Ferriday, Louisiana

Everything Ferriday is known for

7 songs mention this city 2 artists from here

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Music in Ferriday

Songs About Ferriday

Carl Perkins’ Cadillac

Drive-By Truckers

"If Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir"

Memphis Never Falls from Style

Robbie Fulks

"They're like Jerry Lee "The Killer""

Music City Queen

Miranda Lambert

"Terry kinda thinks he’s Jerry Lee Lewis"

Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes

George Jones

"Old Jerry Lee and Charlie"

Death Metal Guys

Reverend Horton Heat

"Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player down"

I’ve Been Everywhere

Hank Snow

"Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa"

Southern Voice

Tim McGraw

"Sweet iced tea and Jerry Lee"

Artists From Ferriday

Rivers & Roads in Song near Ferriday

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Ferriday.

Mississippi River 217 songs US Route 61 5 songs Ouachita River 5 songs Red River 88 songs

History of Ferriday

Delta Music Museum

1935

Museum in Ferriday, Louisiana honoring the town's three musical legends: Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, and Jimmy Swaggart, all first cousins.

8.8 mi away

Natchez Trace Parkway - Emerald Mound

1250

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States, built by ancestors of the Natchez people between 1250 and 1600 CE along the Natchez Trace.

11.7 mi away

Longwood - The Unfinished Mansion

1860

The largest octagonal house in the United States, in Natchez, left permanently unfinished when the Civil War began in 1861.

12.2 mi away

Natchez Under-the-Hill

1790

The notorious riverfront district below the Natchez bluffs, once the most dangerous and dissolute port on the Mississippi River.

10.8 mi away

Everything Near Ferriday

31 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

Tacony Plantation · 5.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Just ahead, you're driving past a place where history took a dramatic turn, right before the Civil War. Welcome to Tacony Plantation. This historic mansion was built in 1850 for Alfred Vidal Davis, Sr. Imagine the scent…
Frogmore Plantation · 6.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a world powered by cotton, where fortunes rose and fell with each harvest. That's the story of Frogmore Plantation. Established before the Civil War, Frogmore was a large cotton plantation that relied on the…
Lisburn Plantation · 8.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a second; you're about to see a piece of the Old South. This is the area of the Lisburn Plantation, once a thriving cotton farm with a grand mansion at its heart. Built around 1852, Lisburn Plantation…
Killarney (Ferriday, Louisiana) · 8.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wondered what life was like just before the Civil War? Look to your right. That grand old house, Killarney, was built in 1855, a mere six years before the war began. It's also known as Lower Killarney or the…
Delta Music Museum · 8.8 mi · Historical Marker
Museum in Ferriday, Louisiana honoring the town's three musical legends: Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, and Jimmy Swaggart, all first cousins.
Canebrake (Ferriday, Louisiana) · 9.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Take a moment to reflect as you pass near Canebrake, a place deeply connected to Louisiana's history of cotton and forced labor. Built around 1840, Canebrake plantation spanned over 500 acres near the Mississippi River.…
Fort Rosalie · 9.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder how the French influenced the Deep South? This is a key spot. Back in 1716, the French established Fort Rosalie right here in Natchez, Mississippi, deep in Natchez Native American territory. It was a…
Rosalie Mansion · 9.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Get ready to step into a real-life architectural blueprint! You're approaching Rosalie Mansion, a place that literally set the standard for grandeur in Natchez. Built in 1823, this magnificent home became the envy of…
Smith-Bontura-Evans House · 10.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This unassuming building tells an extraordinary story of resilience and entrepreneurship in the face of unimaginable adversity. Here, in Natchez, a free African American man named Robert D. Smith defied the odds to…
Commercial Bank and Banker's House · 10.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder where a banker *lives*? Well, here's a hint: sometimes, it's right upstairs! This impressive building is the Commercial Bank and Banker's House. It was cleverly designed to house both the bank's business…
House on Ellicott's Hill · 10.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over, history buff! This unassuming house on Ellicott's Hill holds a secret that helped shape America. Built in 1798, this very spot was once Connelly's Tavern, a bustling hub where locals and travelers mingled. In…
Natchez National Cemetery · 10.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
As you approach, take a moment to reflect on the lives of countless soldiers who served our nation, many of whom fought in the Civil War and are now buried overlooking the mighty Mississippi River. This sacred ground is…

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Grand Village of the Natchez · 10.1 mi · Archaeological Site
This was the capital of a nation. The Grand Village was where the Great Sun, the supreme chief of the Natchez people, held court atop a mound that overlooked the entire settlement. French explorers who visited in the…
Natchez, MS · 10.1 mi · Local history
Natchez, Mississippi, bears the name of the Native American tribe who first lived along these bluffs high above the Mississippi River. Founded in 1716, its strategic position on the river quickly turned it into a…
Stanton Hall · 10.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Prepare to be awestruck by Stanton Hall, a monument to antebellum grandeur and a stark reminder of the wealth built on enslaved labor. Frederick Stanton, an Irish immigrant who made his fortune in cotton, commissioned…
King's Tavern · 10.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over and grab a drink... if you can! King's Tavern is one of the oldest buildings in Natchez, and it has a few stories to tell. Built around 1769, King's Tavern was originally a trading post and flatboat landing.…
Dunleith · 10.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Feast your eyes on Dunleith, Mississippi's only plantation home boasting a complete circle of columns! Constructed around 1855, Dunleith stands as a prime example of Greek Revival architecture. Its majestic colonnade…
William Johnson House (Natchez, Mississippi) · 10.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever heard of a wealthy, free Black man in the antebellum South? Here in Natchez, you're near the home of William Johnson, a successful barber who defied the stereotypes of his time. Johnson, a free man of color, built…
Natchez Under-the-Hill · 10.8 mi · Historical Marker
The notorious riverfront district below the Natchez bluffs, once the most dangerous and dissolute port on the Mississippi River.
Longwood (Natchez, Mississippi) · 10.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine building your dream home, only to have history cruelly interrupt. That's the story of Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly. Construction began in 1860 for cotton planter Haller Nutt and his family. The grand…
Monmouth (Natchez, Mississippi) · 11.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wondered about the kind of person who’d fight in a war and then become governor? You’re about to pull up to the home of just such a man, John A. Quitman, right here at Monmouth. Built in 1818, Monmouth became the…
Auburn (Natchez, Mississippi) · 11.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over a minute, will ya? This spot marks the beginning of a whole new style of fancy houses in Mississippi. We're talking about Auburn, the mansion that brought academic Classical order architecture to the…
Natchez Trace Parkway - Emerald Mound · 11.7 mi · Historical Marker
The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States, built by ancestors of the Natchez people between 1250 and 1600 CE along the Natchez Trace.
Natchez National Historical Park · 11.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This unassuming park sits on land that witnessed centuries of shifting power and profound personal stories. It began with Fort Rosalie, built by the French in the 1700s. Control of the fort, later renamed Fort Panmure,…
Melrose (Natchez, Mississippi) · 11.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wondered what "perfection" looked like in the antebellum South? You're about to find out! Melrose isn't just a mansion; it's a perfectly preserved time capsule of an era. This magnificent Greek Revival estate,…
Longwood - The Unfinished Mansion · 12.2 mi · Historical Marker
The largest octagonal house in the United States, in Natchez, left permanently unfinished when the Civil War began in 1861.
Grand Village of the Natchez · 12.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a bustling village here centuries ago, the heart of the Natchez people's world. This is the Grand Village, also known as the Fatherland Site, a place where history whispers from the earth itself. Starting around…
Natchez Bluffs Cultural Zone · 15.1 mi · Archaeological Site
You're driving through the densest concentration of pre-Columbian mound sites in the American Southeast. The Natchez Bluffs, stretching across Adams and Jefferson counties along the Mississippi River, contain more mound…
Foster Mounds · 15.7 mi · Archaeological Site
This site is so important to archaeology that an entire cultural phase is named after it. The Foster Phase, dating to roughly 1350 to 1500 AD, describes a distinct period of the Plaquemine culture in the lower Natchez…
The Burn (Waterproof, Louisiana) · 17.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a time when cotton was king, and mansions like this one, The Burn, sprung up along the Mississippi River. This Greek Revival masterpiece, built in 1856, is a stark reminder of that era. The Burn was part of a…
Emerald Mound · 18.1 mi · Archaeological Site
You're standing on the second largest mound in the United States. Eight acres of earth, shaped entirely by human hands. The ancestors of the Natchez people built Emerald Mound sometime around 1200 AD, carrying basket…

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