Holly Grove and the 17th Ward of New Orleans
Holly Grove (or Hollygrove) is a neighborhood of New Orleans to the west of the intersection of Earhart Boulevard and Carrollton Avenue, in the historic …
History
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 …
Sermons on the Mounts in the Crescent City
Any second-line route is likely to pass by any number of churches, but what I had never noticed until last week was how many of …
What’s Left of Waterford, Mississippi
A Detour To Ebenezer
Highway 433 was supposed to run from Lexington, Mississippi straight to Bentonia, but only a few miles out of Lexington I ran into a major …
Pirate’s Lair: Visiting Lafitte, Louisiana
Friday evening, May 24th, I decided to drive out to the towns of Jean Lafitte and Lafitte south of Harvey and Gretna on the West …
Remembering Royal Castle Hamburgers
Elsewhere in this blog I have discussed Mahalia Jackson’s Fried Chicken and its troubled parent company Performance Systems, owned by former Tennessee gubernatorial candidate John …
Madder Than Ever with the Mad Lads at @StaxMuseum During the Stax to the Max Festival
Memphis vocal group The Mad Lads were another group of South Memphians, led by John Gary Williams, who recorded a number of singles and albums …
An Open Letter to T.J. Simers of the LA Times
I understand that you support your Clippers, just as I understand that we support our Grizzlies. But in your attempt to be humorous or cynical, …