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Pigeon Roost Road

Lamar, Memphis, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 7' 43.277304", -90° 1' 16.668264"
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Leading to a large roost of the now-extinct passenger pigeon, Avenues, and on Lamar Boulevard. Before settlement days it was a dry-weather trail used by the Chickasaw Indians. It was improved into a plank road about 1855, and frequently so called.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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