Camp Williamson -- Vicksburg MS
N 32° 17.204 W 090° 54.087
15S E 697619 N 3574151
The state historic marker for Camp Williamson along the US 61 southwest of Vicksburg MS
Waymark Code: WMWD89
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2017
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This state historic marker is located along the US 61 southwest of Vicksburg MS. It preserves the history of Camp Williamson, a National Guard rifle range.
The marker reads as follows:
"CAMP WILLIAMSON
In 1906 the Vicksburg Business League purchased nearly sixty acres of land and grading, one quarter mile east of this site, to attract a proposed National Guard rifle range. The range, which opened in 1907, included a store house, a concrete target pit, twenty targets, and a keeper's house. Camp Williamson closed in 1936 and was sold in 1953."
Date Installed:: 2012
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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