Dockery Farms
1895Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.
3.6 mi away
Everything Ruleville is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Ruleville.
Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.
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.
The notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary that operated as a plantation using convict labor, and where many blues musicians were recorded by folklorists.
The intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, legendary site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil for guitar mastery.
9 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Pull over here for a second; this is sacred ground for American music. Dockery Plantation is widely considered the birthplace of the blues. Robert Dockery established the plantation in 1895. It grew to become a…
Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.
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.
The notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary that operated as a plantation using convict labor, and where many blues musicians were recorded by folklorists.
This unassuming spot in Mound Bayou marks the site of a truly groundbreaking achievement: the Bank of Mound Bayou. It's a testament to the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of the African American community in the…
Pull over for a minute, because what happened here in 1942 was nothing short of revolutionary. This was Taborian Hospital, and in the segregated South, it was a beacon of hope, staffed entirely by African Americans.…
The town of Mound Bayou in Bolivar County carries the history in its name. Multiple mound sites dot the landscape around this area, many of them undocumented and unstudied. The Mississippian peoples who built them…
Where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil for guitar skills.
The intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, legendary site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil for guitar mastery.