Tombigbee Tales

Porch Fest 2024 in Columbus, MS April12-13

Porch Fest 2024 in Columbus, MS April12-13 at Munson Bros will feature bands, comedians, artists, and food trucks!!! Bring your lawn chair and come listen to great musicians from all over the Eastern US. This is going to be epic! All flavors of music to be played. 

The Murder Lynchings of John Gordon, George Washington Marshall (aka Evans), Alex Latham, Essex Green

Charles Melvin Lollar - Murder or Self-Defense

Plantation owner Mel Lollar went to the cabin of John Odum to kick he and his family off the Lollar's land. An argument ensued and Lollar was gut shot 8 times. 

Alexander McClung - Bad Boy, Duelist, and Mexican War Hero

Alexander McClung was involved in at least a dozen duels. He organized the Tombigbee Volunteers to go to the Mexican War in 1846. He is buried in Soldiers Cemetery in Vicksburg, MS but has a cenotaph in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS. 

Caroline Seabury - Yankee Teacher in Columbus, MS 1854-1863

Caroline Seabury came to Columbus Female Institute from Brooklyn, NY to teach French in 1854. She would be the tutor for the children of Col. George Hampton Young at Waverley Mansion. She would stay there until after the Fall of Vicksburg before leaving North for home and an uncertain future. 

Ralph Vituccio Interview about the Mississippi John Hurt Museum Fire and March

The Carroll County, MS Sheriff and the Not Missing Blues Trail Marker

Carroll County, Mississippi Sheriff Clint Walker endangers private citizens' lives over accusations related to a missing Blues Trail Marker that is in the hands of Mississippi Blues Trail Commission designees Hammons and Associates. Walker has yet to reach out to the family or Hammons and Associates.

Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Walk and the Racist Neighbors

Interview with Cy Yuan Suo about his experience at the Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Walk in October 2023, where the marchers, students, and Mary Frances Hurt, the granddaughter of Blues musician John Hurt were heckled by racist neighbors in Carroll County, Mississippi.

Arson - Mississippi John Hurt's House Burned

The Director of the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation - Mississippi John Hurt's Granddaughter Mary Francis Hurt talks about the fire, the lack of information, suspicions of arson, and the "theft" of the Blues Trail Marker. Ugly racist motives and white supremacists abound in the Mississippi Delta...To follow/suppport the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnhurtfoundation

The Frazier Gaston Home - The House on Bridge Street

There is a tale attached to this house...that it was turned by a team of oxen from facing the river to face Bridge Street and all the new bridge traffic. Let's explore a little early Columbus history found in this almost 200 year old home.