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an old photo of a man playing the guitar

Use a smartphone or GPS device to navigate to the provided coordinates. Look for a micro hidden container. When you find it, write your name and date in the logbook. If you take something from the container, leave something in exchange. The terrain is 1.5 and difficulty is 2 (out of 5).

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an old guitar shaped like it is sitting on top of a black stand with silver paint

Mississippi’s Mississippi Delta: Birthplace of the Blues.The Mississippi Delta is the birthplace of The Blues. The Blues came before Jazz. Both are original American art forms—along with BuzzFeed lists! The Mississippi Delta is the distinctive northwest section Mississippi (the state) that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Oh… as Paul Simon sings on the album Graceland: “The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a national guitar.”

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a sign for the crossroads roads with a guitar on it

Clarksdale is known as the birthplace of the blues and home to the Crossroads where, according to popular (though fictional) music folklore, blues legend Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for supernatural musical ability. Today, a monument featuring three giant blue guitars marks one of the intersections where this event was said to have happened.

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