Precision, Mechanism & Art
Precision, Mechanism & Art The story of one man’s love for friends and fine shotguns By Cal Trout Photography by Rory Doyle “I’ve collected guns, yes…it’s a difficult thing to explain to others, a gun as a piece of art. Guns are history. I like to look at the mechanism. I like to feel the […]
Weekend in Vicksburg
SOMETHING COOL IS HAPPENING IN VICKSBURG. This town has always boasted beautifully preserved antebellum homes, Civil War sites and views of riverboats on the mighty Mississippi. But there is also a new vibrancy with its downtown art galleries, boutiques and restaurants not seen in recent years. Thanks to a few creative and energetic entrepreneurs, there […]
Little Treasures
Eight years ago, Al Little transformed a quaint brown storage house into a homey garden shop. After working as a landscaper in Yazoo City, Al fell in love with the flowers and decided to put what he learned to the test. Now, in downtown Yazoo City, he runs Al’s Flower Shop, where he grows his […]
Off the Beaten Path: The Artisan Baker
The Artisan Baker – Yazoo City By Angela Rogalski A truly unique shop is tucked away in Yazoo City and is probably one of the one of the only bakeries that exclusively makes their own homemade granola and pizza dough balls. Owners Lane and Allan Ewing of The Artisan Baker say the difference in their […]
Prospect Hill
Jessica Crawford cannot get any more speeding tickets. The emphasis is hers. The Archaeological Conservancy’s Southeast regional director lives in Marks, and apparently the magnet of Prospect Hill near Lorman has, at times, pulled her south faster than the law allows. It’s easy to see why on a spring day that catches south Mississippi at […]
A brief history of Delta television
A Brief History of Delta Television WABG first to launch followed by WXVT By Noel Workman Television in the 1950s meant I Love Lucy, Dragnet or The Ed Sullivan Show—if you lived near Memphis, Jackson, or Monroe. Television in the Delta consisted of endless hours of test patterns and “snow”—plus the occasional program. “We were […]
The art of Carol Roark
Moved by Beauty The art of Carol Roark Written by Cal Trout, Photography by Jason Williams “An artist has gotta be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s at somewhere.” -Bob Dylan People living upon the bluffs on the Delta’s eastern margin know that before taking His Sabbath, God peaked […]
Bear Hunt Re-Enactment
1902 Bear Hunt In the spring of 2016, a dedication ceremony was held for the Theodore Roosevelt Visitor Center a few miles south of Onward, Mississippi. The location is right on the side of Highway 61 and very close to Smede’s Plantation, where in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt disembarked from an Illinois Central […]
Langdon Clay
Langdon Clay made his initial visit to the Delta in 1971 on a cross country road trip from California to New York with his New England prep school friend, Lloyd Fonvielle. Fonvielle was from Wilmington, North Carolina, but neither he nor Langdon had ever been to the Deep South. They traveled in an MGB convertible, […]
An Englishman In The Delta: How Trombonist Bob Dowell Found His New Home
By Tom Speed This is a story about how a trombone-playing Englishman found his way to the Mississippi Delta and came to call it his home. That Englishman is called Bob Dowell and in 2008, he found himself on a ship setting out from the port of San Diego. The ship would spend a week […]