Thursday, December 27, 2012

Catholic Church - Grand Gulf, Mississippi

   Last month, I went on a road trip to the area around Claiborne and Jefferson County, Mississippi, around the town of Port Gibson.  We went to the ghost town of Rodney, a thriving cotton hub in the mid 19th century.  However, due to a change in course in the Mississippi River, Rodney lost most of its population and had very few people living in it by the mid-20th century.  Sacred Heart Church was the Catholic parish in Rodney.  It was moved to the Grand Gulf Military Park when it was no longer used as a place of worship.  It is a very beautiful little wooden church.  There is an interesting cemetery in Grand Gulf as well.  Grand Gulf is home to a large nuclear power plant.  







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