“City of New Orleans” Route Hosted by Canadian National, the new passenger service route is established from to New Orleans. • Chicago to Marks: 553 miles • New Orleans to Marks: 277 miles Northwest Mississippi Regional Station Tickets & Scheduling Visit amtrak.com to make your purchase. Note that delays in traffic may affect arrivals times. Download the Amtrak app for any updated info. Sample adult fares, each way, as low as: Southbound - Marks to Jackson $27 Marks to New Orleans $47 Northbound - Marks to Memphis $20 Marks to St. Louis via Carbondale $81 Marks to Chicago $87 City of New Orleans City of New Orleans The New Rail Gateway Train #58 Northbound Train #59 Southbound Daily Schedule Daily Schedule to the Mississippi Delta New Orleans, LA 1:45 pm Chicago, IL 8:05 pm Hammond, LA 2:45 pm Homewood, IL 8:54 pm McComb, MS 3:32 pm Kankakee, IL 9:23 pm Northwest Mississippi Regional Station Brookhaven, MS 3:56 pm Urbana, IL 10:34 pm serves the following counties: Hazlehurst, MS 4:17 pm Mattoon, IL 11:13 pm Jackson, MS 5:44 pm Effingham, IL 11:37 pm Bolivar • Coahoma • Grenada Yazoo City, MS 6:42 pm Centralia, IL 12:25 am Lafayette • Panola • Quitman • Tallahatchie Greenwood, MS 7:37 pm Carbondale, IL 1:21 am Tate • Tunica • Yalobusha Marks, MS 8:31 pm Fulton, KY 3:14 am Memphis, TN 10:20 pm Dyersburg, TN 3:56 am Dyersburg, TN 12:22 am Memphis, TN 6:27 am Fulton, KY 1:04 am Marks, MS 8:01 am Carbondale, IL 3:11 am Greenwood, MS 9:00 am Centralia, IL 4:10 am Yazoo City, MS 9:51 am Effingham, IL 4:57 am Jackson, MS 11:20 am Mattoon, IL 5:23 am Hazlehurst, MS 11:55 am 285 Cherry Street • Marks, Mississippi Urbana, IL 6:15 am Brookhaven, MS 12:16 pm Phone: (662) 326-3520 • www.quitmancountyms.org Kankakee, IL 7:18 am McComb, MS 12:40 pm Homewood, IL 7:49 am Hammond, LA 1:28 pm Chicago, IL 9:20 am New Orleans, LA 3:47 pm Amtrak photo by Phil Gosney Date modified 5/9/18. All times and fares subject to change. Born on a farm near Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art is named after three Things to Do in Quitman County Vance, Albert “Sunnyland things: “cat head biscuits” (a Southern biscuit the size of a www.quitmancountyms.org Slim” Luandrew played blues cat’s head), animal-themed blues record labels (Alligator, piano until his death in 1995. Fat Possum, Rooster, etc.) and the “cat head” drawings of He performed with many of Leland, Mississippi, bluesman/folk artist Pat Thomas. the genre’s legends in the www.cathead.biz Memphis Beale Street area after moving there in 1925.

While he lived only 41 years, Earl Hooker gained fame for his Tunica slide guitar technique, heard most frequently accompanying www.tunicatravel.com Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker. The Gateway to the Blues Born in Lambert in 1929, James Edward “Snooky” Pryor Visitors Center and Museum was a legendary harmonica player who pioneered the on Highway 61 is the first place CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY “amplified harmonica” using a palm microphone. many people see when they roll into Tunica. This rustic train www.muletrain50.quitmancountyms.org depot, circa 1895, is a must- Quitman County is designated as part of the Mississippi Known in Crowder as “Mr. Johnny” Billington, he shared his skills with students for more than twenty years at the stop for travelers before and Freedom Trail. In early spring of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther after a visit to Tunica. This attraction is for music lovers, as it King, Jr., visited Marks to rally support for the Southern Delta Blues Museum and the Blues Academy in his adopted town of Lambert. will tell the remarkable story of how The Blues was born. Christian Leadership Conference’s “Poor People’s Campaign,” www.tunicatravel.com/gttb_microsite/blues a nationwide march to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness of economic disparity and persistent poverty. Dr. King was Clarksdale Tunica RiverPark & so moved by the desperate conditions in Marks that he www.visitclarksdale.com Museum lets visitors promoted it as the starting point for the campaign’s network explore and understand of traveling groups. Coahoma County has fifteen markers on the Mississippi the rich history of the Blues Trail. www.msbluestrail.org Mississippi Delta and MUSIC LEGENDS & EVENTS America’s greatest river. The Rock & Roll Blues The Mississippi River Museum offers multiple interactive & Blues Festival - Fall of every year Museum is full of music attractions and seasonal exhibits featuring different aspects Centered on the “Mule Train,” the Marks’ Mules and Blues memorabilia and artifacts of Delta culture. The RiverPark also offers nature trails, Fest is an opportunity for this region to showcase their from the 1920’s through the beautiful views of the Mississippi, and riverboat cruises on historical treasures, artistic talents through music, art, 1970’s. Follow the evolution of the historic Tunica Queen. www.TunicaRiverPark.com literature and southern-style culinary skills. America’s music from blues, www.mules-bluesfest.org R&B, and rockabilly to rock ‘n Home to several major casinos and casino resorts, roll and soul and see how it influenced people all over the Tunica is the third-largest gaming locale in the United Born in Sledge, Charley globe. www.blues2rock.com States, behind Las Vegas and Atlantic City. It includes Pride is an American country Tunica Resorts, an unincorporated community of resorts music singer, musician-guitarist, The Delta Blues Museum and hotels that was called Robinsonville until 2003. recording artist, performer, was established in 1979. www.tunicatravel.com/tunica-casino business owner and author. This internationally- acclaimed museum John Lee Hooker grew up in the Vance and Lambert features a wax figure of areas before eventually settling in Detroit, where his album, Blues great Muddy Waters The Healer, catapulted him back to million-seller status and and the famous Muddywood Guitar, videotape and slide-and- Designates a MS Freedom Trail marker nearby began what was the most successful period of his career. sound programs, photographs, recordings, books, and other Designates a MS Country Music Trail marker nearby memorabilia. www.deltabluesmuseum.org Designates a MS Blues Music Trail marker nearby