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Mississippi Blues Trail Historical Markers

The Mississippi Blues Trail was created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006 to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the birth, growth and influence of the blues throughout (and in some cases beyond) the state of Mississippi.
There are over 210 Mississippi Blues Trail markers already placed.
 
By Sandra Hughes, April 7, 2010
The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Alabama Marker, Side 2
1 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — 99 — The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Alabama —
2 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — 186 — W. C. Handy Birthplace — Mississippi Blues Trail —
3 ► Arkansas, Phillips County, Helena — 88 — The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Helena —
4 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles — 121 — Mississippi Blues & The Grammy Awards —
5 ► Florida, Escambia County, Pensacola — 203 — Pensacola Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
6 ► Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — 119 — The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Florida —
7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 77 — The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Chicago —
8 ► Louisiana, Concordia Parish, Ferriday — 107 — The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Louisiana —
9 ► Louisiana, Pointe Coup้e Parish, Lettsworth — 201 — Buddy Guy — Mississippi Blues Trail —
10 ► Maine, Knox County, Rockland — 110 — The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Maine —
11 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — 36 — "The Natchez Burning" — Mississippi Blues Trail —
12 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — 123 — Bud Scott — Mississippi Blues Trail —
13 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — 129 — Ealey Brothers — Mississippi Blues Trail —
14 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — 83 — Papa Lightfoot & The Natchez Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
15 ► Mississippi, Attala County, Kosciusko — 70 — Charlie Musselwhite — Mississippi Blues Trail —
16 ► Mississippi, Benton County, Ashland — 181 — Willie Mitchell — Mississippi Blues Trail —
17 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Alligator — 166 — Alligator Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
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18 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Benoit — 128 — Eddie Shaw — Mississippi Blues Trail —
19 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Benoit — 101 — Eddie Taylor — Mississippi Blues Trail —
20 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Boyle — 5 — The Peavine — Mississippi Blues Trail —
21 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Cleveland — 78 — Chrisman Street — Mississippi Blues Trail —
22 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Cleveland — 188 — Gospel Music and the Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
23 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Cleveland — 192 — Grammy Museumฎ Mississippi — Mississippi Blues Trail —
24 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Cleveland — 173 — The Enlightenment of W.C. Handy — Mississippi Blues Trail —
25 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Duncan — 185 — The Blues Legends of Duncan — Mississippi Blues Trail —
26 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Merigold — 79 — Po' Monkey's — Mississippi Blues Trail —
27 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Mound Bayou — 161 — Mound Bayou Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
28 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Rosedale — 138 — Hot Tamales and the Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
29 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Rosedale — 6 — Rosedale — Mississippi Blues Trail —
30 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Scott — 69 — Mississippi River Blues: The 1927 Flood — Mississippi Blues Trail —
31 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Shaw — 8 — Honeyboy Edwards — Mississippi Blues Trail —
32 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Shelby — 97 — Henry Townsend — Mississippi Blues Trail —
33 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Waxhaw — 117 — Otis Clay — Mississippi Blues Trail —
34 ► Mississippi, Calhoun County, Bruce — 194 — Calhoun County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
35 ► Mississippi, Carroll County, Avalon — 32 — Mississippi John Hurt — Mississippi Blues Trail — Reported damaged
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36 ► Mississippi, Chickasaw County, Houston — 89 — Booker "Bukka" White — Mississippi Blues Trail —
37 ► Mississippi, Choctaw County, Ackerman — 139 — Two Steps From The Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
38 ► Mississippi, Choctaw County, Weir — 160 — Choctaw County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
39 ► Mississippi, Claiborne County, Port Gibson — 207 — Lil Green — Mississippi Blues Trail — Reported missing
40 ► Mississippi, Claiborne County, Port Gibson — 21 — Rabbit Foot Minstrels — Mississippi Blues Trail — Reported missing
41 ► Mississippi, Clay County, West Point — 18 — Howlin' Wolf — Mississippi Blues Trail —
42 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Bobo — 130 — Little Junior Parker — Mississippi Blues Trail —
43 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 180 — Big Jack Johnson — Mississippi Blues Trail —
44 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 170 — Delta Blues Museum — Mississippi Blues Trail —
45 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 111 — Ike Turner — Mississippi Blues Trail —
46 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 4 — Riverside Hotel — Mississippi Blues Trail —
47 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 81 — Sam Cooke — Mississippi Blues Trail —
48 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 157 — Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival — Mississippi Blues Trail —
49 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 137 — The New World — Mississippi Blues Trail —
50 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 126 — Wade Walton — Mississippi Blues Trail —
51 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale — 105 — WROX Radio — Mississippi Blues Trail —
52 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Friars Point — 27 — Robert Nighthawk — Mississippi Blues Trail —
53 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Hopson — 41 — Cotton Pickin' Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
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54 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Lula — 31 — "Livin' at Lula" — Mississippi Blues Trail —
55 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Lyon — 200 — Rocket “88” — Mississippi Blues Trail —
56 ► Mississippi, Coahoma County, Stovall — 9 — Muddy Waters's House — Mississippi Blues Trail —
57 ► Mississippi, Copiah County, Crystal Springs — 22 — Tommy Johnson — Mississippi Blues Trail —
58 ► Mississippi, Copiah County, Hazlehurst — 29 — Robert Johnson — Mississippi Blues Trail —
59 ► Mississippi, Copiah County, Wesson — 162 — Houston Stackhouse — Mississippi Blues Trail —
60 ► Mississippi, DeSoto County, Hernando — 74 — "Beale Town Bound" — Mississippi Blues Trail —
61 ► Mississippi, DeSoto County, Hernando — 189 — The Dickinson Family — Mississippi Blues Trail —
62 ► Mississippi, DeSoto County, Horn Lake — 44 — Big Walter Horton — Mississippi Blues Trail — Reported damaged
63 ► Mississippi, DeSoto County, Nesbit — 103 — Mississippi Joe Callicott — Mississippi Blues Trail —
64 ► Mississippi, DeSoto County, Walls — 19 — Memphis Minnie — Mississippi Blues Trail —
65 ► Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg — 102 — Hi-Hat Club — Mississippi Blues Trail —
66 ► Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg — 55 — Roots of Rock and Roll — Mississippi Blues Trail —
67 ► Mississippi, Grenada County, Grenada — 174 — Grenada Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
68 ► Mississippi, Grenada County, Grenada — 17 — Magic Sam — Mississippi Blues Trail —
69 ► Mississippi, Grenada County, Grenada — 134 — Magic Slim — Mississippi Blues Trail —
70 ► Mississippi, Hancock County, Bay St. Louis — 132 — 100 Men D.B.A. Hall — Mississippi Blues Trail —
71 ► Mississippi, Harrison County, Biloxi — 108 — Biloxi Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
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72 ► Mississippi, Harrison County, Gulfport — 24 — Broadcasting the Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
73 ► Mississippi, Harrison County, Gulfport — 184 — Gulfport Boogie — Mississippi Blues Trail —
74 ► Mississippi, Harrison County, Pass Christian — 124 — Blues & Jazz in the Pass — Mississippi Blues Trail —
75 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Bolton — 175 — Charley Patton Birthplace — Mississippi Blues Trail —
76 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Bolton — 176 — The Chatmon Family — Mississippi Sheiks — Mississippi Blues Trail —
77 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Clinton — 212 — From the Church to the Blues: A Clinton Legacy — Mississippi Blues Trail —
78 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson — 100 — Cassandra Wilson — Mississippi Blues Trail —
79 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson — 216 — Hal & Mal's — Mississippi Blues Trail —
80 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson — 218 — Jesse Robinson — Mississippi Blues Trail —
81 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson — 35 — Malaco Records — Mississippi Blues Trail —
82 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson — 164 — Otis Spann & Little Johnnie Jones — Mississippi Blues Trail —
83 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson — 116 — Scott Radio Service Company — Mississippi Blues Trail —
84 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Belhaven — 66 — Queen of Hearts — Mississippi Blues Trail —
85 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Farish Street Historic District — 204 — H.C. Speir — Mississippi Blues Trail —
86 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Farish Street Historic District — 42 — The Alamo Theatre — Mississippi Blues Trail —
87 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Farish Street Historic District — 25 — Trumpet Records — Mississippi Blues Trail —
88 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Poindexter Park Historic District — 12 — Summers Hotel & Subway Lounge — Mississippi Blues Trail —
89 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Washington Addition — 57 — Bobby Rush — Mississippi Blues Trail —
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90 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Washington Addition — 211 — Dorothy Moore — Mississippi Blues Trail —
91 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Washington Addition — 104 — Ishmon Bracey — Mississippi Blues Trail —
92 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, West Capitol Street Historic District — 87 — Ace Records — Mississippi Blues Trail —
93 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, West Capitol Street Historic District — 135 — Edwards Hotel — Mississippi Blues Trail —
94 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Raymond — 53 — The McCoy Brothers — Mississippi Blues Trail —
95 ► Mississippi, Holmes County, Lexington — 167 — Elmore James — Mississippi Blues Trail —
96 ► Mississippi, Holmes County, Lexington — 156 — Holmes County Blues Lexington — Mississippi Blues Trail —
97 ► Mississippi, Holmes County, Tchula — 168 — Holmes County Blues Tchula — Mississippi Blues Trail —
98 ► Mississippi, Humphreys County, Belzoni — 73 — Denise LaSalle — Mississippi Blues Trail —
99 ► Mississippi, Humphreys County, Belzoni — 38 — Pinetop Perkins — Mississippi Blues Trail —
100 ► Mississippi, Humphreys County, Belzoni — 106 — Turner's Drug Store — Mississippi Blues Trail —

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