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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CCR_the-natchez-burning_Natchez-MS.html
(side 1)One of the deadliest fires in American history took the lives of over 200 people, including bandleader Walter Barnes and nine members of his dance orchestra at the Rhythm Club (less than a mile southeast of this site) on April 23, 1940. Ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM168L_loess-bluff_Natchez-MS.html
This bluff shows a deep deposit of windblown topsoil known as loess (pronounced LOW-ess). It was formed during the Ice Age when glaciers covered the northern half of the United States. At this time nearly continuous duststorms swe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM163M_emerald-mound_Natchez-MS.html
Before you is the second largest temple mound in the United States. Only Monks Mound in Cahokia, Illinois, is larger. This eight acre mound, constructed from a natural hill, was built and used from about 1300 to 1600 by the Mississippians, ancesto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7R_rosalie-cemetery_Natchez-MS.html
This marker is placed as a memorial to those early settlers of Natchez whose buried remains were discovered here during the Natchez Bluffs Stabilization Project in 1999. This bluff was originally part of the property purchased on December 22, 1820…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6W_natchez-city-cemetery_Natchez-MS.html
Established in 1822 on a ten acre tract, this cemetery grew into a park notable for its variety of 19th century iron and marble work. People of all walks of life are buried within the cemetery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLG_dar-and-the-natchez-trace_Natchez-MS.html
Mrs. Egbert Jones and Mrs. Ferriday Byrnes, members of the Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), played important roles in the development of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Mrs. Jones, of Holly Springs, State Regent 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRTW_forks-of-the-road-historical-site_Natchez-MS.html
[Panel 1:] Natchez in the Center of Slavery
Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation's wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people who challe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP15_forks-of-the-road_Natchez-MS.html
Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19th century. Enslaved people were also once sold on city streets and at the landing at Natchez Under the Hill. Natchez slaves were freed in July, 1863, when Union troops occupied the city. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNBP_william-johnson-house_Natchez-MS.html
William Johnson 1809-1851 was a free African American Businessman and Diarist. His diary, covering the period from 1835-1851 and published in 1951, contains an extensive description of everyday pre-Civil War life; it is a valuable contribution …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJU6_jefferson-street-methodist-church_Natchez-MS.html
This was the first Methodist congregration in Natchez formed in the early 1800s, and the 1st building was constructed in 1807. The 1st Sunday School south of Philadelphia, Pa., was organized here in 1829.