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Article: Strawberry fields forever.(Madison, Mississippi)
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- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Madison's Strawberry Patch Park is bustling with activity. A retired couple strolls along the park's walking trail, while children, sans socks and shoes, cast their fishing lines into the small pond. A century ago, the site of Madison's first park was just one of thousands of acres of strawberry fields which stretched as far as the eye could see. By the early 1900s, the tiny hamlet on the Illinois Central Railroad had become known as the "Strawberry Capital of the World."
"It's nice to have a place that you can call home," said 76-year-old Hugh Montgomery, scion of a pioneering Madison family. In fact, Montgomery and his wife Faye open the doors to their historic ...