The ruins of Claiborne County will be featured in a new episode of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s series “Mississippi Roads.”

MPB host Walt Grayson will guide viewers through the historic town of Rocky Springs off the Natchez Trace and the Windsor Ruins near Port Gibson on Thursday’s show.

Established in the 1700s, Rocky Springs’ population had grown to 2,600 by 1860, but no one lives there today.

The only trace left of the town after the Civil War and effects of the Yellow Fever epidemic in the late 1870s is the Rocky Springs Methodist Church that was built in 1837.

Nearby is Windsor Ruins, all that remains of the antebellum Greek Revival mansion called the Windsor Plantation, which was built in 1859 by slaves.

The home had been used as a hospital during the Civil War and as a social gathering place before burning in 1890. 

Left from the plantation fire are 23 giant columns that have been in movies such as “Raintree” in 1957 and “Ghosts of Mississippi” in 1996.

In 1971, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is operated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Division of Historic Sites and Archaeology.

This episode will air at 7 p.m. on MPB.

“Mississippi Roads” is an MPB television series that highlights the state’s history and people.