Clarksdale -- more than just cotton and soybeans

The Mississippi Business Journal | May 28, 2001| | Copyright

CLARKSDALE - In 1849 John Clark set up residence in what would become the city named in his honor Clarksdale. Like all other Mississippi Delta communities, the original attraction was agriculture and the richest soil in the world, as well as the Mississippi River serving as a great highway to get product to market.

While agriculture is still the kingpin of the economy, Clarksdale, which incorporated in 1882, now offers much more than just cotton and soybean fields. The music of those hands that once worked the fields offer a cultural tourism bonanza for the city. Transportation remains a huge ...

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