MISSISSIPPI ROADS begins a new season in the Yazoo County town of Vaughan. The town was established on an old stage coach line and for many years was the main trading center for Yazoo County and a large part of Madison County east of the Big Black River. But Vaughan is probably best know as the place where Casey Jones, the famous railroad engineer, was killed in a train wreck on April 29, 1900.

One of the most famous residents of the town of Vaughan is world renowned chairmaker Greg Harkins. We visit with Greg and find out about his chair business, a re-location of an old church to his property and his love for family and the land that surrounds him.

MISSISSIPPI ROADS has teamed up with The Mississippi Heritage Trust for this season and will present one of the Ten Most Endangered Historical Places in the State of Mississippi each week on the program. In this segment we profile the M.H.T. and attend the unveiling ceremony that was held in the Spring of 2001. We also learn of some of the success stories that have helped to propel this organizations to one of the first class preservation operations in the nation.

In our Classic ROADS Segment we revisit a Neshoba County man who has taken on the herculean task of digging a pond with only a shovel and wheelbarrow. He performed this task all by himself over a period of several years and he serves as a great reminder of mankind's determination and willpower.

Host Walt Grayson travels the back roads of Mississippi in a very special segment on country churches. He explains how a lot of towns have taken the names of surrounding churches and what a special place in our hearts that these buildings have within all of us.

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