DeSoto Magazine – Southern Girl Afield - Ann Yungmeyer

But theirs is a different story, with a young past and a
different group of partners behind them.
In 2009, a group of acquaintances began circling around an
idea that eventually brought them together under the auspices
of the Shacksdale Motel, an enviro-shack development.
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Shacking Smarter in Clarksdale
Text by Karen Ott Mayer / Photography by Dana Finimore
A new type of shack is dotting the landscape in Clarksdale, Miss., just across
the tracks from the well-known Shack Up Inn at Hopson Plantation, and to the
casual eye, these shacks appear to be just like their antiquated cousins.
Jim Field, Erin Lee, Barry and Sally Thornhill, and John
and Sandi Hughes all had varied connections to the popular
blues destination but shared a common desire to
build...something.
“Barry wanted to do something with the blues, and we