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Rolling Fork Visitor’s Center and Museum The Deer Creek Pilot Twin County EPA 1 352 Walnut St. 6 145 N. First St. 11 291 Mclaurin Ave. Holding a large welcome sign, the Visitor Ready with a camera and notepad, Reporter Our brave Lineman Bear is climbing a pole in front Center/Museum Welcome Bear invites guests to stands on the grounds of the Deer Creek Pilot, one of Twin County EPA, one of the 26 rural stop and enter. Visitors can learn about Teddy of Mississippi’s oldest and most respected local cooperatives that deliver electricity to 50% of the Roosevelt’s famous hunt, Muddy Waters, Delta newspapers, having twice been the only small electric meters in our state. agriculture, and other interesting local history. weekly paper to receive the state’s top journalism award. Highways 16 & 61 intersection Rolling Fork Post Office 12 Highway 16 & 61 138 Walnut St. 2 Rolling Fork Volunteer Fire Department Guitar-playing Blues Bear stands beside legendary 227 Parkway Playing a game of hide and seek on a tree are the 7 Highway 61, the old Blues Highway, as a monument Post Office Bear Cubs. Across from the bear cubs, a Standing proud, Fireman Bear represents the to the famed bluesman, Muddy Waters. McKinley mural painted by a local artist offers a glimpse of community volunteers who are willing to serve their Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters, was born just historical and natural treasures in the Rolling Fork fellow citizens in time of need. outside of Rolling Fork. He is one of the most area. famous blues artists in the world. Private Residence* Bank of Anguilla 299 Third St. CGB/Diversified Crop Insurance Services 21 Delta St. 8 20434 Highway 61 N. 3 Several delightful Bear Cubs are climbing up and 13 President Roosevelt and Holt Collier are standing down a tree in this fun yard. *This is a private Agriculture plays an important role in the economy of near the Bank of Anguilla, these figures tell the residence. Rolling Fork and Sharkey County, and Farmer Bear story of the 1902 bear hunt. The Bank of Anguilla, knows that changing markets and weather conditions chartered in 1904, faithfully serves the financial may adversely affect his crops, but the good folks needs of the citizens of Sharkey and Issaquena at CGB Diversified Crop Insurance Services will see him Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital through each planting season successfully. Counties. 9 47 South Fourth St. Doctor Bear, complete with stethoscope, depicts Sharkey County Courthouse the many medical personnel employed at the Service Lumber Company 20558 US-61 120 Locust St. Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital. This 14 4 29-bed hospital provides acute care, longterm care, The Presidential Bear stands stately in front of the Standing with his ax in front of Service Lumber senior care, and swing bed services. Be sure to see Company, Lumberjack Bear is proud to be a part of 1902 Sharkey County Courthouse that still houses the nurse and patient at the hospital the county offices today. a business that has been serving the community’s entrance. building needs since 1926.

Sharkey Issaquena County Library USDA Building South Delta Farm Supply 116 China St. 78 Frontage Rd. 5 10 20790 Highway 61 N. The Library Bear sits on a stack of books on the 15 Smokey Bear is located in front of the Delta Mechanic Bear is ready to change your tire and get grounds of the Sharkey Issaquena County Library National Forest offices in the USDA building. The you back on the road. Serving the Delta since 1978, where a large assortment of Beatrix Potter items, a 60,000 acre Delta National Forest is the only this Napa dealer offers farm supplies, tools, and collection of Muddy Waters music, and the Entergy bottomland hardwood forest in the National forest outdoor sports equipment in addition to auto Gallery (a collection of illustrated panels telling the system. supplies and maintenance. story of , Holt Collier and the 1902 bear hunt) are housed.

log was provided by Anderson Tully Anderson by provided was log

Scoggins in 2012 in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. The The Roosevelt. Theodore President of honor in 2012 in Scoggins

and maintained by Rolling Fork Garden Club members. members. Club Garden Fork Rolling by maintained and

President Bear (seen on the right) was carved by Daylon Daylon by carved was right) the on (seen Bear President

and the artist that created it. Carved bears are landscaped landscaped are bears Carved it. created that artist the and

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because he felt it would be unsportsmanlike. be would it felt he because

Roosevelt refused to shoot the injured bear bear injured the shoot to refused Roosevelt

to see the addled bear at Holt’s feet. President President feet. Holt’s at bear addled the see to

When the President arrived, he was disappointed disappointed was he arrived, President the When

the President to shoot the bear. the shoot to President the

around the semiconscious creature and sent for for sent and creature semiconscious the around

stunning the 250 pound bruin. He threw a rope rope a threw He bruin. pound 250 the stunning

and clubbed the bear with the stock of his gun, gun, his of stock the with bear the clubbed and

favorite dog, Jocko. Holt jumped from his horse horse his from jumped Holt Jocko. dog, favorite

turned on them. In its fury, the bear grabbed Holt’s Holt’s grabbed bear the fury, its In them. on turned

The dogs cornered the bear in a slough, and it it and slough, a in bear the cornered dogs The

search of the chainsaw-carved bear. chainsaw-carved the of search was not in position to get his shot. his get to position in not was

Join us on a Bear Hunt as you travel our streets in in streets our travel you as Hunt Bear a on us Join Holt Collier had predicted. However, the President President the However, predicted. had Collier Holt

out of the woods in almost the exact location that that location exact the almost in woods the of out

cypress trunk and placed somewhere around town. around somewhere placed and trunk cypress Not long after they left, the bear turned and came came and turned bear the left, they after long Not

another larger-than-life bear is carved from a a from carved is bear larger-than-life another

Each year during the Great Delta Bear Affair Affair Bear Delta Great the during year Each returned to the camp for lunch. lunch. for camp the to returned

heading in a different direction, so the two men men two the so direction, different a in heading

stuffed bears were known as Teddy Bears. Teddy as known were bears stuffed barking dogs got further away. The dogs were were dogs The away. further got dogs barking

Bears.” The President agreed and before long all all long before and agreed President The Bears.” out of the woods. As they waited, the sound of the the of sound the waited, they As woods. the of out

name the bears in his shop “Teddy’s “Teddy’s shop his in bears toy stuffed the name wait at the location where the bear would come come would bear the where location the at wait

New York, wrote the President asking if he could could he if asking President the wrote York, New Collier directed the President and his companion to to companion his and President the directed Collier

and cartoons. Morris Mitchom, a toy shop owner in in owner shop toy a Mitchom, Morris cartoons. and the scent of the bear and the hunt was on. Holt Holt on. was hunt the and bear the of scent the

This story spread across the nation in news articles articles news in nation the across spread story This On the first morning of the hunt, the dogs hit upon upon hit dogs the hunt, the of morning first the On bear hunter Holt Collier was the president’s guide. president’s the was Collier Holt hunter bear

the invitation of the owner of Smedes Plantation in southern Sharkey County. The great great The County. Sharkey southern in Plantation Smedes of owner the of invitation the Hack In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt came to the Mississippi Delta to hunt black bear at at bear black hunt to Delta Mississippi the to came Roosevelt Theodore President 1902, In ney St The History of the Carved Bears of Rolling Fork Rolling of Bears Carved the of History The

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