Tag: Mississippi
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Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley
On Thursday the 7th of August we took a road trip to Robinsonville, MS to stay at Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino. On our trip we decided we would go to Graceland and head up to Nashville to visit family and go to the Johnny Cash Museum. Since we were going to Graceland, we figured…
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Elvis Presley Week
Elvis Presley passed away August 16, 1977. Elvis was born in Tupelo, MS where he grew up poor. He started his career by making a $4 gift at Sam Phillips studio, Sun Studios for his Mother. Sam Phillips was intrigued by Elvis’ voice and asked him to return to the studio to practice with local…
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Riverboat cruising returns to the Mississippi with American Queen
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY As the American Queen paddle wheeler steams toward the city early one morning last week, all eyes turn toward Richard and Suzanne Martinez, who are strolling onto the boat’s forward deck resplendent in antebellum finery. She’s a sweet Southern belle in hoop skirt hoisting a floral parasol. He’s a riverboat…
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Travel Tidbits – Mississippi, Disney dining, Portland and more
‘The Help’ puts tourist spotlight on Mississippi Fans of The Help, the bestselling 2009 novel and new movie about the fictional lives of black housekeepers and the white women who employ them in 1960s Mississippi, are getting some help of their own in exploring the story’s real-life settings… USA Today Disney dining gets a…
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American Cruise Lines’ Queen of the Mississippi debut in New Orleans
On Wednesday, March 7th, American Cruise Lines announced its brand new 150-passenger paddlewheeler, the Queen of the Mississippi, as it nears completion 10-weeks ahead of schedule. Last week, at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Maryland the 23-ton, 28 foot-wide paddlewheel that was built special for the new riverboat was lifted and installed. “This marks an important step…
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