50 STATES MARATHON TOUR: MISSISSIPPI (18/50)
2012 MISSISSIPPI BLUES MARATHON, JACKSON: 3:28:39 (2012-01-07)
Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/730374053784599/photos/?tab=album&album_id=734491750039496
Race report:
http://bikingviking.net/listing/mississippi-blues-marathon-mississippi-2012-01-07/
Mississippi Blues Marathon Website:
https://register.racepartner.com/msbluesmarathon/register
MISSISSIPPI, USA
State capital: Jackson
State population: 2,9 million
State nickname: The Magnolia State
State bird: Mockingbird
State mammal: White-tailed deer, Common bottlenose dolphin
State motto:
By valor and arms
Famous people from Mississippi:
Elvis Presley (singer, actor), Brett Farve (American football), Elizabeth Lee Hazen (inventor), Faith Hill (singer), James Earl Jones (entertainer), B. B. King (guitarist), Muddy Waters (singer, guitarist), Tennessee Williams (playwright), Oprah Winfrey (talk-show host),
Fun facts about Mississippi:
In 1902 while on a hunting expedition in Sharkey County, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear. This act resulted in the creation of the world-famous teddy bear
More facts:
http://www.50states.com/facts/miss.htm#.U8P0TFZn7eY
Logistic:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g43833-Jackson_Mississippi-Vacations.html
