This museum honors the 85 year old Patriarch and Red Sox Hall of Fame member, Boo Ferriss. He was a teammate of Ted Williams. This facility was partially funded by the Yawkey Foundation/Boston Red Sox.

The Mississippi Delta, and particularly Cleveland, is rich in visual and performing arts. At the center of the lively entertainment scene is the Bologna Performing Arts Center at Delta State University, which attracts nationally acclaimed shows from Blues to Broadway.  The Wright Art Center Gallery, also on the Delta State Campus, features rotating...

Dockery is listed on the National Regestry of Historic Places.  BB King was quoted as saying that if you had to name one place where the Delta Blues was born, it would have to be at Dockery.  Charlie Patton, the King of the Blues,  is given credit for creating a unique style of Blues while he lived on the farm.  Follow the Mississippi Blues Trail t...

The goal of the Museum is to preserve and promote the history and the culture of the railroad and its impact on the establishnment, growth and development of the Mississippi Delta. This 70; x 17' Model Train is a delight to all, especially children.  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cleveland-MS/Martin-Sue-King-Railroad-Heritage-Museum/10885032913...

Collectors come to Merigold from across the country to shop famous McCarty’s Pottery for its treasured items fashioned from Mississippi clay. While you’re there, tour the lush McCarty gardens and dine in their serene lunch hot-spot, The Gallery. For more information visit www.mccartyspottery.com.

This is one of the last remaining authentic rural  Delta Jook Joints.  Po Monkey's sits in a cotton field in Bolivar County, west of the town of Merigold, 4 miles north of Cleveland.a  It is open on Thursday evenings.     

Delta Blues Inspires W.C. Handy while leading his orchestra at a dance on this site c. 1905, Handy was unable to perform requested blues numbers. A local band stepped in and stole the show. "My enlightenment came in Cleveland. That night an American composer was born, " he wrote. Handy later penned such blues classics as Memphis Blues and St. Louis...