Holland Museum is in a
replica of an old country store with post and beam construction,
treated log siding and a red metal roof. Included in the private
collection are hand tools and farm hand tools, Civil War guns,
swords, WWI items along with early shell loading equipment and other
items used in yesteryear.
The Foster-Smith Log
Cabin - Built in 1825 by John Foster on an old post road in Copiah
County. Its hand-hewn logs and simple furnishings exemplify the
pioneer spirit. In 1997 it was moved to its public location in
downtown Brookhaven Railroad Park.
Old Saron Cemetery,
site of the original Bogue Chitto Settlement. First settlers in the
area. One of the gravesites is that of Captain William Smith, who
fought in the War of 1812.
The Coffee Pot (actual
coffee pot designed rooftop) was built in the 1920s by J.J. Carruth,
operated by his sons Lester and "Bubber," and was the first
fast-food restaurant in the South. In the 1930s, a famous pianist
performed on the roof for 24 hours promoting the restaurant.
Hank Williams, Sr.
Collection - this private collection includes all of Hank William,
Sr.'s 45 and 78 rpm records, videos of his appearances, photos and
all his collectible items and posters. Also a circa 1900 battery
operated radio (one of the first of its kind) and early 1900s
Columbia and Silvertone phonographs.
Uzbek Museum - Display
of crafts, paintings, clothiers and cultural artifacts from
Uzbekistan.
Brookhaven
is only 55 miles south of Jackson, the state's largest city. Among the
numerous attractions here are the zoo, the Old Capitol Museum, the
Davis Planetarium, Mynelle Gardens, the Agriculture and Forestry
Museum, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Museum of
Art, the Municipal Art Gallery, The Governor's Mansion, the
Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, Museum of Natural Science,
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the Mississippi Opera Association, the
New Stage Theater, Opera South, Hockey's Jackson Bandits, the Dixie
National Livestock and Rodeo and the Mississippi State Fair.
Natchez, about 55
miles west of Brookhaven, offers a real taste of the antebellum
South with the annual Spring and Fall Pilgrimages.
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