Gold Coast - Mississippi Blues Trail - Flowood, MS
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lovorn
N 32° 17.511 W 090° 09.557
15S E 767514 N 3576330
Mississippi Blues Trail Marker next to Crystal Lakd
Waymark Code: WMAF68
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2011
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This area of Rankin County, formally known as East Jackson and later the Gold Coast, was a hotbed for gambling, Bootleg liquor, and live music for several decades up through the 1960's. Blues, Jazz, and soul performers, including touring national acts and local based artists Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson No 2 (Rice Miller), Sam Myers, Cadillac George Harris, and Sam Baker, Jr. worked at a strip of clubs along Fannin Rd known to African-Americans as "Cross The River"
Date Installed:: 2009/10/27
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Blues Commission
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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