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Small Town Saturday: Tunica, MS

May 30, 2015 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

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Tunica, Mississippi is a town of less than 2,000 people south of Memphis, Tennessee. Formerly known as one of the poorest parts of the United States, Tunica has been completely changed thanks to the rise of the gaming industry in 1990.

There is a small downtown area, which is home to a few shops and restaurants as well as some Blues Trail markers. There’s also the area nearby known as Tunica Resorts, formerly Robinsonville, where the casinos and resorts are located.

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About Caroline Eubanks

Caroline Eubanks is the editor of this website, a Lowell Thomas award-winning travel writer, and the author of This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States. Her stories from the South have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Afar, Thrillist, Roads and Kingdoms, and BBC Travel.

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