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Jimmie Rodgers is the founder — the yodel that's the trademark, the museum that's the shrine.","The file keeps Jimmie Rodgers: the 'Father of Country Music', the '33 death, the original guitar, and the Meridian museum.","Jimmie Rodgers is the archive's Mississippi file — the singing brakeman."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Jimmie Rodgers is the archive's Mississippi file — the father.","A guitar keeps its song — the file's suggestion being that Rodgers' hold is the foundation: the '33 death that's the 36 hours, the 'Years Ago' that's the last, and the guitar that's the relic."]}],"name":"Jimmie Rodgers Museum","aliases":[],"type":"MUSEUM","type_label":"Museum","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HISTORIC_BUILDING","MUSIC"],"groups":["institutions","legends"],"desc":"The Singing Brakeman’s museum—the father of country music’s hometown.","full_desc":"Jimmie Rodgers Museum is a museum in Meridian, Mississippi. The Singing Brakeman’s museum—the father of country music’s hometown. Its signature presence is Jimmie Rodgers — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. 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