Jimmie Rogers Museum - Meridian MS
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Don.Morfe
N 32° 22.524 W 088° 43.158
16S E 338257 N 3583346
Jimmie Rodgers museum-The Highland Park houses a Jimmie Rodgers museum honoring the Meridian-born country legend and displaying the original guitar of the so-called "Singing Brakeman,"
Waymark Code: WM15Q4N
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2022
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From Wikipedia:
"Jimmie Rodgers museum-The Highland Park houses a Jimmie Rodgers museum honoring the Meridian-born country legend and displaying the original guitar of the so-called "Singing Brakeman," along with other memorabilia of his life and career and various railroading equipment from the steam engine era – Meridian's "golden age". In addition to the museum building itself, which was built in 1976, outside memorials honor the country star, and a vintage steam locomotive is displayed on a small section of railroad track, symbolizing Meridian's strong ties to railroading history. The locomotive is a 1917 Baldwin steam locomotive from the Susquehanna and New York Railroad line. It was later used by the Meridian and Bigbee railroad, who donated it to the city in 1953 as a memorial to all deceased railroaders. The locomotive was moved to the park in 1970."
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