Oxford, Mississippi

Ole Miss - The Razorbacks consider Ole Miss football rivals since we joined the SEC in 1992. But I doubt Ole Miss considers us much of a challenge in recent years. Let’s hope that changes soon! But we are rocking baseball!  #1 in the US. An absolutely gorgeous campus filled with tons of green space and towering magnolia trees. I wish my blog could have a scratch and sniff feature. Because springtime smells wonderful in the little college town. 

I appreciate that the college does not try to hide its civil war and slavery history. Many of the old buildings were built by slaves before the civil war and they have not taken down civil war statutes. This slave built building is now the school of southern customs and food. I would love to attend some of those classes! 

 We had lunch in the beautiful grove. 

Rowan Oak - Faulkner’s Home was covid closed but you can roam around the grounds. Built in the 1840’s and purchased by the nobel  prize writer in 1930 is now maintained by the University of Mississippi. 

Oxford downtown- The Lafayette County courthouse was burned down by Union soldiers and replaced with the current building in 1872. We roamed the bookstore and window shopped before sitting down for a beer at Proud Larry’s. Cute downtown with a working pay phone!  We had to stop and check!  

We ended our day with a walking tour of antebellum homes. Antebellum homes were built anytime from 30 years prior up to the civil war. Amazing and so beautiful. I love when people name their homes. The first one is Ammadelle and was built in 1859. That just amazes me!