On August 4, the Waveland Ground Zero Hurricane Museum will host a free and open to the public titled “Logtown to Infinity.” The event will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Waveland through August 14.
The Logtown community near Waveland was once the site of a large sawmill and logging operation. Now, the land on which the former community existed is part of the NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center. Presenters Allison Anderson and Brehm Bell will highlight the changes of Hancock County that led to the demise of Logtown and similar communities and subsequent contributions of the Stennis Space Center and how those changes alter the culture and economy of Hancock County.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.
The exhibit will be on display at Waveland’s Ground Zero Hurricane Museum through August 14 and is open to the public Tuesdays-Saturdays 10am-3pm. Crossroads is free to visit.
Upcoming Crossroads Events in Waveland:
August 11, 6pm: “Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation, Dr. John Green
