The Aurora Borealis Moves South
Recently, the light show that is the Aurora Borealis moved South. No one really knows what causes this spectral light show, though there are many theories. Talking to Bill, our website guy, I found that in all his time in Illinois and Wisconsin he never saw them once, in either State.
Follow The Red Clover
An awful lot of times folks have had problems finding Bordeaux Point RV Park, at least for the very first time. We have done our best to make it easy with signs, billboards, and we even have a map on the bottom of the website to help ya out.
AD Applies for a Job at Tunica Manufacturing
Tunica manufacturing was a quilting plant which made furniture pads. AD was headed there from the Lula pulp yard. It was run by a man known as Pickerwood. He drove the lift that loaded the train cars with pulp wood. Pickerwood lived and worked out of a green Dodge motor home parked next to an old garage. AD was his apprentice and every Saturday afternoon they'd go to the woods and cut trees to drive stakes in the ground. They'd do this by felling the trunks on the stakes and betting who could come closest to hitting their stakes.
The Hollywood
In 1969 both of my brothers were in college while I was in high school, living at home with my dad. He had a heart condition and sugar-poor health. Bard came home from college for the summer. He decided he would stay out a semester and help with dad.
When Paw Was A Putting Maw
Back up to 67 years ago, our folks lived in a two story plantation house. It was the Tate brothers, my dad moved here in 1937 from Memphis to oversee the Plantation.
The Big Roy Buddha
There once was a man called Big Roy, who had the gift of gab. He ran the bait shop and think-tank here at Bordeaux Point.
The Timber Cruise
In Tait Tate's early years, at age of 19, he went to work as a forester for the Mississippi Forestry Commission. He sent us this story.
Mats For All The Fishies
Back in time, December 1985 preparing for my first up-coming Crappie season. That’s mat building time. All fish need structure to feed and not to be a bigger fish's meal.
Bait Shop Tales
Most fisherman dream of owning a bait shop. You get to tell fishing stories all day long. The big ones you caught and the monster you lost. The hot spots on the lake. What colored gigs, different baits that are producing. Bait shopping is hard work 4 am - 6pm. But I had a hammock that stretched over the minnow tanks, for naps. These naps would give you think tank time, ways to attract more customers.