testimony in Gainesville hanging.

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Old Harrison TX3685

Named for Confederate General James E. Harrison, kinsman of U.S. President Wm. Henry Harrison and close friend of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Born in South Carolina. Early settler, political leader and landowner in McLennan and Falls counties. Member of the Texas seccession convention. As an adopted son of Chickasaw Indian Tribe, headed special Civil War missions in Indian Territory. As a stockholder in Waco tap railway, gave right-of-way and site for Harrsion Station. Town had post office, school, stores, churches, gins, gristmills.

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A County Older Than the State–Lawrence County AL49
Created by Territorial Legislature in 1818 from lands ceded by Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians. Named for U.S. Navy hero of War of 1812 Capt. James Lawrence. Fatally wounded, his famous command was, "Don't give up the ship." County seat since 1820 has been at Moulton which was named for hero of Creek Indian War, 1813-14.

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