Part of the Mid-Mississippi Library system. Nice small town library with books, CDs, DVDs and…read morecomputers. The librarians are helpful and friendly. They have wireless Internet available. Meeting room and restrooms in the building.

The NWR is not in Kruger, it is between HW 12 and 49E. It runs NE to SW I think what they are…read morecalling shop is a part time office maybe open during hunting season. the reduge is a 15,572 acre National Wildlife Reduge has quite a few miles of levee to drive. Some walking trails with boardwalk over swamp water. 200 species of birds migrate through here and there are quite a few permanent residents. There are nesting waterfowl and I have seen alligators before. It is extremely hot and humid in summer, take H2O with you.

I found myself driving through Greenwood, MS, out of the dusty Delta and into a stately street…read moreappropriately christened "Grand Blvd" when I saw I was coming up on the Tallahatchie River. This inevitably put Bobbie Gentry's classic "Ode To Billy Joe" in my head - when I suddenly noticed there was a red sign at the foot of the bridge. And how perfect - it's a sign on Mississippi's Country Music Trail (an offshoot of the popular "Blues Trail" series) dedicated to Bobbie Gentry herself. There's a lot of beautiful mysterious southern gothic soul in her voice, and in these surroundings the mystery unravels a little (though of course there's more where that came from). Pedants may point out that the "real" Tallahatchie Bridge was torn down in the 70s, but hey, a bridge over the Tallahatchie is a Tallahatchie Bridge, right? That's what they told me up on Choctaw Ridge, at least.

Great customer service here every time. Always friendly and helpful. Unlike the post office in…read moreCleveland which is the exact opposite in my opinion. However, this Post Office never complains about anything. I like coming here. It is a small town. Thus, a small Post Office. Therefore, they know me and give me a nice smile every time. I like this Post Office. So, I recommend coming here. I know I will get great customer service when I come here. Also, they seem to be faster here.

Wow! Amazing place to workout! Tons of weight and cardio equipment. Entire gym was very clean…read more Restrooms were spotless. $10 for a day pass. If you're I. Town and need to grab and workout, this is the best gym in town. They also offer workout classes, cooking classes and general information sessions. The staff is friendly and helpful.

The National Geographic Channel came here and made an episode of Diggers here. They found some old…read morecoins here including a relic coin that was only used locally at the time. It is a Mississippi historic land mark and is part of history around here. As I understand it, share croppers worked all week locally and then came here to "party" sort to speak. They just remodeled the old gas station here and made it look so nice a lawyer or business man moved into part of it.

It's not very big so don't plan an entire day here but it's definitely a cool place to visit…read more Especially when you press the button to play Charley Patton's songs as you walk around the property and just imagine what life here was like before. Check out the Dockery Farms website for background info before you come!

A cool little tidbit about one of Greenwood, Mississippi's iconic bridge/underpass items…read more This was cool learning about an everyday fixture in the area and learning about the history behind it.

Greenwood, MS: A significant military battle occurred here when Confederate forces successfully…read moredrove back three Union ironclads, forcing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to seek another route to Vicksburg. "Star of the West" : In 1861 the first shot of the War between the States was fired at this vessel in Charleston Harbor at Fort Sumter. The "Star of the West" was captured by Confederates and scuttled (deliberate sinking of a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull) in 1863 in the Tallahatchie River at Fort Pemberton, three miles from Greenwood."