On State Highway 433 at Rosehill Road, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 433.
Jack Owens became one of Mississippi's most venerated blues artists in the 1980s and ‘90s after spending most of his life as a farmer in Yazoo County. Born November 17, 1904, or 1906 according to some sources, Owens did not perform outside the . . . — — Map (db m77275) HM
Near Lakeland Drive (State Highway 25) 0.2 miles east of Interstate 55, on the left when traveling east.
In 1938, the Mississippi Geological Survey in cooperation with the W.P.A.
undertook a geological survey in ten counties. Assistant state geologist
Fredric F. Mellen supervised several county surveys in search of good
ceramic clays. Mellen . . . — — Map (db m185390) HM
On North Broad Street (Old U.S. 61) 0.1 miles north of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
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James Henry “Son” Thomas, internationally famed blues musician and folk sculptor, worked as a porter at the Montgomery Hotel, which once occupied this site, after he moved to Leland in 1961. Born in the Yazoo County community of . . . — — Map (db m90136) HM
On St. Catherine Street west of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Union School (above) was the first public school built by the City of Natchez for African American students. Built in 1871 by contractor P. E. Willman, the Union School was a grand brick edifice which stood at the southeast corner of North . . . — — Map (db m115615) HM
On East Railroad Avenue at Cannon Avenue (Mississippi Route 433), on the left when traveling south on East Railroad Avenue.
The Blue Front Café opened in 1948 under the ownership of Carey and Mary Holmes, an African American couple from Bentonia. In its heyday the Blue Front was famed for its buffalo fish, blues, and moonshine whiskey. One of the couple’s sons, . . . — — Map (db m77274) HM
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