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Discoveries America Mississippi DVD
Natchez is
oldest permanent community on Mississippi river. Well-preserved mansions &
antebellum homes make up significant portion of town’s residences. The
town cemetery has equal amount of history - burials include millionaires
from town’s past, civil war soldiers & gypsies. Vicksburg is best known
for role in the Civil War, where Confederate Army suffered a major defeat.
Gambling in Mississippi legalized in 1990, from riverbanks to gulf coast,
waterfront-only casinos have become an important part of local economy.
Southern hospitality at Dinner Bell Family Restaurant where visitors are
treated to traditional round table of authentic southern cooking.
Bluegrass & Gospel music in Sandy Ridge where local musicians to town
preacher get together for old-time, unplugged fun & fellowship at “camp &
jam” events. Mississippi Delta is catfish country. The Delta Pride Catfish
co-op is world’s largest processor of freshwater fish. Once small
agricultural industry has grown to one of the states largest. Humphries
County has World Catfish Festival with live music, catfish eating contest
& crowning of Catfish Queen. William Faulkner received Mississippi’s only
Nobel Prize for Literature. His stories on life in South based on area
around his home in Oxford, now a museum. Thacker Mountain Radio a weekly
program produced for Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Each week musicians,
writers, poets & performers gather in a bookstore stage to create a show
unpredictable as it is worldly. Brussel Martin travels to Asia each year
to evaluate & select very best bonsai trees for his business. Experienced
grower, bonsai artist & teacher, Brussel’s passion for the plant helps
bonsai enthusiasts expand knowledge & refine artistic talents.
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From the Rocky Mountain General Store
Civil
War & Military Photographs - From our personal
Photo Print Shop, you can now order prints that provide
dramatic glimpses into the
Civil War
and other military expeditions and battles that occurred during the
days of the
Old
West .
From battlegrounds, to generals,
Indian Campaigns, the cavalry, and everything in between, you'll
find it here and check back often as this varied collection grows
daily.
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