RODNEY, MISSISSIPPI

This is OUT THERE!   My Dad had painted the Rodney Presbyterian Church way back in the day, so I felt a need to go photograph it.   Rodney was almost the capital of the Mississippi Territory, so it had a lot going for it...until...the Mississippi River changed course and the whole city dried up, essentially turning into a Ghost Town.

You gotta drive and drive until your satellite GPS and your cell phone both say "We have no clue where you are".  Then you're close to getting there.

Rodney Presbyterian's (dedicated in 1832) claim to fame was from 1863 when the the Yankees on the USS Rattler fired a cannonball into it and it stuck above the middle upper window.  Thus, the pilgrimage.

About the only other attraction in Rodney is the Baptist Church, which was built in 1850, I believe.   The flood of 2011 damaged it, so it may be soon lost to time.  Nonetheless, a great opportunity for the camera.