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Glendora, Mississippi

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History of Glendora

Bryant's Grocery - Emmett Till Site

1955

The store in Money, Mississippi where fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white woman in August 1955, leading to his kidnapping and murder.

12.7 mi away

Mississippi State Penitentiary - Parchman Farm

1901

The notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary that operated as a plantation using convict labor, and where many blues musicians were recorded by folklorists.

16.4 mi away

Po' Monkey's Lounge (Site)

1963

The last rural juke joint in the Mississippi Delta, operated by Willie 'Po' Monkey' Seaberry out of his sharecropper shack from 1963 until his death in 2016.

16.5 mi away

Dockery Farms

1895

Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.

17.1 mi away

Everything Near Glendora

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

  • Bryant's Grocery - Emmett Till Site · 12.7 mi · Historical Marker

    The store in Money, Mississippi where fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white woman in August 1955, leading to his kidnapping and murder.

  • Mississippi State Penitentiary - Parchman Farm · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker

    The notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary that operated as a plantation using convict labor, and where many blues musicians were recorded by folklorists.

  • Po' Monkey's Lounge (Site) · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker

    The last rural juke joint in the Mississippi Delta, operated by Willie 'Po' Monkey' Seaberry out of his sharecropper shack from 1963 until his death in 2016.

  • Dockery Farms · 17.1 mi · Historical Marker

    Cotton plantation near Cleveland, Mississippi where Charley Patton, the 'Father of the Delta Blues,' lived and performed, influencing generations of blues musicians.

  • Dockery Plantation · 19.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over here for a second; this is sacred ground for American music. Dockery Plantation is widely considered the birthplace of the blues. Robert Dockery established the plantation in 1895. It grew to become a…

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