Editing Moorhead, Mississippi (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:YellowDogMSBluesTrailMarker.jpg|thumb|[[Mississippi Blues Trail]] marker in downtown Moorhead]]

A historic plaque in Moorhead is located where the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railroad]] once crossed the [[Yazoo Delta Railroad]] (known as the "Yellow Dog"). The Southern travelled east-west, and later became the [[Columbus and Greenville Railway]], while the Yellow Dog travelled north-south, and later became the [[Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad]]. The level junction (diamond) is still preserved as an historic site, though the north-south line has since been abandoned through Moorhead. This railroad crossing is very significant in the history of blues music. It is widely believed that [[W. C. Handy]], after hearing an old man singing about "where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog", was moved by the sound and began what came to be known as the "blues".<ref>{{cite web | title = Where the Southern Crosses the Dog | publisher = The Official Tourism Resource for the State of Mississippi | url = http://www.visitmississippi.org/poi-details.aspx?point=768}}</ref>