![]() ![]() ![]() What is a little bit alarming is that fifty feet away there is a pile of pulverized asphalt pavement material. The monument is approximately 6 feet in length with the State seal of Mississippi at the top. I found the highway monument prostrate on the ground( face up)having been toppled from its footing at some point. I have been by the MDOT field office yesterday and today, but have yet to make contact with anyone who is in a position to even having any knowledge of the monument/marker that I have described. I remember reading the inscription on the marker years go, but cannot recall its content. I’m thinking it went missing with the construction of public housing on the cleared Beverley Drive-In property and the adjacent Dollar General Store. Tatum have built on the property of Charlotte Elam’s daddy(Elam Arms dormitory) on Hardy? We aren’t in Kansas anymore, Ed.Īs I recall, the Cloverleaf intersection of Highway 49 and Highway 11 was referred to as the “By-Pass.”Īt the intersection of James Street and 49 South(diagonally across from Governor Paul Johnson’s home)there was once a six-feet highway marker(granite?) since the 1950s that it is now missing. Obviously, you aren’t aware of that god-awful Midtown that the great-great- grandson’s of W. Mississippi’s million dollar capitol, nine civic parks, the municipal airport and Jackson’s many beautiful homes are favorite spots of interest. Excellent hotels, tourist courts and cafes of the most modern type make Jackson an inviting stop-over. Six arterial highways converging here simplify the problem of reaching points of scenic and historical interest. Jackson is an ideal headquarters for tourists. 49 leaves Yazoo City for Jackson, Capital City of Mississippi, recognized as one of the fastest growing cities in the South and center of new industrial activity in this region. Just a few miles out from Yazoo City and off of Highway 49 is Tinsley, center of Mississippi’s new oil development. Overlooking miles of flat Delta land, Yazoo City with its steep bluffs and wooded slopes offers a picturesque contrast to the table-like Delta land. Uniformly spaced along the smooth highway, just below Clarksdale, are the interesting Delta towns of Tutwiler, Drew, Indianola and Belzoni, “Heart of the Delta.”Ĭoming to Yazoo City, “Gateway to the Delta,” the highway takes a sharp turn upward into the hills. 90, “ The Old Spanish Trail“, which follows the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 49 drops down to the sunny Gulf Coast, opening up the pleasures of America’s Riviera for the tourist. Leaving Hattiesburg and Camp Shelby, U.S. Representing almost every state in the Middlewest and South, the camp is a favorite visiting place of out-of-state travelers, who find many friends and relatives posted here. 49 comes to Jackson, Capitol City of Mississippi, where five more arterial highways junction.īelow Jackson the smooth ribbon of concrete flows through the piney woods section to Hattiesburg, site of Camp Shelby, home of thousands of Uncle Sam’s soldiers. Half-way on its journey through the state U.S. Beautiful plantation homes, full-blown cotton fields, and many other sights typical of the cotton kingdom are seen from the highway. 49 begins its one hundred mile southward swing through the great Mississippi Delta, richest natural farming land in the world. ( Check out the Intro if you missed it.)Īt the progressive town of Clarksdale U.S. ![]() Today’s post is the fifth in our reprint of the 1941 publication Mississippi Tourist Guide, which focused on the many attractions along Mississippi’s newly paved highways. Home › Mississippi Towns › Clarksdale › Head Out on the Highway: U.S. 49 ![]()
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