Tag: Moon Lake Mississippi

  • Duncan “Dusty” Bullock: Baseball and the Rendezvous Lodge

    Duncan “Dusty” Bullock: Baseball and the Rendezvous Lodge

    Road Cop Doing his job.  This is not a picture of Dusty Bullock, but gives you an idea of what he did for a living. Baseball and Road Policeman are usually two jobs not related, but Duncan Percy Bullock became well known as both. Duncan Bullock was born October 11, 1893 in either Ontario, Canada…

  • Nancy Lindsley’s Saga on the Pass

    Nancy Lindsley’s Saga on the Pass

    Nancy was the daughter of Samuel and Susanna Brown.  She was born in Kentucky around 1815.  Her parents were married on September 14, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky.  Samuel was an ordained minister.  She had a large family and one of her brothers was Issac N. Brown, who would become famous as Captain of the…

  • Uncle Henrys

    Uncle Henrys

    In 1926, the Clarksdale Elks Club built a large two story lodge on Moon Lake.  There were rooms for people to stay on the second floor and a kitchen and eating place on the first floor.  The club was built on the Yazoo Pass and faced Moon Lake.  Members would come up on the weekend…