Everything Shelby is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Shelby.
The notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary that operated as a plantation using convict labor, and where many blues musicians were recorded by folklorists.
Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.
8 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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…
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.…
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…
The notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary that operated as a plantation using convict labor, and where many blues musicians were recorded by folklorists.
Carson Mounds in Coahoma County is one of the largest mound complexes in the entire Mississippi Delta, and that's saying something in a region dense with earthworks. At its peak between 1000 and 1500 AD, Carson was a…
Snow Lake, Arkansas, owes its existence to the fertile land surrounding it. In the early 20th century, the lure of timber and cotton brought people seeking opportunity to this part of the Arkansas Delta. Though the town…
Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.
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…