On Casino Strip Resort Boulevard 2.3 miles west of Fitzgeralds Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Abbay & Leatherman, one of the oldest and largest cotton plantations in the Delta, is known to music enthusiasts worldwide as the boyhood home of blues icon Robert Johnson (c. 1912-1938). Johnson lived here with his family in a tenant shack by the . . . — — Map (db m174079) HM
On Old U.S. 61 0.8 miles south of Evansville Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
There are currently two mounds located at the Beaverdam site, though there may originally have been more. Mound A has eroded over time and is now 11 feet tall. Early 20th-century accounts describe it as rectangular in shape with a two-tiered . . . — — Map (db m116174) HM
On Austin Road 0.2 miles west of Old U.S. 61, on the left when traveling west.
Located on the eastern bank of the Beaverdam Lake, the Evansville site originally had at least four earthen mounds. Today, only Mounds A and B remain. When first recorded, Mound A had a two-tiered platform—the west side was roughly 18 feet tall and . . . — — Map (db m116171) HM
On Indian Mound Road 1.5 miles west of Old U.S. 61, on the right when traveling west.
Hollywood Mounds originally consisted of a large platform mound surrounded by a series of smaller mounds. At 20 feet in height, Mound A is the site's central feature and was once enclosed on three sides by connected mounds forming an embankment. . . . — — Map (db m116166) HM
On Main Street just south of Fox Island Road, on the right when traveling south.
Leo Lesser, one of Tunica's most widely known entrepreneurs, constructed this building in 1890. In 1899, The Bank of Tunica opened its doors to the community. On April 25, 1913, The Bank of Tunica shut its doors due to bankruptcy. Leo Lesser . . . — — Map (db m263095) HM
On Main Street just south of Fox Island Road, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1890 by Leo Lesser, 1249 Main was first opened as Drummer's Hotel. The name was then changed to Planter's Hotel. Below the hotel was The Bank of Tunica and the IGA Grocery, which later became the Kroger Store, and later became M & H . . . — — Map (db m263193) HM
On Main Street just south of Fox Island Road, on the right when traveling south.
The building at 1251 Main first opened as an IGA Grocery store. In 1932, the Kroger Store took over. Kroger moved to a building down the street. When Kroger moved out, Buford Murphree changed the grocery store to M & H Grocery. In the late 1970s, M . . . — — Map (db m263096) HM
On Main Street just north of Fox Island Road, on the left when traveling north.
On March 30, 1908, one of Tunica's most prominent citizens was shot by another in a dispute between J. T. Lowe and Mr. Houston over an election to the Levee Board. Both men had words, departed, and went to arm themselves. Upon meeting a few minutes . . . — — Map (db m263098) HM
On South Court Street at School Street, on the right when traveling west on South Court Street.
To be closer to the new railroad, the citizens of Tunica County voted to move the county seat from Austin to the town of Tunica. The first of two courthouses was built in 1888 on land donated by R.C. Irwin. In the early years, the courtroom was . . . — — Map (db m263099) HM
Long before casinos brought legalized gambling and big-name entertainment to Tunica, African American entrepreneur Harold "Hardface" Clanton (1916~1982) ran a flourishing operation here that offered games of chance, bootleg liquor, and the best in . . . — — Map (db m51763) HM
On Main Street at Fox Island Road, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Hotel Marie reopened December 15, 1918, after it had burned in March of 1918. It was built by W. R. Kirby and named in honor of his wife, Marie Irwin Mangum Kirby. Her father, R. C. Irwin, was one of the founders of Tunica. In the early days with . . . — — Map (db m263097) HM
On Bonnie Blue Road at U.S. 61 on Bonnie Blue Road.
James Cotton, one of the world’s most popular and dynamic blues harmonica players, was born just east of this site on the Bonnie Blue plantation on July 1, 1935. Cotton apprenticed with harmonica master Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Rice Miller) in . . . — — Map (db m51770) HM
On Old U.S. 61 0.5 miles south of Hollywood Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Johnson Cemetery site currently consists of a single mound and associated village, but may originally have had a second mound. The existing mound is 12 feet high in height and was most likely pyramidal in shape, though its dimensions have . . . — — Map (db m116168) HM
On Edwards Avenue (Old U.S. 61) just south of Harris Street, on the left when traveling south.
Built in 1918 by Burney Russell, the first owner of the business was Angus Droke. Droke sold the business to Griff Lane, who opened Lane's Barber Shop in 1928. In 1955 Claude Lane went into business with Griff, making the business a family affair. . . . — — Map (db m263094) HM
On Main Street just north of Fox Island Road, on the left when traveling north.
The two-story building was constructed in 1909 by Leo Lesser and has been occupied as a clothing store, a ten-cent store, a hardware and furniture business, a doctor's office, an auto parts store, and in 1993 was the center for the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m263194) HM
On Magnolia Street at School Street, on the left when traveling west on Magnolia Street.
This dogtrot style cypress log cabin was constructed in the 1840s on land near Robinsonville, Mississippi. Samuel Kerr purchased the land and cabin residence in the 1860s. The cabin was converted to a plantation commissary when Robert F. and . . . — — Map (db m263100) HM
In honor of Veterans of all Branches of the Military: those who made the supreme sacrifice, those honorably discharged and those who continue to serve their country, this unique Sculpture captures a poignant scene from the Vietnam War depicting the . . . — — Map (db m51764) WM
On Edwards Avenue (Old U.S. 61) at River Road, on the left when traveling south on Edwards Avenue.
Built in 1927 by Standard Oil Company, this full-service station was right on the main route of Highway 61 until the highway was rerouted in 1937. The station had several owners over the years; one of the owners in 1930 was Eudelle Newsom. . . . — — Map (db m263195) HM
On Kirby Road at U.S. 61, on the left when traveling north on Kirby Road.
U.S. Highway 61, known as the "blues highway," rivals Route 66 as the most famous road in American music lore. Dozens of blues artists have recorded songs about Highway 61, including Mississippians Sunnyland Slim, James “Son” Thomas,“Honeyboy” . . . — — Map (db m68076) HM
On Old Highway 61 N south of Clack Road, on the right when traveling south.
Eddie James "Son" House (1902-1988) plumbed the
emotional depth of the blues perhaps more
than any other Delta blues artist. A preacher
at times, a barrelhousing bluesman at others,
House was fiercely torn between the sacred
teachings of the . . . — — Map (db m235156) HM
On Old Commerce Road east of Old Highway 61, on the left when traveling east.
The Hollywood Café, both at this site and its original location in Hollywood, Mississippi, earned fame as a Delta dining institution but has also shared in the area's musical history. Pianist Muriel Wilkins performed here for years, and she and the . . . — — Map (db m174082) HM
