The Ruins of Hudsonville
On my way to Holly Springs, Mississippi for a blues event, I decided to travel a slightly different way in order to check out the …
Abandoned
Along Highway 57: Not So Grand In Grand Junction
Just across the Hardeman County line from LaGrange, Grand Junction should have fared better than it did. Its name referred to the fact that it …
Along Highway 57: Historic LaGrange, Tennessee
Unlike the other towns along Highway 57, LaGrange did not come about because of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. It was platted in 1829 and …
Along Highway 57: A Sad Emptiness in Moscow
Further east along Highway 57 is Moscow, Tennessee, a town that looks as if it had been completely abandoned. The name of its main street, …
Frayser's Block Party for Peace at Ed Rice Community Center
Each year, in the fall, State Representative Antonio Parkinson sponsors a Block Party for Peace in either the Raleigh or Frayser neighborhoods, which are his …
Mississippi's Lumber Legacy Preserved at Bogue Chitto
From the end of the 19th Century to the beginning of the 20th, Mississippi began to industrialize, and one of the main industries that emerged …
Highway 51 Revisited: Forgotten Towns in North Mississippi
During the 1960’s, the new interstate highways began to bypass the old US highways and the towns along them, and gradually these towns began to …
Holcomb, Mississippi's Abandoned Main Street
Holcomb, Mississippi is a little unincorporated town in western Grenada County, Mississippi at the junction of two railroads and three highways. It is a rather …
Reform, MS: A Forgotten Town's Fading Past
On the Saturday before Memorial Day, I had to play with a jazz group for a wedding in Pontotoc, Mississippi, and once it was over, …
Lost Opportunities at Mary Holmes College, West Point MS
After seeing an abandoned high school in Montpelier, the first thing I saw upon arriving in West Point was an abandoned college campus. Mary Holmes …