Everything Avalon is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Avalon.
The store in Money, Mississippi where fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white woman in August 1955, leading to his kidnapping and murder.
Cotton Row along the Yazoo River in Greenwood, once the commercial heart of the Delta's cotton economy and self-proclaimed cotton capital of the world.
The last rural juke joint in the Mississippi Delta, operated by Willie 'Po' Monkey' Seaberry out of his sharecropper shack from 1963 until his death in 2016.
9 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
The store in Money, Mississippi where fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white woman in August 1955, leading to his kidnapping and murder.
Cotton Row along the Yazoo River in Greenwood, once the commercial heart of the Delta's cotton economy and self-proclaimed cotton capital of the world.
Greenwood, Mississippi, owes its existence to the fertile land bordering the Yazoo River. Before it was a town, this flat Delta land saw Choctaw settlements, and then the rise of sprawling cotton plantations. The river…
This unassuming spot was once a crucial Confederate stronghold, holding back Union forces during the pivotal Vicksburg Campaign. In early 1863, Confederate troops built Fort Pemberton here, at the strategic confluence…
See that water? This spot might just mark the very beginning of the Civil War. In January 1861, the Star of the West, a civilian steamship, was headed to Fort Sumter to resupply the Union garrison there. As it…
Greenwood sits at the edge of the Delta where the Yazoo and Tallahatchie rivers converge, and it's been a crossroads for a lot longer than the highway signs suggest. A cluster of Mississippian mound sites in Leflore…
The last rural juke joint in the Mississippi Delta, operated by Willie 'Po' Monkey' Seaberry out of his sharecropper shack from 1963 until his death in 2016.
Stand here among the headstones and you're standing at the intersection of brotherhood and bitter conflict. This is the Odd Fellows and Confederate Cemetery. The Confederate section holds the remains of around 150…
Imagine the bustling crowds at this 1870 train station, once a vital hub for two major railroads. This very spot saw two previous depots burned to the ground during the American Civil War. But Grenada was too important…