With 269 votes, the Delta poll has another week to go. Not unexpectedly, given that the Abandoned Mt. Holly post from 18 months ago is still one of the top hits here on MissPres, Lake Washington’s Mt. Holly is currently… Read More ›
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101 Mississippi Places: Delta Poll
After a few weeks’ break from our polling, we’re back on the track and coming into the homestretch to cut our initial list of Mississippi places down to what will be the final 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You… Read More ›
Golden Triangle Poll Results
Not surprisingly, our old friend Waverley came out on top in the Golden Triangle poll, which closed Friday night after a two-week run. What was a surprise was the relatively low turnout, with a total of 422 votes, fewer than… Read More ›
Halfway Through the Golden Triangle Poll
The Golden Triangle poll is open only one more week. At the halfway point, with 387 votes, Waverley holds the lead, as it should, in my exceptionally humble opinion. If you haven’t voted yet, head on over and cast your… Read More ›
MissPres 101 Places: Golden Triangle Area Poll
While y’all continue to mull over this week’s series about the Mississippi and Arkansas capitol domes, why not cast a vote or two in our Golden Triangle poll? As you know, we’re working our way through the regions of the… Read More ›
Vicksburg Poll Results
As you know, the Vicksburg poll, open the last two weeks, closed on Friday around midnight. Ok, I admit I actually closed it on Saturday morning, but not because I went to bed early, it was because I was out… Read More ›
Halfway through the Vicksburg Poll
With 281 votes at the halfway point, there are few surprises in the Vicksburg poll so far, with the Old Courthouse holding a clear lead. After the roller-coaster ride some of these regional polls have taken us on, I’ll take… Read More ›
101 MissPres Places: Vote in the Vicksburg Poll
July is just too hot to think, so we took a little break from our on-going polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list. We started building the list with readers’ suggestions back in December and now we’re… Read More ›
101 MissPres Places: East/Central Mississippi Poll Results
The results for the East/Central Mississippi poll are in, and it was down to the wire between the modernist Meridianites and the antebellum Raymondonians to see who would edge the other out. At the halfway point, Chris Risher, Sr.’s Vise… Read More ›
Halfway through the East/Central Mississippi Poll: Modernists Come Out Swinging
With 316 votes in after one week, our latest 101 MissPlaces poll covering East/Central Mississippi has a Modernist skyscraper by Meridian architect Chris Risher, Sr. well out in front with 15% of the votes. Comparing vote totals at the halfway point (a hazardous… Read More ›
101 MissPres Places: East/Central Mississippi Poll
After yet another 7th inning stretch in our polling for the 101 Mississippi Places list, we’re back into it with a chance to vote for your favorite places in the East Mississippi region. To avoid a huge glut in the… Read More ›
Oxford/Holly Springs Poll Results
The Oxford/Holly Springs area poll, our latest poll in the run-up for our 101 Mississippi Places list, ended exactly at midnight on Friday, in a rare display of paying attention on my part. We almost made 1000 votes, which puts… Read More ›
Halfway Through the Oxford/Holly Springs Poll
As is traditional at the halfway point of the regional polls for inclusion in our 101 Mississippi Places, we like to take a peek at where things stand. After one week in our poll of the north-central region and with… Read More ›
Vote in the Oxford/Holly Springs Area Poll!
We took a break during April from the polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list, but now that it’s May, it’s time to get back into it. As a reminder of where we’ve been, we’ve… Read More ›
Central Poll Results
I’m taking the liberty of posting on Sunday because this coming week, beginning tomorrow, we have a whole new round of our popular but lately neglected Name This Place contest. This time we’re offering a whole new twist, and I… Read More ›
101 MissPlaces–Halfway through the Central Poll
One week into the two week poll for the central part of the state (from Canton to Carrollton and points in between), it’s time to check in on what’s happening. After an initial spurt on Friday and Saturday, things have… Read More ›
Polling in the Center
We’ve polled in three of the four corners of the state (Natchez, Coast, Northeast), so I figure it’s time to move back to the center. Today, we’ll open the poll for what I think of as the Yazoo Bluffs region–Carrollton,… Read More ›
Northeast Poll Results
After a particularly slow start, the Northeast poll ended up with a total of 1,388 votes, which is the lowest total so far (Natchez had 4,502 and the Coast had 4,191). Not too bad considering, I guess. Perhaps not coincidentally,… Read More ›
Northeast Poll is now open
Now that we’ve covered the southwest corner and the southeast corner of the state, I think it’s time to move up to the northeast corner in our polling to create our 101 Places to See Before You Die. As in… Read More ›
We’re halfway through the Coast poll. Do you know where your favorite place is?
After a fairly slow start, the Gulf Coast poll to help us build our list of 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die has taken off in the last few days, helped apparently by a large contingent of Hancock… Read More ›
Vote for your favorite Gulf Coast places
Well we’ve had a week off from polling, but if we’re going to build a list of 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die, we need to keep at it. Last week we finished off the Natchez poll, and… Read More ›
Natchez Poll Results
As advertised, the Natchez area poll closed at midnight on Friday, giving us our first completed poll in the quest to build a list of 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die. Below is the final tally for the… Read More ›
Checkin’ in on the Natchez poll
Well, halfway through our two-week polling period for the Natchez region, it’s time to check in on where things stand. With 641 votes case, not surprisingly, Longwood is out on top, but only just above Windsor Ruins. Check out where… Read More ›
101 MissPlaces–Vote Early, Vote Often for the Natchez District
Well, it took us a while, but here at MissPres, we’ve been working busily behind the scenes to move to the next level in our quest to create a list of 101 Mississippi Places You Should See Before You Die…. Read More ›
Help build a list of required Mississippi places
After a recent post about the book 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, W. White suggested that we answer the snub of having no Mississippi buildings included in the book by creating our own list, eliminating one zero… Read More ›
