Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Location

Inn at Ole Miss

Start Date

27-7-2023 9:00 AM

Description

In-person attendees will be given an opportunity to spend a day touring one of the areas listed below. All tours depart from Oxford at 9:00 a.m. and return around 3:30 p.m., except where noted. The tours are optional and are available for an additional fee of $120, which includes lunch. (All tours depart from the parking lot at the Inn at Ole Miss)

  • Oxford/Lafayette County / Jay Watson
    This tour, led by Jay Watson, moves throughout Oxford/Jefferson and Lafayette/Yoknapatawpha County to visit a number of homes, buildings, and other sites associated with Faulkner’s life and writings. Some walking is required.
  • New Albany and Ripley / Jack Elliott
    The Falkners came to Oxford from Ripley and New Albany. The tour, led by Jack D. Elliott Jr., travels to the New Albany Museum and then on to the Ripley City Library, where participants will hear about the Ripley/Faulkner background. The tour will go to the Ripley cemetery, where Faulkner’s great-grandfather, “the Old Colonel” and model for John Sartoris, is buried beside his impressive statue.
  • Mississippi Delta / Scott Barretta
    This tour, led by Scott Barretta, consists of a circuitous drive to Clarksdale by way of Charleston, Sumner, and Tutwiler. The tour focuses not only on the hunting camps of Faulkner’s fiction but also on the music of the Delta, the Mississippi Blues. The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale is the centerpiece of our visit there. After lunch, we wind our way back to Oxford and usually return between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m.
  • African American Heritage in Lafayette County / Rhondalyn Peairs
    Led by Rhondalyn Peairs, this tour visits significant sites in the African American histories of Oxford and Lafayette County.

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Jul 27th, 9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Inn at Ole Miss

In-person attendees will be given an opportunity to spend a day touring one of the areas listed below. All tours depart from Oxford at 9:00 a.m. and return around 3:30 p.m., except where noted. The tours are optional and are available for an additional fee of $120, which includes lunch. (All tours depart from the parking lot at the Inn at Ole Miss)

  • Oxford/Lafayette County / Jay Watson
    This tour, led by Jay Watson, moves throughout Oxford/Jefferson and Lafayette/Yoknapatawpha County to visit a number of homes, buildings, and other sites associated with Faulkner’s life and writings. Some walking is required.
  • New Albany and Ripley / Jack Elliott
    The Falkners came to Oxford from Ripley and New Albany. The tour, led by Jack D. Elliott Jr., travels to the New Albany Museum and then on to the Ripley City Library, where participants will hear about the Ripley/Faulkner background. The tour will go to the Ripley cemetery, where Faulkner’s great-grandfather, “the Old Colonel” and model for John Sartoris, is buried beside his impressive statue.
  • Mississippi Delta / Scott Barretta
    This tour, led by Scott Barretta, consists of a circuitous drive to Clarksdale by way of Charleston, Sumner, and Tutwiler. The tour focuses not only on the hunting camps of Faulkner’s fiction but also on the music of the Delta, the Mississippi Blues. The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale is the centerpiece of our visit there. After lunch, we wind our way back to Oxford and usually return between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m.
  • African American Heritage in Lafayette County / Rhondalyn Peairs
    Led by Rhondalyn Peairs, this tour visits significant sites in the African American histories of Oxford and Lafayette County.