Incorporated on September 23, 1899, at the former site of the Yazoo Delta Railroad and depot. The railroad has been immortalized in the song "The Yellow Dog Blues", composed by W.C. Handy. This park dedicated in May, 1988. — — Map (db m175285) HM
Roebuck "Pops" Staples, who lived on the Dockery plantation near Drew in the 1920s and '30s, was the founder of the Staple Singers, one of America's foremost singing groups. The group included his children Cleotha and Pervis Staples, who were born . . . — — Map (db m174057) HM
