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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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCI5_the-first-presbyterian-church_Natchez-MS.html
Congregation organized in 1817. The Sanctuary was built in 1828-29 and enlarged in 1851. The Romanesque Revival rear addition was built in 1900 in honor of Joseph Stratton, Pastor, 1843-1903. The church and its companion manse on South Rankin Stre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6H8_richard-n-wright_Natchez-MS.html
Noted African-American author of Native Son and Black Boy was born in 1908 near Natchez, where he spent his early childhood. His lifelong quest for freedom led him to Paris, France, where he died in 1960.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6H7_spanish-colonial-natchez_Natchez-MS.html
Following acquisition of the Natchez District in 1779, the Spanish founded the City of Natchez ca.1790 to serve as the capital. Under Governor Manuel Gayoso, the city was planned and surveyed by John Girault in a typical Spanish grid plan around a…
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