An Old Abandoned Depot at Mantee, MS
Perhaps because Woodland had been a company town, there were few buildings there that were really photogenic, but a few miles south, the town of …
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Remnants of a Company Town at Woodland, MS
The village of Woodland in Chickasaw County, Mississippi is probably best known today for being the home of Woodland Furniture, which proudly boasts of being …
Old and New in New Houlka, MS
Houlka, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County, was one of the first settlements in North Mississippi, and was the site of an Indian Agency. It thrived early, …
East Boogie: The Resilient Spirit Of East St. Louis
East St. Louis has been portrayed to the American people as a nightmare for years, but I’ve always found it far more sad and interesting …
No Future In Future City
Perhaps the only fate worse than being an abandoned city is being the suburb of an abandoned city, but such is the fate of the …
Cairo, IL: The Price of Racial Conflict?
The decline and near abandonment of Cairo, Illinois has been well-discussed and well-documented, as to some extent has what Ron Powers called its last great …
Afternoon at the Confluence, Wickliffe, KY
On the outskirts of Wickliffe, Kentucky, I came to a high bluff along the river where there was a scenic overlook of the Mississippi River …
A Planned Community at Columbus, KY
Last summer on the American Queen cruise where I was a musician, we stopped and tied up at Columbus, Kentucky, and took a tour of …
Preservation and Loss At Hickman, KY
I had only been to Hickman, Kentucky on one previous occasion, back when I was in college at the University of Tennessee at Martin. It …