Mary in Kentucky, the Mississippi Delta is a large part of Northwestern Mississippi which was once the Mississippi River bed. Through eons, the river changed it's course, leaving behind the flat fertile land which we call the Delta. There is an amazing change in topography from the hills into the Delta. Within a very short distance, you drop 200 + feet from the hills into the Delta.

Again, Avalon, MS is in the Delta. MJH had a song called (depending on which version you hear) "Avalon, My Hometown" or "Avalon Blues". It was this song that aided in his "rediscovery". However, Hurt actually lived in the Valley community, in the hills, a few miles from Avalon.

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