Clarksdale

Mississippi · the United States

Clarksdale

In the destination Delta of the Blues.

In the photo: Clarksdale center and the flat Delta landscape.

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The city

What to expect from Clarksdale.

Small town in the Mississippi Delta, surrounded by cotton plantations, considered one of the birthplaces of the blues. It has the blues museum in an old railroad depot, the crossroads the town associates with Robert Johnson, and juke joints with live music almost every night. It is the base for following the Mississippi Blues Trail.

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The local experience

What to see in Clarksdale

Delta Blues Museum
Museum

Delta Blues Museum

The blues museum housed in an old Clarksdale railroad depot, with instruments, photos and the cabin where Muddy Waters lived on the Stovall farm.

The Crossroads
Monument

The Crossroads

The intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, marked by a pole with guitars, associated with the legend of guitarist Robert Johnson and a pact made at a crossroads.

Dockery Farms
Historic site

Dockery Farms

Old cotton plantation between Cleveland and Ruleville where Charley Patton lived and where several blues pioneers passed through, with preserved wooden sheds.

B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
Museum

B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center

Museum dedicated to B.B. King in Indianola, the town where he grew up, housed in an old brick cotton gin. The musician is buried in the museum garden.

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