Teacher of the Year
At this year’s Shelby County History Awards Dinner the Shelby County Historical Commission awarded the Ed Williams Teacher of the …
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May & July 2014 Meetings of the WTHS presentations on video
Frances Wright – History of Germantown Presented by George Andrew Pouncey With a special love for history, Mr. Pouncey has …
Historic Marker honors R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home
Historic Marker placed at R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home 374 Vance Avenue, Memphis Founded in 1914 by Robert …
American Studio Historic Marker Unveiled
Historical Marker placed in honor of American Sound Studio American Sound Studio was a recording studio located at 827 Thomas …
U of M Becomes Repository for Official Papers of Gov. Winfield Dunn
May 5, 2014 – The University of Memphis has become the repository of the official papers from the administration of …
New page added to this site!
In the menu at the top of this page find ARTICLES. This page contains articles of those honored and West …
Shelby County Historian Appointed
Congratulations to Jimmy Ogle our new Shelby County Historian Shelby County Commissioners on Monday March 24, 2014, selected Jimmy Ogle, …
Historical Marker Dedicated at Beale Street Landing
Beale Street Landing, downtown Memphis, is the home for a historical marker that honors two places. The following is the …
Store Ledger from mid 1800s on Display at Cordova Museum
Photo: Jim Wadell (left) and Barry Appling view page copies of an old store ledger from the 1800s for entries …
Historic Marker commemorates Memphis Sanitation Workers
The Tennessee Historical Commission approved a historical marker to commemorate the event of the two Memphis sanitation workers (Echol Cole and …
West Tennessee Historical Society 