Dockery Farms
Dockery Plantation
The old plantation known as the 'birthplace of the blues,' where Charley Patton grew up. Its red cotton gin, warehouse and gas station are still standing.
In the early 1900s, Dockery Plantation employed hundreds of sharecropper families. Charley Patton learned to play guitar here and went on to influence younger players such as Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson, which is why it is regarded as one of the birthplaces of Delta blues. The preserved wooden cotton gin, seed house and old gas station are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grounds have interpretive panels and Mississippi Blues Trail markers, and visitors can explore freely at no charge. It lies along Highway 8 about 55 km south of Clarksdale, and it pairs well in a one-day drive with the B.B. King Museum and the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi.
Opening hours
Free to visit during daytime
Nearby sights
- GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
- B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
- Robert Johnson Gravesite (Little Zion Church)
- Shack Up Inn
- Riverside Hotel
- The Crossroads
- Red's Lounge
- Ground Zero Blues Club