Lake Pontchartrain Sunset
After crossing the twin spans on I-10 into New Orleans East, I decided to leave the interstate and head north to the lakeshore, since the …
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, …
Remembering Howlin’ Wolf in West Point, MS
West Point, Mississippi is the northern point of what is commonly called the Golden Triangle (the other two points are Starkville and Columbus), and not …
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 …
A Paradise Lost at Montpelier, MS
When I was young, I remember riding down to Starkville with my parents, and we went a route that took us through a small Clay …
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 …
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 …