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Mississippi Juke Joint Confidential: House Parties, Hustlers and the Blues Life
Juke joint--two words often used, often abused. They convey an inherent promise of something real, edgy, from another time. All juke joints are blues clubs, but not all blues clubs …
Mississippi Bishop William Henry Elder and the Civil War
Conquest. War. Famine. Death. During the Civil War, all Four Horsemen circled the flock of William Henry Elder, the third bishop of Natchez. Elder was a hopeful unionist turned …
The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills: The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch
In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as patrons enjoyed craps games …
Civil War Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Bayou Sara: Capturing the Mississippi
When Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, no one doubted that a battle to control the Mississippi River was imminent. Throughout the war, the Federals pushed their …
Country Stores of Mississippi
The old country stores along the back roads of rural Mississippi are the treasures that remain of a bygone era. Travel back to the Mississippi of yesteryear and hear of the deadly …
The Life and Legacy of B.B. King: A Mississippi Blues Icon
Blues legend B.B. King spent his life sharing the music of his soul, which shone relentlessly through hardship and triumph alike. He never wavered from his vocation, even as he …
Lauderdale County, Mississippi: A Brief History
Originally home to the native Choctaw tribe, Lauderdale County was settled and established in 1833 at a prime spot on the eastern border of the Magnolia state. The county …
Mississippi Moonshine Politics: How Bootleggers & the Law Kept a Dry State Soaked
For most states, the repeal of prohibition meant a return to a state of legally drunken normalcy, but not so in Mississippi. The Magnolia State went dry over a decade before the …
Haunted Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian once echoed with the high and lonesome sound of early country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers. With the right ears, that lonely wail might still be heard from the spirits …
North Mississippi Murder & Mayhem
North Mississippi's idyllic rolling hills and deep forests hide a history steeped in blood. America's first serial killers, the Harpe brothers, brutally murdered as many as fifty …