Delta Conservation and Demonstration Center
422 Feather Farms Road – Metcalfe/Mid Delta Regional Airport Grounds
Open: Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Weekends – By Appointment
Phone: 662-332-8616, Ext. #3
Established in 1999 as a living, growing and learning center, this 638-acre facility demonstrates Delta-specific conservation practices in a working farm environment. In addition to learning about Delta crops and vegetation, visitors can also enjoy wildflower plots, antique farm equipment and bird watching.
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Washington County Convention Center Complex
1040 South raceway Road
Phone: 662-332-0488
With a 25,000 square-foot exhibit hall and 4,200 square-foot, four-way convertible meeting room, Washington County Convention Center can accommodate a wide variety of meetings and events. The 420-acre complex also includes the Expo Building, an ideal place for rodeos and livestock or agricultural exhibits; the American Legion Baseball Park; a stock car raceway; drag strip; and model aircraft landing strip.
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Mississippi River Levee
Main and Central Streets
Longer and taller than the Great Wall of China, the levee stands as testimony to the Delta’s long-fought battle with the mighty Mississippi. In April 1927, the levee broke just north of Greenville and flooded hundreds of thousands of rich Delta farmland acres. This led to the construction of the present day levee system that has since contained the river’s raging waters. Walk atop this engineering marvel on Greenville’s downtown waterfront.
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Greenville’s Waterfront at Lake Ferguson
Just over the levee is the beautiful Lake Ferguson, home to two of Greenville’s Casinos and the center of many community and holiday celebrations. Lake Ferguson is also a fisherman’s paradise, hosting numerous regional and national tournaments.
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Old Number 1 Firehouse Museum
230 Main Street
Phone: 662-378-1554, city Engineering
Open: By Appointment Only
Take a journey into fire-fighting history at this vintage fire station (circa 1923). From antique fire trucks to hands-on interactive exhibits, this meticulously restored firehouse leaves visitors with a new appreciation for courageous firefighters, past and present.
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Wetherbee House
503 Washington Avenue
Phone: 662-332-2246
Open: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this mid-19th century house is reminiscent of the era of horseless carriages and Classic Revival cottages. Today, the Wetherbee House is used for occasions such as wedding receptions and special events.
Housed at the Wetherbee House are the offices of Greater Greenville Housing and Mainstreet Greenville.
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Holt Collier Historic Marker
Live Oak Cemetery
How The Teddy Bear Got Its Name
In 1903, noted outdoorsman and Confederate scout Holt Collier headed up a bear hunting expedition for President Theodore Roosevelt. The night before the Mississippi Delta bear hunt, Collier, other hunters and President Roosevelt sat around a campfire telling stories. It was then that Collier promised to capture a bear for the President. The next morning, Collier did capture a bear. When the President was alerted, he had so much sympathy for the bear he could not shoot it. Later, a political cartoonist popularized the event, and a toy maker named his stuffed toys “Teddy Bears,” a title now famous worldwide. Holt Collier, still known in the Mississippi Delta as the greatest bear hunter of all time, is buried in historic Live Oak Cemetery.
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McCormick Book Inn
The Oldest Independently Owned Bookstore in the Tri-State Area
825 South Main Street
Phone: 662-332-5038
Open: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
In addition to bestsellers, the McCormick family offers a remarkable Greenville authors’ showcase, extensive Mississippi and Delta titles, and a fascinating display of Greenville pictures and artifacts. Book Inn also hosts signings by local and national authors, guest lectures, and performances by local musicians.
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Greenville’s Historic Cemetery
Greenville Cemetery, South Main at Washington
These final resting places tell volumes about the men and women who were Greenville’s early residents: bankers and business people, politicians and former slaves, writers and teachers, community and religious leaders, and people from every walk of life.
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River Road Queen Welcome Center
Highway 82 and Reed Road
Phone: 662-332-2378]
Open Daily, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Great River Road parallels the Mississippi river from Minnesota to Louisiana. In grand tradition, our state Welcome Center resembles the Victorian riverboats that once ruled the Mighty Mississippi. This unique structure originally served as the State of Mississippi Exhibit in the 1984 New Orleans World’s Fair.
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Cypress Preserve
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The Levee Board Headquarters
The Mississippi Levee Board has the constitutional responsibility to the State of Mississippi to operate and maintain a system of levees along the Mississippi River. The Mississippi Levee District contains Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena and Sharkey Counties, along with a portion of Humphreys and Warren Counties. Within the Mississippi Levee District, the Board has the role of furnishing rights of way, maintaining and keeping up systematic inspections of the levee system and, when necessary, organizing and leading high water flood fights.
The Board also has the legislative authority to participate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on various interior drainage projects, such as the Big Sunflower River and Tributaries Project, Upper Steele Bayou Project, and the Yazoo Backwater Project - which is recognized as the last major unconstructed component of flood control for the Delta. In total, the Board maintains over 212 miles of levees and provides minor maintenance on 350 miles of interior streams.
www.msleveeboard.com
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Washington County Visitors and Conventions Bureau
www.thedelta.org
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Alpaca Farms
3843 Hwy 82 West
The Alpaca Story...
The Website...
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*Information on this page provided by the Washington County Convention & Visitors Bureau |
