Visit Yazoo

Follow the road less traveled to a place as authentic, colorful, & unique as you are!

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This Paleozoic era geode in a fossil tabulate coral called Favosites, was discovered by William Pettis and identified this week by Office of Geology staff. Favosites was a large reef-forming coral that grew in a colony. #FossilFriday

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The patterns in MS chert gravel were created by the abundant fossils remains of ancient Paleozoic era sea creatures. This prehistoric Native American artifact was collected in Yazoo Co by Thomas Farr Hughes & identified by Office of Geology staff this week. #FossilFriday

[Ubons Barbeque @UbonsBBQ]

@winteis and @nidalynrance are #prettyinpink and ready to serve you! @simmonscatfish #fishfryday Y’all know what to do! #catfish #bbq #Ubons #soulfood #msfarmraisedcatfish #pondtotable @visityazoo #lunch https://t.co/4LvbcNIOEu

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The #BentoniaBlues will always be the #realdeal #blues even with a @RecordingAcad #GRAMMY nomination. Come see us in #YazooCounty at the #oldestjukejoint in #Mississippi soon! #visitYazoo @visitMS https://t.co/OyhqCt5A1a

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"I feel like I won already, just being nominated. It's an honor." - #JimmyDuckHolmes owner of the oldest #jukejoint in #Mississippi
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[GRAMMYS @Grammys]

We're home at the #GRAMMYPremiere Ceremony with Jimmy "Duck" Holmes' performance of "Catfish Blue." 🎵

✨ Tune in NOW: https://t.co/RxyLdKA9Hv

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Yaaaassss!! #JimmyDuckHolmes #BlueFrontCafe #Bentonia #visityazoo #GRAMMYs

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So excited!! They have a few awards to go before Duck's performance, and his award category is a few awards after that. You can watch live online here: https://t.co/w5rjmi2eKN

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This! #JimmyDuckHolmes 😍 #VisitYazoo #visitMS #bluefrontcafe #Bentonia

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Mississippi bluesman may be the most unlikely Grammy nominee https://t.co/4FCCiDbbxK

[Big City Blues Mag @bigcitybluesmag]

Thank-you @CBSNews @NorahODonnell featuring the #blues #jimmyduckholmes @RecordingAcad nominated @visitms

[Easy Eye Sound @easyeyesound]

A special segment on Bentonian blues legend Jimmy "Duck" Holmes will be featured on @CBSEveningNews this Friday night at 6:30pm EST. Set those DVRs now!

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Deep in Yazoo County's history... 😉

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Fossil skull of the late Eocene age primitive whale, Basilosaurus cetoides from the lower Yazoo Formation of Yazoo County. #Fossilfriday @YazooLibrary @TheYazooHerald @VisitYazoo

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Fossils are so cool! 🦕🐳🦖

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Fossils are important geological mapping tools! This fossil wood found in the lower Oligocene age Forest Hill Formation near Satartia in Yazoo County indicates a near-coastal deltaic deposit with brackish water to marine influences. #FossilFriday @YazooLibrary @VisitYazoo

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Discovery of these Late Eocene age fossil mollusk shells in sandy outcrops near Tinsley in 1938, survey geologist, Frederic Mellen, directly lead to Mississippi’s first major oil discovery. #FossilFriday

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A perfectly preserved fossil of a Late Pleistocene aged Pulmonate Gastropod (land snail) collected this week from the Loess Deposits during geologic field mapping work near Satartia in Yazoo County. #FossilFriday @VisitYazoo @YazooLibrary @TheYazooHerald

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@ruthbirchsykes @debthompson @ThisIsMySouth We are excited to share Yazoo County with y'all! See you soon! 🤩

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@MDEQ Wow!

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Fossils are so cool! 😱 #FossilFriday

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On the left is a hammerstone artifact collect off a pre-historic Native American archaeological site in Yazoo County, utilized from a large chert Stromatoporoid fossil. On the right, is detail of an artifact Stromatoporoid fossil used as mano. #FossilFriday @VisitYazoo

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#visitYazoo #witchofYazoo & #satartia on this list!

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The University of Mississippi Foundation, Precept, Fall Issue 1979.

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Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Mississippi.