Walker Percy
Walker Percy was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1916, orphaned in late childhood, and adopted at age thirteen by kinsman William Alexander Percy, a poet and patron of the arts from...
- mississippi
- mississippi ...
- novelist
- writer
Shelby Foote
Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was born November 17, 1916, in Greenville. A childhood friend of Mississippi novelist Walker Percy, he began his early career as an author publishing five works of...
- mississippi
- mississippi ...
- novelist
- writer
- civil war
- historian
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
The Story of Teddy Bears
Did you know the Teddy Bear was named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt? It all happened in Sharkey County!While hunting in the Mississippi Delta in 1902, President Roosevelt could not...
- mississippi
- theodore roosevelt
- teddy bear
- toys
The Casualties at Ditch Bayou June 6, 1864
The battle at Ditch Bayou was a Federal effort to drive Confederates away from the Mississippi River, where the Confederates had been harassing Union shipping. Even though the Confederates...
- arkansas
- civil war
- lake village
- chicot county
The Battle at Ditch Bayou
It is the morning of June 6, 1864. Rain has created a muddy mess. To your left are four cannon. To your right are 600 cavalrymen and two more cannon. These men served under Confederate Colonel...
- arkansas
- civil war
- lake village
- chicot county