Our conversation this week is with Jordan Rushing, Warren County's Old Court House Museum historian and child of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
How can you play and still accomplish something cool? I love that question. We talk in this episode about life-changing teachers, the legacy of Gordon Cotton, learning and work as play, Eva Whitaker Davis and the story of the Old Court House Museum, clandestine county seat swaps, iconic election-day debates on the courthouse lawn, Reconstruction and diversifying Vicksburg, and much more.
This one goes out to all the teachers who sparked my curiosity and imagination. I owe my life to you.
Location: Old Court House Museum | Vicksburg, Mississippi
Visit Vicksburg - The Key to the South
Mentioned in this episode:
How Eva Whitaker Davis Saved a Warren County Institution
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
Vicksburg National Military Park
Peculiar Digs: The strange life of Washington Green
How Vicksburg almost became the capitol of Mississippi
Annual Lebanese dinner in Vicksburg
Peter Crosby, Warren County's first black sherriff and the Vicksburg Massacre of 1874
Pat Cashman and The Vicksburg Post
