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City in Tennessee, United States
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Jackson is a city in Western Tennessee that grew as a crossroads between various railroads in the four cardinal directions. It was the major commerce center of western Tennessee around the time of its founding in 1821 because Memphis had yet to emerge as a dominant community. Jackson hasn't been without its fair share of trials and travails as it knew the systemic ordeals of slavery for cotton production and lynchings and disenfranchisement as well as other places did in the South, plus high crime and tornadoes.
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Possibly Jackson's biggest tourist attraction and popularized by "The Ballad of Casey Jones" by Johnny Cash, this museum portrays how a locomotive engineer named Casey Jones gave his life to save a train full of passengers from major loss of life during a collision. Also features his home, the train (replica), and Civil War railroad exhibits.
Has a lot of original cars that were used in film production, such as Ghostbusters and Scooby-Doo.
Museum about a former mill town pertaining to cotton that was just to the south of Jackson. Kind of a quiet place.
Ceremonial and burial Native American earthen mounds, with staircase to the top of one.
A small park with a veterans memorial and some flower gardens.
This place is notable for its exhibits on the no-till technique in farming devised here that drew attention internationally.
This is a pleasant getaway with boardwalks across swamps and sloughs, and an observation tower.
Old Country Store
A popular buffet with Southern cooking that is part of the Casey Jones Museum complex.
Not one of the most invigorating malls, but probably a fine specimen if you are doing a thesis on dying malls in America.
While passenger train service is no longer available, Jackson has an advantageous position due to its central location between Memphis and Nashville on Interstate 40 for those traveling by car or bus.
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