Well, it’s a courthouse.  Or is it a high school gym?  It’s difficult to tell the difference between the two.  Mayersville is a small community so this is obviously adequate for their needs and I shouldn’t judge but, well… As I had looked at several of the caches in town, I noticed a lot with … Continue reading 905. Mayersville, Issaquena County (MS15) →

The courthouse in Belzoni looked like it was Greek Revival, which was nicer than I had expected for what felt like the middle of nowhere.  I also was being especially uncritical at the moment.  I was in an especially good mood.   While I was on the way to the courthouse, I stopped by the … Continue reading 904. Belzoni, Humphreys County (MS14) →

Soon, this year will be over. As of this writing, I have been caching for 2,758 days and am on Day 2,755 of a streak. This year, I have placed 4 hides, hosted 3 events, and found 763 caches (including 15 FTFs, 60 new counties, and 2 new states). I also attended 1 Mega-Event, and appeared … Continue reading This Year Ends →

I wasn’t sure if the courthouse was painted or whitewashed, but it cut a sparkling figure, shining among the buildings of downtown Yazoo City.  It was stucco in and Italianate style, replacing the old Greek Revival courthouse that was burned down by Union soldiers in 1864.  I can’t be too terribly upset with that.  While … Continue reading 903. Yazoo City, Yazoo County (MS13) →

The immediate draw for the Madison County Courthouse was the prominent tower that I could see on the way into town.  Mind you, the entire thing would look better if it wasn’t decked out like a Winter Wonderland or some crap, but I long ago reconciled the fact that I’m not recording courthouses for the … Continue reading 902. Canton, Madison County (MS12) →

Bravo, Hinds County!  These are the kinds of courthouses I would expect locations of your stature to have!  Dominant in Jackson, elegant in Raymond, well designed in both.  Unfortunately, Jackson could never be the center of political gravity here.  Not when it’s blocks away from… …the Mississippi State Capitol.  As capitols go, I liked it.  … Continue reading 901. Jackson/Raymond, Hinds County (MS11) →

I liked the Rankin County Courthouse more than the last few I had been to.  It had a little more heft and gravitas to it.  And, I thought, I was going to get lucky on time because there was a cache across the street!  But, like back in Forest, no joy.  I couldn’t quite tell … Continue reading 900. Brandon, Rankin County (MS10) →

Another small-town courthouse which, like Decatur, was neither bad nor good.  Perfectly adequate is a thing.  I thought that Forest might be a city of chickens, much like Winnfield with pigs and Marysville with squirrels (Meridian was supposed to be a city of carousel horses, but I only saw one while I was there).  I … Continue reading 899. Forest, Scott County (MS09) →

The Newton County Courthouse was a small-town courthouse, neither good nor bad.  Decatur, to its credit, was the birthplace of civil rights activist Medgar Evers and had he been buried here, I would have made a beeline to add his grave to my list of notables.  Unfortunately (for several reasons), he is in Arlington so … Continue reading 898. Decatur, Newton County (MS08) →

Government center?  It’s not the traditional old-school courthouse I felt Meridian must have, but several important county offices were based there, so it would have to do.  It was early, I was cold, and I already felt like I was running behind at six in the morning.  I had planned to be up earlier, but … Continue reading 897. Meridian, Lauderdale County (MS07) →