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[[File:New York Times 1862-04-14 map of Memphis during American Civil War.jpg|thumb|1862 map from the ''New York Times'' showing the plank road route out of Memphis]]
The '''Memphis and Hernando plank road''' was a toll road between [[Memphis, Tennessee]] and [[Hernando, Mississippi]] in the United States. The [[plank road]] was built and opened the early 1850s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Robert Lee |date=2019-05-10 |title=The road before us, behind us |url=https://www.desototimes.com/opinion...cle_e91456b4-7375-11e9-8967-f7720b2db238.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=DeSoto Times-Tribune |language=en}}</ref> The road was originally known as the '''Panola–DeSoto plank road'''.<ref name=":0">National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Springhill Cemetery, Hernando, Mississippi - Page 9 - https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/6167.pdf</ref> The distance covered was {{Convert|22|mi}}.<ref name=":1">https://desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/56/History-of-DeSoto-County?bidId=</ref> There was a toll gate every eight miles.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=McNutt |first=Ershell J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k...page&q=plank road memphis to hernando&f=false |title=Soil Survey, DeSoto County, Mississippi |date=1959 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> The road passed by large plantations, colonial-style homes, and small farms.<ref name=":2" /> At the same time a similar toll road, known as the [[Memphis and Pigeon Roost plank road]], was built between Memphis and [[Holly Springs, Mississippi]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=John P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p...page&q=plank road memphis to hernando&f=false |title=The Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser ... |date=1854 |publisher=Press of Walker & James |pages=145 |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
In August 1851, Thomas Peters and slave trader [[Byrd Hill]] advertised that they sought to [[hire out]] between 50 and 100 enslaved male laborers to build the road.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nolen |first=Claude H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M...page&q=plank road memphis to hernando&f=false |title=African American Southerners in Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction |date=2005-08-29 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2451-1 |pages=62 |language=en}}</ref>
The opening of the [[Tennessee and Mississippi Railroad]] train station in Hernando in 1856 significantly cut into the plank road's revenues.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
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[[File:New York Times 1862-04-14 map of Memphis during American Civil War.jpg|thumb|1862 map from the ''New York Times'' showing the plank road route out of Memphis]]
The '''Memphis and Hernando plank road''' was a toll road between [[Memphis, Tennessee]] and [[Hernando, Mississippi]] in the United States. The [[plank road]] was built and opened the early 1850s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Robert Lee |date=2019-05-10 |title=The road before us, behind us |url=https://www.desototimes.com/opinion...cle_e91456b4-7375-11e9-8967-f7720b2db238.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=DeSoto Times-Tribune |language=en}}</ref> The road was originally known as the '''Panola–DeSoto plank road'''.<ref name=":0">National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Springhill Cemetery, Hernando, Mississippi - Page 9 - https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/6167.pdf</ref> The distance covered was {{Convert|22|mi}}.<ref name=":1">https://desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/56/History-of-DeSoto-County?bidId=</ref> There was a toll gate every eight miles.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=McNutt |first=Ershell J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k...page&q=plank road memphis to hernando&f=false |title=Soil Survey, DeSoto County, Mississippi |date=1959 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> The road passed by large plantations, colonial-style homes, and small farms.<ref name=":2" /> At the same time a similar toll road, known as the [[Memphis and Pigeon Roost plank road]], was built between Memphis and [[Holly Springs, Mississippi]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=John P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p...page&q=plank road memphis to hernando&f=false |title=The Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser ... |date=1854 |publisher=Press of Walker & James |pages=145 |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
In August 1851, Thomas Peters and slave trader [[Byrd Hill]] advertised that they sought to [[hire out]] between 50 and 100 enslaved male laborers to build the road.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nolen |first=Claude H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M...page&q=plank road memphis to hernando&f=false |title=African American Southerners in Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction |date=2005-08-29 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2451-1 |pages=62 |language=en}}</ref>
The opening of the [[Tennessee and Mississippi Railroad]] train station in Hernando in 1856 significantly cut into the plank road's revenues.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
{{reflist}}
Okumaya devam et...