Cary Mounds
Of the original four mounds located at the Cary site, only Mound A survives. Located on the south side of Deer Creek, the mound was built on top of a midden deposit containing ceramic and...
- mississippi
- native americans
- mounds
Steve Azar
Greenville native Steve Azar burst onto the national country scene in 2001 with his album Waitin’ on Joe, which featured the #2 hit "I Don’t Have to Be Me (‘Til Monday)"; it and the title track...
- mississippi
- writer
- country music
Rolling Fork Mounds
Rolling Fork Mounds consisted of three earthen mounds, all of which have sustained significant damage since they were first described in 1926. At that time, Mound A was 38 feet tall, Mound B...
- mississippi
- native americans
- mounds
Sir Arthur Quiller Couch Lived here - on a house in Fowey
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters, was one of the foremost artists in blues history. In the late 1940s and 1950s he led the way in transforming traditional Delta blues into the...
- mississippi
- blues
- music
- entertainer
Prince McCoy
Side APrince McCoy (1882-1968), a prominent early 20th century Greenville musician, played a pivotal yet long unacknowledged role in blues history. At a dance in Cleveland, Mississippi, an...
- mississippi
- blues
- music
- entertainer
Carter Mounds
The Carter site consists of two earthen mounds separated by a plaza area. Mound A was built in at least two stages and is 13 feet tall. Mound Bis a burial mound and stands at just under seven...
- mississippi
- native americans
- mounds
Malden Spanish- American War Memorial
- malden
- spanish-american war
- memorial
General John Bell Hood, CSA
John Bell Hood was born June 29, 1831, in Owingsville, Kentucky, and was reared in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. After graduating from West Point in 1853, he served in the elite U.S. 2nd Cavalry...
- louisiana
- civil war
- new orleans
What is a Shotgun Shack?
Cabins once lined roadsides in the DeltaKnown as shotgun shacks, these houses were common in the Mississippi Delta near agricultural fields. Each home featured three to five rooms with no...
- mississippi
- sharecroppers
- structures