Guided Tours of North Mississippi (optional)

Location

Inn at Ole Miss

Start Date

25-7-2024 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. 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.
  • The Mississippi Delta. 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. Led by Rhondalyn Peairs, this tour visits significant sites in the African American histories of Oxford and Lafayette County.

Relational Format

Conference proceeding

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS
 
Jul 25th, 9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi (optional)

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. 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.
  • The Mississippi Delta. 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. Led by Rhondalyn Peairs, this tour visits significant sites in the African American histories of Oxford and Lafayette County.