Leland, Mississippi

Welcome to Leland, Mississippi, where 27% of the population lives in poverty and the three big industries are cotton, soybeans, and catfish.

 

Kermit and his creator at the University of Maryland

Kermit's birthplace

Although Beaumont Texas makes a similar claim to fame, Leland is also where the Mayor had two albino sons, Johnny and Edgar Winter, blues and rock musicians.


Mississippi Delta and The Blues

Toward Memphis and Elvis

Family in Alabama

June 2007 Trip to Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi

University of North Alabama in Florence

Natchez-Trace Parkway and Original Trail

Civil War Era Along The Trace

Mississippi River and Natchez

Leland, Mississippi