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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