I have been to Grand Gulf multiple times. The last time was three years before I even considered writing a book. But regardless of how many times you visit a place, it seems you always learn something or notice things that had eluded your attention previously. Or your research yields new information that has connections to artifacts or locations already familiar to you. Such revelations then render the milieu of that space fresh and exciting. Almost like an awakening. This certainly happened during this latest visit to Grand Gulf. A port on the Mississippi River, it was named for a whirlpool and incorporated in 1833.
