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Mississippi Day Trips and Cool Places - Official Thread
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Any one getting out an wandering this weekend? I'm thinking about heading over to Tombigbee NF and hitting a few MTB trails tomorrow and then exploring some of the area.
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We headed to Oxford. Take lots of pics.
About to hit the trails at Tombigbee. Some of the nicest mtb trails in MS are located here.
I need to get back to mountain biking . I miss it.
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PMc and I got up with Vicksburg Civil War historian, Will Wilson last week and did a little backroad history lesson on the way to Vicksburg to meet Andy and JTTMFT for lunch.
I went by Patrick's family farm in Ridgeland to gather him from his turkey hunt. He did not see any, but I saw 3 flying by as he walked out. Great story....it gets better every time I tell it......
From there we gathered up Will and we set off through Jackson to Raymond.
Grant landed at Port Gibson and struck Raymond first. Usually this tour starts in PG and ends in Vicksburg but we will be doing the PG to Raymond trek soon.
Couple of quick facts.....
Jackson was burned 4 times. They started with the military and stores and every time they came through they burned it again.
There are only 3 homes still standing from before the Civil War and only 6 total buildings.
Battlefield park was the south lines and they got shelled from the high ground where the big S loop is in I-20 by the I-55 south ramp.
Fortification St was the north line of Confederate artillery.
OK....Raymond
Battle of Raymond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This park is owned by a trust and they have done a great job. These replica cannon are the same caliber and mix that the Union used to hammer the 4 guns at Raymond. The Rebs were rolled up fast. It was like 100:1. The scouts blew it.
I went by Patrick's family farm in Ridgeland to gather him from his turkey hunt. He did not see any, but I saw 3 flying by as he walked out. Great story....it gets better every time I tell it......
From there we gathered up Will and we set off through Jackson to Raymond.
Grant landed at Port Gibson and struck Raymond first. Usually this tour starts in PG and ends in Vicksburg but we will be doing the PG to Raymond trek soon.
Couple of quick facts.....
Jackson was burned 4 times. They started with the military and stores and every time they came through they burned it again.
There are only 3 homes still standing from before the Civil War and only 6 total buildings.
Battlefield park was the south lines and they got shelled from the high ground where the big S loop is in I-20 by the I-55 south ramp.
Fortification St was the north line of Confederate artillery.
OK....Raymond
Battle of Raymond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This park is owned by a trust and they have done a great job. These replica cannon are the same caliber and mix that the Union used to hammer the 4 guns at Raymond. The Rebs were rolled up fast. It was like 100:1. The scouts blew it.
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From Raymond Grant went on to Jackson and burned it the first time 2 days later. 2 days after that the Grant's troops met Pemberton's Vicksburg forces at Champion's Hill. Believe it or not, this land is still in the Champion family. The only way to get to the Hill of Death is to pay this dude $50 to take you up there. Knowing the National Park service is about to be able to get this land he just cut all the trees off of it and totally screwed up all the possible relics in the valleys with skidders and bulldozers. a****** move of the year.
First stop was the rebuilt Coker House. The MS Archives commission has done a good job with this site. Lots of information on the plackards. This will likely be the NP HQ building for Champions Hill Battlefield with the feds get it all settled.
The Union batteries were actually Sponsored by companies. They got their money back by being recognized in the papers back home.
First stop was the rebuilt Coker House. The MS Archives commission has done a good job with this site. Lots of information on the plackards. This will likely be the NP HQ building for Champions Hill Battlefield with the feds get it all settled.
The Union batteries were actually Sponsored by companies. They got their money back by being recognized in the papers back home.
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Battle of Champion Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We then went over to the edge of the field and where the battle mainly took place. There were some Yankees there that were listening to the Chain of Thunder book and were super stoked that Will was there. They listened in on our tour and asked some decent questions for Square Heads.....
Check out the line talking about Ratliff Plantation being the south part of the battlefield. That plantation is where my guest house, a former slave house came from.
We then went over to the edge of the field and where the battle mainly took place. There were some Yankees there that were listening to the Chain of Thunder book and were super stoked that Will was there. They listened in on our tour and asked some decent questions for Square Heads.....
Check out the line talking about Ratliff Plantation being the south part of the battlefield. That plantation is where my guest house, a former slave house came from.
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Lunch with the boys are Walnut Hills was magic.
Everyone scattered to the 4 winds after lunch and Will and I were left to wander alone.
We left from Walnut Hills and hit old Hwy 61 under the bluffs for Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield.
I'm not sure if any of yall have ever heard of King's Point Island but there are lots of hunting clubs out there. It's a massive place that you have to cross this ferry to get to. The ferry was down but the loop through the battlefield and around back to the Port of Vicksburg was about 20 miles of gravel roads in the deep delta. Very very cool drive.
The roads are incredible.
Another fast fact.....the huge delta fields we all know and recognize as The Delta were not there during the Civil War. This is more what it looked like.
Everyone scattered to the 4 winds after lunch and Will and I were left to wander alone.
We left from Walnut Hills and hit old Hwy 61 under the bluffs for Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield.
I'm not sure if any of yall have ever heard of King's Point Island but there are lots of hunting clubs out there. It's a massive place that you have to cross this ferry to get to. The ferry was down but the loop through the battlefield and around back to the Port of Vicksburg was about 20 miles of gravel roads in the deep delta. Very very cool drive.
The roads are incredible.
Another fast fact.....the huge delta fields we all know and recognize as The Delta were not there during the Civil War. This is more what it looked like.
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We passed Margaret's Grocery on Old 61 and I had to stop. I always stop. Such an interesting place.
We then went out to new Highway 61 and went up to Redwood and up about 1 mile on Highway 3. There is a roadside park with a great marker that tells the story of Fort Snyder. Very interesting. I recommend checking it out.
Too bad this area is trashed. It would be a great Yazoo River overlook but dipshits have dumped so many dead deer and trash that the smell is unbearable.
We then went out to new Highway 61 and went up to Redwood and up about 1 mile on Highway 3. There is a roadside park with a great marker that tells the story of Fort Snyder. Very interesting. I recommend checking it out.
Too bad this area is trashed. It would be a great Yazoo River overlook but dipshits have dumped so many dead deer and trash that the smell is unbearable.
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Finally, we headed out on yet more great backroads. Freeman's Road out of Vicksburg which led us to the Flowers exit. Great addition to the gravel trip we did a few weeks ago.
Random closed school in the edge of the city......
Random closed school in the edge of the city......
Ghhhaaa I gotta make plans. Excellent work Nolan.
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So Shush...the Big Black bridge where we went was where Pemberton made his stand after getting whipped at Champion's Hill. The dumb ass set up on the east side of the river with the river at his back. Got rolled up and retreated to Vicksburg and got himself sieged.
Let me know. I'll get you the route.
Let me know. I'll get you the route.
@wngrog I've got one down with flu so I'm close to home this weekend but email me roads and I will explore plus post up google route here.
We need to come up with a way to organize all the google routes/pics for that area/restaurants on route without clogging up the thread......oh wait.....isn't there a website for that......."see and eat MS"?
We need to come up with a way to organize all the google routes/pics for that area/restaurants on route without clogging up the thread......oh wait.....isn't there a website for that......."see and eat MS"?
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Today I worked on the Oxford to Grenada section.
Out of Oxford I'm having a hard time going the direction I want to go and be on gravel. Most of the Oxford to Enid lake stretch I sent to Shush was paved. Super rural backroad paved but paved.
Some sites along the way.
Out of Oxford I'm having a hard time going the direction I want to go and be on gravel. Most of the Oxford to Enid lake stretch I sent to Shush was paved. Super rural backroad paved but paved.
Some sites along the way.
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The National Forest between Enid and Grenada lakes is full of awesome lakes and roads. I'll be back when I have more time
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Grenada Lake Fort
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I grabbed a bad ass Milkshake at Spencer's in Grenada and took the slow way home directly down Highway 51. I have hit a lot of the towns along the way in earlier posts so I stopped at Duck Hill this time.
Duck Hill was named after a Choctaw Chief and Medicine Man named Duck. Lots of s*** happened here.... train robberies, train crashes, attacks on the town from Black soldiers during WW2....and even a couple of high profile lynchings in the 30's
Now there is not much there but a dried up town that looks good in pictures
Lastly, I have been wanting a picture of this totem pole to put on Roadside America app and there were finally no people aping around by it so I stopped and took a picture....
The End......for today....its only Monday.......
Duck Hill was named after a Choctaw Chief and Medicine Man named Duck. Lots of s*** happened here.... train robberies, train crashes, attacks on the town from Black soldiers during WW2....and even a couple of high profile lynchings in the 30's
Now there is not much there but a dried up town that looks good in pictures
Lastly, I have been wanting a picture of this totem pole to put on Roadside America app and there were finally no people aping around by it so I stopped and took a picture....
The End......for today....its only Monday.......
