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Shaw, Mississippi

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History of Shaw

The Crossroads - Robert Johnson Legend

1930

The intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, legendary site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil for guitar mastery.

13.5 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.

16.0 mi away

Winterville Mounds

1000

A Mississippian-period ceremonial center with twelve surviving earthen mounds, once a thriving community of the mound-building culture.

17.7 mi away

Things to Do in Shaw

Everything Near Shaw

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

  • Dockery Plantation · 12.8 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…

  • The Crossroads · 12.9 mi · Things to Do

    Where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil for guitar skills.

  • The Crossroads - Robert Johnson Legend · 13.5 mi · Historical Marker

    The intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, legendary site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil for guitar mastery.

  • Dockery Farms · 16.0 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.

  • Winterville Satellite Mounds · 16.8 mi · Archaeological Site

    The great mound complex at Winterville didn't exist in isolation. Scattered across Washington County, smaller mound sites and village settlements surrounded the main ceremonial center like suburbs around a downtown.…

  • Winterville Mounds · 17.5 mi · Archaeological Site

    Twelve mounds rise from the flat Delta bottomland here like a skyline built from earth. Winterville was a major ceremonial center of the Mississippian world, thriving between 1000 and 1450 AD. At its height, the largest…

  • Winterville Mounds · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker

    A Mississippian-period ceremonial center with twelve surviving earthen mounds, once a thriving community of the mound-building culture.

  • Bank of Mound Bayou · 19.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    This unassuming spot in Mound Bayou marks the site of a truly groundbreaking achievement: the Bank of Mound Bayou. It's a testament to the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of the African American community in the…

  • Taborian Hospital · 19.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over for a minute, because what happened here in 1942 was nothing short of revolutionary. This was Taborian Hospital, and in the segregated South, it was a beacon of hope, staffed entirely by African Americans.…

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