Entries Containing All of the Phrases «tunica county» AND «mississippi»

By Cosmos Mariner, September 17, 2024

The Tate Log House Marker

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1 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica — The Tate Log House —

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

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2 ► Mississippi, DeSoto County, Walls — 19 — Memphis Minnie — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas, 1897-1973) was one of the premier blues artists of the 1930s and '40s. Her singing and songwriting, spirited demeanor, and superlative guitar playing propelled her to the upper echelons of a field then dominated by . . . — — Map (db m233857) HM

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3 ► New York, Monroe County, Rochester, Corn Hill — 187 — Son House — Delta Blues Comes to Rochester — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Mississippi Delta blues icon Eddie James "Son" House became one of the most heralded figures în the blues revival of the 1960s, when he and his wife Evie lived in an apartment building here on Greig Street. House moved from Mississippi to . . . — — Map (db m170963) HM

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4 ► Mississippi, Yazoo County, Bentonia — 51 — Nehemiah “Skip” James — Mississippi Blues Trail —

The haunting quality of Nehemiah “Skip” James’s music earned him a reputation as one of the great early Mississippi bluesmen. James (1902-1969) grew up at the Woodbine Plantation and as a youth learned to play both guitar and piano. At his 1931 . . . — — Map (db m77272) HM

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5 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica — In Memory of Lieut. John R. Stapleton —

June 22, 1941 U.S.A. Air Corps — — Map (db m262998) WM

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6 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Commerce — 75 — Abbay & Leatherman — Mississippi Blues Trail —

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

7 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica — 54 — Harold "Hardface" Clanton — Mississippi Blues Trail —

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

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8 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Alligator — 166 — Alligator Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Highway 61, "the blues highway," is lined with the birthplaces of blues, R&B, and gospel artists all along its route in Mississippi, and even small communities such as Alligator share in this proud musical legacy. Performers born or raised around . . . — — Map (db m154805) HM

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9 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica Resorts — 13 — Son House — Mississippi Blues Trail —

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

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