On Lusk Road north of State Route 8, on the right when traveling north.
The precise origins of the blues are lost to time, but one of the primal centers for the music in Mississippi was Dockery Farms. For nearly three decades the plantation was intermittently the home of Charley Patton (c. 1891–1934), the most important . . . — — Map (db m174017) HM
On Mississippi Route 8 at Lusk Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 8.
Established by Will Dockery in 1895 and operated 1937-1982 by Joe Rice Dockery. Included a post office, commissary, and cotton gin. The plantation once employed Charley Patton, a legendary blues musician, who inspired such greats as Muddy Waters, . . . — — Map (db m160394) HM