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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.
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.
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.
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.
Location of Sunflower County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sunflower County, Mississippi.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
Stauffer-Wood Administration Building houses administrative functions. The 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m 2) facility is located on the southern border of the college and was named after Sherman Stauffer and Pete Wood, respectively an assistant to the president of the college and business manager, and a former agriculture teacher who had graduated from the college.
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.
Indianola Mississippi Seeds is B. B. King's eighteenth studio album. It was released in October 1970 on ABC Records on LP and May 1989 on MCA Records on CD . On this album B. B. King mixed elements of blues and rock music .