Robert Stroud, in full Robert Franklin Stroud, byname Birdman of Alcatraz, (born 1890, Seattle, Washington, U.S.—died November 21, 1963, Springfield, Missouri), American criminal, a convicted murderer who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in prison, 42 of them in solitary confinement, and made notable contributions to the study of birds. At the age of 13 Stroud ran away from home, and by the age of 18 he was in Juneau, Alaska, working as a pimp and living with a dance-hall girl. An argument over the girl led to his fighting and killing a man. Pleading guilty to manslaughter on August 23, 1909, he was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on McNeil Island in Puget Sound. After stabbing a fellow prisoner and proving generally troublesome, he was transferred to Leavenworth Prison, Kansas (1912), where he continued to be a loner but began to educate himself, taking university extension courses. On March 26, 1916, he stabbed and killed a guard and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang; but on April 15, 1920, President Woodrow Wilson commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Thereafter, mostly in solitary confinement, he began raising canaries and other birds, collecting laboratory equipment, and studying the diseases of birds and their breeding and care. Some of his research writings were smuggled out of prison and published; his book, Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds, published in 1943, was an important work in the field. In 1942, however, Stroud was transferred to Alcatraz, where he was allowed to continue his research but was denied further right of publication. In 1959 he was transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, where he spent the last four years of his life. _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975

Chester Copperpot (Keenan Wynn maybe Bob Scaife)) was reported as missing in the November 30, 1935 issue of The Astoria Legend. A copy of this was stored in the Walsh's attic, as meant to be a part of the local museum. When Chunk read the story aloud, Mikey was inspired to lead the same treasure hunt, in one last grand hurrah before the Goon Docks were to be signed away to be demolished. The Goonies later discovered his skeleton in the tunnels where he evidently triggered a booby-trap that crushed him under a boulder. They identify his corpse from information in his wallet, which also contained a Lou Gehrig baseball card. They take his candles, dynamite sticks, and a skull-shaped key which the map reffered to as "Copper Bones". Moments later Mikey triggered the same trap that Copperpot did, but the Goonies manage to escape unharmed. "I will never betray my goon dock friends. We will stick together until the whole world ends. Through heaven and hell, and nuclear war. Good pals like us, will stick like tar. In the city, or the country, or the forest, or the boonies. I am proudly declared a fellow Goonie." _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975

As it is told, Louise came to Natchez to be married. It's not real clear where she came from, but New Orleans is mentioned as well as some cities in the distant north. She came here by steamboat, landing at Under-the-Hill, a very busy but rowdy section of Natchez. It is said that Louise asked around for her fiancée, both Under-the-Hill and in the more refined part of town on top of the hill. The story of Louise gets a little fuzzy and goes in a couple of directions here. One story relates that she never found her fiancée and due to some reason remained in Natchez. Some stories say she would be to embarrassed to return home because she had built up her fiancée's reputation and creditability and to return home would destroy everything she had been saying about him. Other stories say she learned that her fiancée had died she didn't have enough money to pay for passage home. Other stories say Louise found her fiancée, but if so the story again spins into two areas. One is that they had a severe falling out and the other is that Louise discovered that he was married. Whatever Louise's situation was it is pretty well accepted that after she found herself stranded in Natchez she held various respectable jobs. She worked as a housekeeper, seamstress and other jobs a respectable woman could perform. However, as the stories go, she gradually drifted to the notorious Under-the-Hill area working as a waitress in cafes and bars. As time passed she became a "Woman of the Night" at one of the many brothels Under-the-Hill. It isn't clear, but some say Louise became friends with a doctor who treated her during her hard life Under-the-Hill, and upon her death he paid for her funeral. Some say a wealthy plantation owner who frequented her room on lonely nights paid her funeral expenses. Others say a preacher paid for her funeral from his pauper funds, but she wasn’t buried in a pauper’s grave. Whatever Louise's story is she must have gained someone's attention because she received more than most destitute people of the period; she is buried in the Natchez City Cemetery with a tombstone, even though there is no date on the stone. This gives you a little insight into Louise The Unfortunate. _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975 #ShabbyTrick

replica of the newspaper the Goonies discover in the Walsh attic... I have the key to one-eyed willie. #TheGoonies "I will never betray my goon dock friends. We will stick together until the whole world ends. Through heaven and hell, and nuclear war. Good pals like us, will stick like tar. In the city, or the country, or the forest, or the boonies. I am proudly declared a fellow Goonie." You can check out my map and pictures of places visited here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mMW4BQg6MoZz-VvWY5wxJ-CnkJw&usp=sharing _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975

Florence died of yellow fever when she was 10 years old. During her short life she was extremely frightened of storms and whenever one occurred she would rush to her mother to find comfort. Upon her death her mother was so struck with grief that she had Florence's casket constructed with a glass window at the child’s head. The grave was dug to provide an area, the same depth of the coffin, at the child’s head, but this area had steps that would allow the mother to descend to her daughter’s level so she could comfort Florence during storms. To shelter the mother during storms, hinged metal trap doors were installed over the area the mother would occupy while at her child’s grave. In this picture you can see the trap doors behind little Florence’s tombstone, which covers the stairway her mother used. They can still be opened today. In the mid 1950s a concrete wall was erected at the bottom of the stairway covering the glass window of Florence’s coffin to prevent vandalism. _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975

Dead Alive Chester Copperpot Figure 1 of 1. Very Rare and I've got it!!! a great piece to #TheGoonies Collection. "I will never betray my goon dock friends. We will stick together until the whole world ends. Through heaven and hell, and nuclear war. Good pals like us, will stick like tar. In the city, or the country, or the forest, or the boonies. I am proudly declared a fellow Goonie." You can check out my map and pictures of places visited here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mMW4BQg6MoZz-VvWY5wxJ-CnkJw&usp=sharing _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975

Musician, actor, and entertainer, Isaac Hayes, was born Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr., on August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee. When his parents died at an early age, Hayes went to live with his grandparents in Memphis. Hayes was a good student in high school, wanting to be a doctor; in the ninth grade, however, he dropped out to earn money. Hayes later enrolled in a night school from which he earned his diploma in 1962. By the time Hayes was in his teens, he was adept at playing the piano, organ, and saxophone, as well as having spent years singing in a church choir. When he dropped out of school, Hayes immediately began performing with local R&B groups in Memphis, earning a solid reputation as a musician. Hayes recorded his first album in 1962, and by 1964, he was playing with the house band at Stax Records, one of the premier soul music recording labels in the South. After writing a number of hits in collaboration with David Porter for the group Sam & Dave, Hayes released his first solo album, Presenting Isaac Hayes, in 1967. Two years later, his breakthrough album, Hot Buttered Soul was released and Hayes became a star. After producing a soundtrack to an experimental film by author Norman Mailer, Hayes was approached to write the musical score of Shaft in 1971; he would become the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Song. Hayes became involved in acting in the mid-1970s with an Italian film titled Uomini Duri, released in America as Three Tough Guys, and the title role in the film Truck Turner in 1974. Hayes returned to acting in 1981 with a role in Escape from New York and 1988’s I’m Gonna Git You Sucka!. The 1990s and beyond saw a resurgence of Hayes in films, playing roles in The Blues Brothers 2000, Dr. Doolitte, and a remake of Shaft; he also became the voice of “Chef” in the animated television series South Park. Hayes had a radio program on KISS-FM and was the spokesman for the World Literacy Crusade, a part of the Scientology movement. Hayes also established the Isaac Hayes Foundation to partner with nonprofit organizations to promote human rights. While in Ada, Ghana, in 1995, as a part of the World Literacy Crusade, Hayes was crowned as a king, adopting the name of Nene Katey Ocansey I. Hayes also opened up a chain of restaurants across the country. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Isaac Hayes passed away on August 10, 2008, at the age of sixty-five. _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975 #ShabbyTrick

I don't have teh handle! Open the Lock! Jake UP!!! One mini machine sealed on a 6" x 9" card back ORV... bullet holes the size of matzo balls. Limited edition of 40, signed, stamped and numbered by the artists. #TheGoonies "I will never betray my goon dock friends. We will stick together until the whole world ends. Through heaven and hell, and nuclear war. Good pals like us, will stick like tar. In the city, or the country, or the forest, or the boonies. I am proudly declared a fellow Goonie." You can check out my map and pictures of places visited here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mMW4BQg6MoZz-VvWY5wxJ-CnkJw&usp=sharing _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975

In 1969 a backhoe on Egypt Plantation, near Cruger, Mississippi, hit a coffin just three feet underground. Inside the expensive glass-sealed, cast-iron coffin was a perfectly preserved young woman with long auburn hair and youthful skin, dressed in a red velvet dress with lace collar and wearing white gloves and silk/leather square-toed boots. Experts estimated her birth date. The date of death on her tombstone is the date of her being unearthed on Egypt Plantation. The following account of the amazing preservation of the body is from the (Jackson, MS) Clarion-Ledger, 29 August 1969: "The method of preservation used for the Lady In Red was common prior to the Civil War, when custom-made caskets, shaped to the body, were ordered as one would order a dress. "The glass that sealed the coffin was placed over the body, and alcohol was poured inside until it was level full, and then sealed with a castiron tip. "When the back hoe machine hit the coffin, alcohol spilled from the casket and spots of the liquid were seen on the folds of the woman's dress." _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975 #ShabbyTrick

Impressively large, but with disproportionately tiny hands. Appears to be made of stucco. An alarming behemoth vision of America's favorite cigar-smoking author. _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975 #ShabbyTrick

Mr. Case requested to be buried in his rocking chair and situated facing his home state of Louisiana. He is actually positioned next to his daughter’s grave, but above ground in his rocking chair with this tomb around him. I suppose it’s best to be comfortable for eternity! Rock on, Mr. Rufus! _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975 #ShabbyTrick

Vicksburg is well known for the works of art that can be found throughout the city. The collection of sculpture of the Vicksburg National Military Park is unsurpassed by any military memorial in the country. The incredibly detailed life-sized depictions of the history of Vicksburg by renowned muralist Robert Dafford along the downtown flood wall are portals to the many diverse aspects of the city’s history. Washington Street in downtown Vicksburg is home to Mississippi’s oldest commercial art gallery: The Attic Gallery which specializes in folk art. The works of nationally-known artist H.C. Porter can be enjoyed in her gallery on Washington Street. The cityscape itself, with its historic architecture, is the perfect setting for these works of art. Just a few miles north of Vicksburg on Old Highway 61 sits an amazing vernacular art environment created by Reverend H.D. “Preacher” Dennis known as Margaret’s Grocery. The site, described as a “theological park” by vernacular art scholar Stephen Young has captured the imagination of visitors from around the world. Through the years it has been one of Mississippi’s most photographed sites. It all began in about 1985 when Reverend Dennis asked Margaret Rogers to be his bride. He promised that if she did that he would transform her simple store into a place that people from around the world would come to see. See agreed and the transformation began. By the late 1980s the magic of Margaret’s Grocery was being viewed with curiosity and wonder by both locals and travelers along Mississippi’s Great River Road. Reverend Dennis’ work was never done as he constantly made changes and modifications to the site adding new designs and adding more detail to existing installations. Using large cinder blocks which he painted red, white, pink and yellow the store was slowly transformed into the temple that represented his love for Margaret, his love of God and his love for all mankind. He transformed an old school bus that was donated by the City of Vicksburg into one of the nation’s most monumental works of roadside Americana which was his chapel. The chapel has been removed from the site for preservation and the hopes are that one day it will be returned to the site. Those who were fortunate enough to meet the Reverend and Margaret Dennis will never forget their incredible kindnesses. One of those fortunate enough to know them is Jackson- based photographer Suzi Altman. She met the couple shortly after moving from New York in 2000. She visited the couple often and after Margaret’s death she played a large role in looking after the Reverend. She has now made it her mission to preserve the site of Margaret’s Grocery. To this end she has established the Mississippi Folk Art Foundation. Suzi is as determined in her mission to preserve Margaret’s Grocery as Reverend Dennis was to create it. You can help preserve the site by making a donation at www.gofundme.com/SaveMargaretsGrocery. You can keep up with what’s going at Margaret’s by visiting www.facebook.com/MargaretsGrocery. Margaret Rogers Dennis died in 2009. Preacher followed her in 2012. Since his death his shrine is in decline but stills draws visitors from around the world. Vandals have taken things and winds and rains have affected the structures and signs. It is not too late to save what has been the cornerstone of folk art environments in Mississippi. _____________________ _____________________ You can also find me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shabbytrick Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shabbytrick Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/shabbytrick Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shabbytrick Webpage: http://www.shabbytrick.com Snapchat: shabbytrick1975 #ShabbyTrick