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       Marcus Winchester
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Events
       The Great Earthquake of 1811
          Eliza Bryan
          George Heinrich Crist
          A Detailed Narrative
       The Flatboatmen's War
       The Sultana Tragedy
          Sultana - Part 2
          Account of J. R. Collins
       The Race Riots of 1866
          Race Riots - Part 2
          Race Riots - Part 3
          Race Riots - Part 4
       Yellow Fever
          Yellow Fever - Part 2
          Yellow Fever - Part 3
          Yellow Fever - Part 4
          Yellow Fever - Part 5
          Goodspeed's Account
       The Flood of 1927
          Flood of 1927 - Part 2
          Flood of 1927 - Part 3
          Flood of 1927 - Part 4
       The Mid-South Fair
          Fair Poster
          Fair Flyer
       Sanitation Workers Strike
          Part 2
          Part 3
          Part 4
          Part 5
          Part 6
       The Assassination of Dr. King
       Operation Tennessee Waltz
       Four Mayors in One Day

Music
       Jug Bands
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       Blues
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          Big Bill Broonzy
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          Casey Bill Weldon
          Kansas City Joe McCoy
          Jim Jackson
          Sleepy John Estes
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          Robert Wilkins
          Jack Owens
          Big Joe Williams
          Big Walter Horton
          Mississippi Fred McDowell
          Bukka White
          Howlin' Wolf
          B. B. King
          Sunnyland Slim
          Little Milton
       Sun Records
          Sam Phillips
          Elvis Presley
             Elvis Presley - Part 2
             Elvis Presley - Part 3
             Elvis Presley - Part 4
             Elvis Presley - Part 5
             Letter to the President
          Jerry Lee Lewis
          Johnny Cash
             Johnny Cash - Part 2
             Johnny Cash - Part 3
          Roy Orbison
          Carl Perkins
          Joe Hill Louis
          Dr. Ross
          Rosco Gordon
       Stax Records
          Booker T. and the MGs
          Isaac Hayes
       Hi Records
          Al Green
          Ann Peebles

People
       The Professionals
          Fred Smith and FedEx
          Robert R. Church
          Robert R. Church, Jr.
          Napoleon Hill
          The Goldsmiths
          The Loeb Family
          Abe Plough
          Green P. Hamilton
          Josiah T. Settle
          Eugene Magevney
          Dr. Heber Jones
          Abe Fortas
          Mary Church Terrell
          Richard Halliburton
          Nash Buckingham
       The Activists
          Ida B. Wells-Barnett
          Julia B. Hooks
          Elizabeth Avery Meriwether
          Lide Smith Meriwether
          George W. Lee
          Blair T. Hunt
          Mother Jones
             Mother Jones - Part 2
             Mother Jones - Part 3
             Mother Jones - Part 4
             Mother Jones - Part 5
       The Church
          Church of God In Christ
             Church of God In Christ
             Charles H. Mason
             J. O. Patterson, Sr.
             J. O. Patterson, Jr.
          The Baptist Church
             Robert G. Lee
             Adrian Rogers
       Notoriety
          Tom Lee
          Casey Jones
          John Gaston
          Annie Cook
          Belle Edmondson
          J. M. Keating
          Wiley Harp
          The Murrell Clan
             The Murrell Clan - Part 2
             The Murrell Clan - Part 3
          The Bolton-Dickens Feud
          Wild Bill Latura
          George "Machine Gun" Kelly
          George Howard Putt
          James Earl Ray
          Danny Owens
          Robert "Prince Mongo" Hodges

Places
       Beale Street
       Nashoba
       The Pinch District
       The Magevney House
       The Gayoso Hotel

Fun
       Sivad
       Happy Hal
       Merry Mobile
       Jackie Fargo

Politics
       Mayors of Memphis
          List of Mayors
          Marcus Winchester
          Isaac Rawlings
          Seth Wheatley
          Robert Lawrence
          Enoch Banks
          John H. Morgan
          Thomas Dixon
          William Spickernagle
          Edwin Hickman
          Jesse J. Finley
          Gardner B. Locke
          A. B. Taylor
          A. H. Douglas
          Thomas Carroll
          Richard D. Baugh
          John Park
          Lt. Col. Thomas H. Harris
          William Lofland
          Edgar McDavitt
          John W. Leftwich
          John Johnson
          John Loague
          John R. Flippin
          John Overton, Jr.
          Dr. D. T. Porter
          David Park Hadden
          William D. Bethell
          W. L. Clapp
          J. J. Williams
          Edward H. Crump
          George C. Love
          Tyler McClain
          R. A. Utley
          Thomas C. Ashcroft
          Harry H. Litty
          Frank L. Monteverde
          Rowlett Paine
          Watkins Overton
          Joseph Patrick Boyle
          Walter Chandler
          Sylvanus W. Polk, Sr.
          James J. Pleasants, Jr.
          Frank T. Tobey
          Edmund Orgill
          Henry Loeb
          Claude Armour
          William B. Ingram
          Wyeth Chandler
          J. O. Patterson, Jr.
          Wallace Madewell
       Newspapers
          Early Memphis Papers
          The Commercial Appeal
             The Commercial Appeal - Part 2
             The Commercial Appeal - Part 3
          The Press Scimitar
          Benjamin F. Dill
          John McClanahan
          J. M. Keating
          Edward W. Carmack
          Charles J. P. Moody
          Ralph L. Millett
          Edward J. Meeman
          J. P. Alley
          Cal Alley
          Jack Knox
       The Fords
          Harold Ford, Sr.
          John Ford
       Lymus Wallace
       Kenneth D. McKellar

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	Mayors of Memphis

	List of Mayors
	Marcus Winchester
	Isaac Rawlings
	Seth Wheatley
	Robert Lawrence
	Enoch Banks
	John H. Morgan
	Thomas Dixon
	William Spickernagle
	Edwin Hickman
	Jesse J. Finley
	Gardner B. Locke
	A. B. Taylor
	A. H. Douglas
	Thomas Carroll
	Richard D. Baugh
	John Park
	Lt. Col. Thomas H. Harris
	William Lofland
	Edgar McDavitt
	John W. Leftwich
	John Johnson
	John Loague
	John R. Flippin
	John Overton, Jr.
	Dr. D. T. Porter
	David Park Hadden
	William D. Bethell
	W. L. Clapp
	J. J. Williams
	Edward H. Crump
	George C. Love
	Tyler McClain
	R. A. Utley
	Thomas C. Ashcroft
	Harry H. Litty
	Frank L. Monteverde
	Rowlett Paine
	Watkins Overton
	Joseph Patrick Boyle
	Walter Chandler
	Sylvanus W. Polk, Sr.
	James J. Pleasants, Jr.
	Frank T. Tobey
	Edmund Orgill
	Henry Loeb
	Claude Armour
	William B. Ingram
	Wyeth Chandler
	J. O. Patterson, Jr.
	Wallace Madewell
	Newspapers

	Early Memphis Papers
	The Commercial Appeal
	The Commercial Appeal - Part 2
	The Commercial Appeal - Part 3
	The Press Scimitar
	Benjamin F. Dill
	John McClanahan
	J. M. Keating
	Edward W. Carmack
	Charles J. P. Moody
	Ralph L. Millett
	Edward J. Meeman
	J. P. Alley
	Cal Alley
	Jack Knox
	The Fords

	Harold Ford, Sr.
	John Ford
	Lymus Wallace

	Kenneth D. McKellar

List of Memphis Mayors

Marcus B. Winchester
1827-1829

Isaac Rawlings
1829-1831

Seth Wheatley
1831-1832

Robert Lawrence
1832-1833

Isaac Rawlings
1833-1836

Enoch Banks
1836-1837

John H. Morgan
1837-1838

Enoch Banks
1838-1839

Thomas Dixon
1839-1841

William Spickernagle
1841-1842

Edwin Hickman
1842-1845

Jesse J. Finley
1845-1846

Edwin Hickman
1846-1847

Enoch Banks
1847-1848

Gardner E. Locke
1848-1849

Edwin Hickman
1849-1852

A. B. Taylor
1852-1855

A. H. Douglass
1855-1856

Thomas B. Carroll
1856-1857

R. D. Baugh
1857-1861

John Park
1861-1864

Thomas H. Harris - Military Rule
1864

Channing Richards - Miliatary Rule
1864-1865

John Park
1865-1866

William Lofland
1866-1868

Edgar McDavitt
1868

John W. Leftwich
1868-1869

J. T. Swayne
1869

John W. Leftwich
1869-1870

John Johnson
1870-1874

John Loague
1874-1876

John R. Flippin
1876-1879

John Overton, Jr. - President of the Taxing District
1879

Dr. D. T. Porter - President of the Taxing District
1879 - 1881

David Park Hadden - President of the Taxing District
1882 - 1890

William D. Bethell - President of the Taxing District
1890 - 1891

W. L. Clapp
1891-1897

J. J. Williams
1898-1906

James H. Malone
1906-1910

Edward H. Crump
1910-1915

George C. Love
1915-1916

Edward H. Crump
1916

Tyler McLain
1916

R. A. Utley
1916

Thomas C. Ashcroft
1916-1917

Harry H. Litty
1917-1918

Frank L. Monteverde
1918-1919

Rowlett Paine
1920-1927

Watkins Overton
1928-1939

Edward H. Crump
1940

Joseph Patrick Boyle
1940

Walter Chandler
1940-1946

Joseph Patrick Boyle
1946

Sylvanus W. Polk, Sr.
1946-1947

James J. Pleasants, Jr.
1947-1949

Watkins Overton
1949-1953

Frank T. Tobey
1953-1955

Walter Chandler
1955

Edmund Orgill
1956-1959

Henry Loeb
1960-1963

Claude Armour
1963

William B. Ingram
1963-1967

Henry Loeb
1968-1971

Wyeth Chandler
1972-1982

J. O. Patterson, Jr.
1982

Wallace Madewell
1982

Richard C. Hackett
1982-1991

W. W. Herenton
1992-Present

Here the history of Memphis is presented. From the Chickasaw to the great New Madrid earthquake of 1811 on to the land's purchase by John Overton and Andrew Jackson, followed by incorporation and Civil War occupation. Picking up with the yellow fever followed by the surrender of the city charter and the tenure of the former city as a taxing district of Shelby County and the state of Tennessee. We continue Memphis history into the days of Crump and the progressive era when the city would be made to conform to order. Memphis history is rich with time, music and commerce. From the blues of Beale Street to Elvis Presley and Sun Records the City of Memphis been enriched by transporation, cotton, mules and hardware; bridge openings to celebrate and the sorrows of the 1968 Sanitation Strike which culminated in the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memphis has persevered through pain and has been anything but dull. This is our story...

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