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Indianola is the birthplace of the blues musician Albert King. The blues harp player, Little Arthur Duncan, was born in Indianola in 1934. [18] B.B. King grew up in Indianola as a child. He came to the blues festival named after him every year. King referenced the city with the title of his 1970 album Indianola Mississippi Seeds.
Indianola Historic District is a historic district in Indianola, Mississippi. The district is roughly bounded by Percy Street on the north, Front to Adair on the west to Roosevelt, Roosevelt on the east to Front Extended and north. The district features Queen Anne style and Tudor Revival architecture.
Its largest city and county seat is Indianola. [3] Sunflower County comprises the Indianola, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Cleveland-Indianola, MS Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region. Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm) is located in Sunflower County.
The museum was first announced in January 2004 in B.B. King's home town of Indianola, Mississippi, with a planned groundbreaking in June 2005. The plan included a $10 million facility encompassing 15,000 square feet. [2] The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened on September 13, 2008.
As of the same year over 50% of the state's Vietnamese reside in Harrison County. [1] In 2005, prior to Hurricane Katrina, about 2,500 Vietnamese lived in East Biloxi, where there was a single community with Vietnamese businesses, a Buddhist temple, and a Vietnamese Catholic church. [3] Most of the Vietnamese there lived in low-lying areas. [5]
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Indianola, Mississippi. Pages in category "People from Indianola, Mississippi" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
114 Main St., Indianola, MS 38751: Website: enterprise-tocsin.com: The Enterprise-Tocsin is a newspaper in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The newspaper offices are in ...
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