Dockery Farms

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255 Highway 8
Cleveland, MS 38732
Dockery Farms is said to be where the blues were born. Home to famous Mississippi Delta Bluesman, Charley Patton, Dockery Farms was a farming plantation with its own currency, school, churches, gas station and much more. Famous bluesmen Robert Johnson, Henry Sloan, Son House and Howlin' Wolf all played at the legendary plantation.

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The Start of The Blues
11/8/2024

Great educational, informative visit, astonishing that’s it’s free of charge as there’s nobody there...

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Wow! Better than expected
8/6/2024

I was expecting ruins, but was amazed to see a complete cotton gin. Untouched since it closed back ...

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Blues bucket list site
5/27/2024

If you love the blues, this is a bucket list destination. I couldn’t figure out whether everything t...

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