March 22, 2010. Jackson, Mississippi. Museum.

Once again, it was a perfect museum. Three hours and done. It's our kind of museum. It was The Museum of Agriculture and Forestry, full of information and artifacts old and modern. It was very interesting indeed, starting with a twenty minute film of the state, both agriculture and forestry. We love to go to museums but we can only take in so many facts, so we have learned to limit our time we spend in the facility. Then we head for lunch.

One of the displays was especially interesting. Outside they have assembled a whole town circa 1920, with the store and barns and school and sheds and saw mill, all just as it would look at that time...Ken's comment when he saw the little houses was "No wonder they did not live long". One building was dedicated to the collection of one couple who donated their collection to the Museum. They spent their forty married lives collecting Mississippi Americana and Indian artifacts. A separate building in back of their home housed their collection, and the stipulation when their collection was donated to the Museum was that the collection must be kept intact together, not co-mingled with any other objects, and housed in a separate building. So there we were, looking at all their stuff. Fascinating what people do with their time.

Early eighteenth century started the agriculture and forestry in Mississippi. Great strides from then till now and still is important today. Catfish farming is a big deal now. I still can not get over the fact that all the trees were cut down, just as they did in Ontario. The museum is worth a visit, but we were the only folks in attendance.