Group Tour Escort Manual - Mississippi
Group Tour Escort Manual - Mississippi
Group Tour Escort Manual - Mississippi
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GrEEnViLLE - WAsHinGTon counTy<br />
Population: 41,633<br />
Main Industries: Agriculture, Aquaculture, Manufacturing, <strong>Tour</strong>ism<br />
Famous Natives: Jim Henson, Little Milton, Johnny & Edgar Winter, Shelby<br />
Foote, Hodding Carter, Jr.<br />
Major Festivals/Events: Highway 61 Blues Festival, Greenville Arts & Crafts<br />
Festival, Leland Crawfish Festival, Summerfest, Greenville<br />
Celebrates America, <strong>Mississippi</strong> Delta Blues and Heritage<br />
Festival, Greenville Balloon Festival<br />
<strong>Tour</strong>ism Office Phone Number: 662-334-2711<br />
l It has been said that Greenville has produced more writers per capita than any other<br />
city in America. Pulitzer Prize winners Shelby Foote and Hodding Carter, Jr. lived and<br />
worked in Greenville. Others include Walker Percy, William Alexander Percy, Ellen<br />
Douglas, Ellen Gilchrist, Clifton Talbert, David Cohn, Beverly Lowry.<br />
l The <strong>Mississippi</strong> Delta Blues & Heritage Festival held the third Saturday in September<br />
each year is the second oldest Blues festival in the country and is considered by Blues<br />
lovers around the world to be “The Big One.”<br />
For more information about Greenville-Washington County, visit www.visitgreenville.org<br />
Jim Henson’s Kermit The Frog
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