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153: 2018: 169: 575: 1293: 144: 591: 439: 24: 1048: 550:. Robert Plant said "The first record my mom bought me was by Sonny Boy, I played it until there were no more groves on the record". Sonny Boy's resting place is just at the edge of the Tutwiler City limits. Robert and Jimmy Page visit Tutwiler often, it is a wonderful place to connect to the music that changed my life and musical direction, a magic place. Tutwiler was also the childhood home of bluesmen 176: 1181:. Hopson Bayou Elementary School served children in Tutwiler, until it closed as a zoned school in 1993 and became an alternative school for troubled youth. In 1997 the district closed the Hopson Bayou campus and moved the alternative school to the former Sumner Elementary. Previously West District Middle School (now Bearden School) served as a middle school for the area. 1634: 1353: 1653: 1099:
In March and April 2001 Wisconsin moved its prisoners out of the prison, leaving about 20 to 125 prisoners per period. Before this change, the prison had 208 employees. The prison's employees were reduced to 40. Hundreds of people who had worked at the prison were laid off. As of 2001, the prison had
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A lean loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept ... As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. ... The singer repeated the line three times, accompanying himself on the
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In 1899, Tom Tutwiler, a civil engineer for a local railroad, made his headquarters seven miles northwest of Sumner. The town of Tutwiler was founded and named for him. When the railroad was built, the first depot erected was a two-story building. The railroad gave the town use of the top floor as a
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To help facilitate the prison, the Town of Tutwiler constructed a sewage lagoon and a water tower. The State of Mississippi and Tallahatchie County paid half of the cost of training of the correctional officers at the new prison. Kilborn said that when the $ 35 million facility opened in 2000 with
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In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.6% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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living together, 34.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.82.
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Seven Catholic nuns and their staff operate community services in the town, mainly at the Tutwiler Community Education Center, which was established in 1993. They operate the site of town meetings and voting, direct outreach programs for children and senior citizens, operate a health clinic, and
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of 2000, there were 1,364 people, 410 households, and 316 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,020.6 inhabitants per square mile (394.1/km). There were 429 housing units at an average density of 321.0 per square mile (123.9/km). The racial makeup of the town was 11.80%
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reportedly "discovered" the blues in 1903, on a train platform in the town. Handy had heard something akin to the blues as early as 1892, but it was while waiting for an overdue train to Memphis that he heard an itinerant bluesman (legend says it was a local field hand named
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351 prisoners, including 322 from Wisconsin, it "seemed the salvation of" Tutwiler. Some area residents quit their jobs and began working as prison guards at the facility. After the prison's opening, its monthly payroll was $ 467,000.
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marker honoring Handy was erected at the site on November 25, 2009. The historic marker was paid for by Robert Plant and Robert attended the dedication and gave a speech about the Blues and how he was influenced by
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in the county. Due to the town's poor economic status, around 1998 the leaders of Tutwiler decided to agree to construction of a prison nearby, which would provide hundreds of jobs.
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The median income for a household in the town was $ 18,958, and the median income for a family was $ 22,857. Males had a median income of $ 21,364 versus $ 17,222 for females. The
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paid $ 600,000 to the county in property taxes annually and $ 5,350 per month to the town for water. By the end of 2001 the total monthly payroll decreased to $ 80,000.
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said in 2001 that, "Except for cotton, there has never been much to Tutwiler's economy." As of 2001, Tutwiler residents work in prisons located throughout the
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Kilborn said that by November 2001 the prison "left the town little better off than it ever was." In June 2003 the prison received 1,423 inmates from
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public school. Captain H.B. Fitch built and operated the first store in town. His wife took charge of the school, which began with five pupils.
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The town's sole bank and grain elevator closed in 2000. As of 2001 Tutwiler did not have any clothing stores, drugstores, or restaurants.
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farther south. (The Y&D railroad was locally called the "Yellow Dog"). Handy called it "the weirdest music I had ever heard". A
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In 1928, a high school was built at a cost of $ 40,000. The town grew rapidly until 1929 when the railroad yard was moved to
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Robert Grayson made history in 1993 by being elected as the first African-American mayor of Tutwiler. He was a former
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In 1905, the town was incorporated, and W.E. Fite elected Mayor. J.O. Clay was the station depot agent. In 1900, the
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In 1900, a Black mob murdered a Black man remembered as "Dago Pete." He was suspected of attacking local women.
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There were 410 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% were
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Handy and his family lived there for six years. In 1903, while waiting for a train in Tutwiler, in the
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No simple solutions to education, workforce training problems. (Focus Delta & River Cities)
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Mikell, Ray S. (August 14, 1988). "West Tallahatchie students face longer classes, new staff".
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for the town was $ 7,177. About 32.1% of families and 38.5% of the population were below the
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journalist Peter T. Kilborn wrote that the facility was "worthy of a university".
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to Lambert, crossed at Tutwiler, where the company built a railroad yard.
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PRIVATELY OWNED PRISON IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY TEMPORARILY CLOSING
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Kilborn, Peter T. "Delta Town's Hopes Are as Scarce as Inmates,"
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Kilborn, Peter T. "Delta Town's Hopes Are as Scarce as Inmates,"
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Tutwiler has a variety of Christian churches, including
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Memorial Highway, US 49E, Tutwiler, Mississippi, 2019
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Map of Mississippi highlighting Tallahatchie County
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Tutwiler, Mississippi is located in the United States
34°0′53″N 90°25′54″W / 34.01472°N 90.43167°W / 34.01472; -90.43167
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Mississippi
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Tallahatchie
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UTC-6
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662
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