Vicksburg

A major reason for me to stop here was the battle of Vicksburg, during the Civil War, more about that next post, first the town and river.

There is a flood wall with many murals, this was one of them.

This year it’s major draught, the river is extremely low. But of course, everything is cyclical and the rain and river waters will return. Interesting to see how high the river can get.

More of the murals, I preferred the ones showing the old days.

I forget which president this was, but the mural is all about king cotton.

There is an interesting phenomenon, where dirt from Louisiana blows across the river and it created hills and a cliff edge on the Mississippi side. This becomes extremely important during the battle of Vicksburg.

Once again, a very old feel to the town. Since the battle ground became a national park late in the 19th century, there is no room for growth here. I’m sure there are plenty of successful towns around Vicksburg, but the city itself isn’t growing.

Although the 20s’ must have been good. This is a very large hotel. Nope, didn’t stay there, chose to stay in a Best Western on the highway. There is only so much ‘atmosphere’ I can take.

I think this is the old courthouse.

Here is the new one, good old Art Deco!

There was a little Coca Cola museum. It was all about how someone in town started bottling Coca Cola, up until then you could only buy it at a soda fountain. The company didn’t mind. Although once they saw how successful that was, they took over. I tried to get a picture of the original bottle, sorry, it was completely out of focus.

Nabisco, otherwise known as National Biscuit company started in New Jersey, but spread throughout the country. One of their old plants here in the warehouse/arts district in LA is now lofts.

My camera wasn’t focusing well, sorry. This became a restaurant – no we didn’t eat here, although maybe we should have. We ate at Cracker Barrel instead, a true southern institution – although we do have one at the Camarillo outlets in Ventura County.

Leah

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