The Loft @ Depot Row 142 Blaize Ave. • 228.493.8999 www.vrbo.com/329354

The Loft @ Depot Row is newly constructed with all modern amenities. High 16-foot ceilings, whitewashed wood floors and six-foot ceiling fans lend drama to the stunning architectural features. Open floor plan includes sleeping and living areas separated by a center module (bath, kitchen and laundry).

Manieri Real Estate 517 Ulman Ave. • 228.466.4793 • 228.216.5750 www.manierirealestates.com

Several beautifully furnished vacation properties, including waterfront. Daily and weekly rentals are available. Two-night minimum required. Call for details. Inventory is always changing.

The Oaks Cottage 217 Union St. • 228.324.8370 www.vrbo.com/305709

Offering a quiet, relaxed atmosphere for work or play. Located under majestic oak trees in historic Old Town Bay St. Louis, within easy walking distance (two blocks) of the beach, antiques and gift shops, art galleries, coffee shops, and great casual and elegant dining.

Old Town Bay Cottage 308 Demontluzin Ave. • 228.324.8370 www.vrbo.com/305709

A tranquil destination for visits to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Within easy walking distance of the beach and historic Old Town Bay St. Louis. Two bedrooms, two baths, fully equipped kitchen, washer and dryer, private fence, and all linens included.

Belden County Lee • City Population 1,952

PULLOUT ROAD MAP C-8*

*Not Listed on Pullout Road Map

Attractions Trace State Park 2139 Faulkner Rd. • 662.489.2958 • 800.467.2757 www.mdwfp.com

35-mile hiking, fishing, picnicking, camping, horseback riding and mountain biking trail system in Trace State Park through backcountry.

Golf

Tupelo Country Club 4462 Winged Foot Rd. • 662.840.4725 www.tupelocountryclub.org

Type Holes Ydg Rtg Slp Par Fee P 18 6,518 71.3 123 72 $$$

Belmont County Tishomingo • City Population 1,952

PULLOUT ROAD MAP B-10

Attractions Covenant Creek Farm 1399 County Road 961 • 662.454.0584

This new farm has baby animals for visitors’ viewing pleasure. Tours with school and other groups are offered. A delicious goat cheese, candy, soaps and other organic products are manufactured and sold.

Hilltop Art Studio-Art by Shelley Ozbirn 332 County Road 68 • 662.454.9993

Southern folk art, altered art and traditional art. Painting in watercolor, acrylic and oil. Shelley focuses

mainly on the heritage of the South. The artist creates her one-of-a-kind paintings in her studio atop the hills of Belmont. By appointment only.

Kidstown Station Blue Springs Park, 1 Summer St. • 662.454.3445

A beautiful new playground for children of all ages to enjoy.

Bed and Breakfasts

Belmont Hotel 121 Main St. • 662.454.7948 • 888.826.6023

c. 1924. Guests at this beautiful old hotel, with its unique history, will enjoy surroundings of antiques and high ceilings with crystal chandeliers. Continental breakfast. 15 rooms. X

Jewell’s Place Across the street from Belmont Baptist Church 662.454.3413 • 662.424.3346

The bed and bath has a fully furnished kitchen, two bedrooms, a dining room, a living room and two baths.

Belzoni County Humphreys • City Population 6,172

PULLOUT ROAD MAP F-5

Attractions Catfish Museum and Welcome Center 111 Magnolia St. • 662.247.4838 • 800.408.4838 www.belzonims.com

Features handcrafted exhibits by state artisans of the renowned Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi. An entertaining video presentation shows the complete story of the catfish from fingerling to frying pan. Presiding over the outside exhibit is “King Cat,” the world’s largest catfish, measuring over 40 feet. Open year-round. Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. X

Catfish on Parade 303 E. Jackson St. • 662.247.4838 • 800.408.4838 www.catfishcapitalonline.com/catfishparade.htm

There are 42 beautifully painted catfish sculptures located throughout Belzoni. These unique catfish were painted by local artists. In making the SOS (Save Outdoor Sculpture) inventory of the state of Mississippi, it was determined that Belzoni has more outdoor sculpture per capita than any other city in Mississippi.

Ethel Wright Mohamed Stitchery Museum-Mama’s Dream World 307 Central St. • 662.247.1433 www.mamasdreamworld.com

Ethel Wright Mohamed is often referred to as the “Grandma Moses of Stitchery.” View over 100 stitchery memory pictures that are representative of Mississippi Delta family life. Many of her pieces are on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution. Gift shop. Open year-round. Admission $2.

Historical Marker Highway 49

Steamboat Natchez. On March 13, 1863, the Natchez burned and sank in the Yazoo River in Belzoni. Converted into a Confederate gunboat and armored with cotton bales, the vessel had been taken into the Yazoo River to avoid capture.

Jaketown Museum 116 W. Jackson St. • 662.247.2151 www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/mounds/jak.htm

Museum contains artifacts from Jaketown dating from about 1750 BC to AD 1500, making it one the longest- and earliest-inhabited sites discovered in North America. Open year-round. Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. X

Johnny Ducrest Farms 601.720.7155 • www.johnnyducrestfarms.com

Great hunting in the Mississippi Delta.

Massive Cypress Tree Located north of Belzoni on Highway 7 about 8 miles, at Sky Lake WMA

This prize-winning massive cypress tree is probably the largest in the world and over 2,000 years old. Many other large trees are nearby. Accessible by a new walkway over the swamp.

Mississippi Blues Trail Markers Belzoni • www.msbluestrail.org

Belzoni has three Mississippi Blues Trail markers – for Denise LaSalle, Pinetop Perkins and Turner’s Drug Store.

Mossy Island Outfitters www.mossyislandoutfitters.com

Prime Mississippi Delta hunting land that includes more than 22,000 acres of natural habitat in flooded timber and on rice, corn and soybean fields as well as small brakes. We offer excellent habitat for all our game birds, including duck, goose, dove, quail, pheasant and chukar. Our hunts are conducted from cane blinds, platform blinds and duck coffins, and standing in timber.

Sartain’s Heritage Properties, LLC www.sartainsheritage.com

Day hunts for duck, geese and doves along with seasonal hunting leases and hunting land for sale. Operates in Yazoo, Humphreys and Sunflower counties.

Tirey Outfitters 9869 State Highway 12 West 662.836.9256 • 662.836.6626

Specializes in dove hunts and has three sunflower field locations from which to choose. Day hunts or memberships are options. Duck leases with blinds included are offered. Rabbit hunts are also popular. Camper/RV hookups are on site.

Wister Gardens 500 Henry Rd. • 662.247.3025 • www.wistergardens.com

Called the “The Delta’s Garden,” this is a beautiful 14-acre garden containing thousands of azaleas, roses and daylilies, crape myrtles, a gazebo, a four-acre lake, various fowl and much more. Open daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on all major holidays. Admission free. X

Benoit County Bolivar • City Population 611

PULLOUT ROAD MAP E-4

Attractions Eddie Shaw’s Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Highway 1 • www.msbluestrail.org

Come visit the Mississippi Blues Trail marker of Eddie Shaw, an African-American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, who spent many years in Chicago leading Howlin’ Wolf’s band, the Wolf Gang.

Eddie Taylor’s Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Highway 1 • www.msbluestrail.org

Come visit the Mississippi Blues Trail marker of Eddie Taylor, born in Benoit, who was an architect of the post- World War II Chicago blues genre. He was best known for shaping the distinctive sound of Jimmy Reed.

Benton County Yazoo • City Population 2,112

PULLOUT ROAD MAP G-5

Attractions Oak Grove AME Church 8866 Highway 16 East • 662.673.9176

Marchers including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were provided food and water by members of the church and by members of the Woods family, who owned property next to the church, in 1966 during a march for voting rights. Open year-round. Admission free. X

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