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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJL_st-catherine-creek-italian-colony_Natchez-MS.html
On January 21, 1905, a number of families from struggling farming communities near Bologna, Italy, left Genoa bound for New York aboard the S.S. Montevideo. Many of these families ventured south, some settling in this area near St. Catherine Cree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJK_papa-lightfoot-the-natchez-blues_Natchez-MS.html
Side 1The rich legacy of blues, jazz, and gospel in Natchez has often been obscured by the tragic shadow of the notorious Rhythm Club fire that claimed some 200 lives here in 1940. Alexander "Papa George" Lightfoot was one of the most ta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJF_rose-hill-missionary-baptist-church_Natchez-MS.html
Rose Hill is the oldest black baptist congregation in the state, with origins dating to 1837. This 1908 building replaces the first wooden church and contains a 1912 Moller pipe organ. Randle Pollard was the first official pastor, serving from 186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJE_foster-mounds_Natchez-MS.html
Foster Mounds consists of two mounds located on either end of a large village or plaza. Mound A was built in four stages during the Plaquemine Period, sometime after AD 1400. Its original size and shape have been modified to accommodate the late 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZIT_wharlest-jackson-sr_Natchez-MS.html
Wharlest Jackson was a Natchez Civil Rights activist who lost his struggle for racial equality on February 27, 1967. The explosion of a bomb implanted under his truck took his life. Members of the Ku Klux Klan targeted Jackson, because he was trea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZIS_holy-family-church-and-school_Natchez-MS.html
In 1889 Bishop Thomas Heslin started the first parish for Roman Catholic African Americans in Mississippi. He first oversaw construction of a small frame church (above left) on Beaumont Street and brought Father A.N.J. Peters to Natchez to become …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z5K_natchez-bluffs-and-river-views_Natchez-MS.html
The Harper family mansion had a spectacular view of the river from the bluff. The construction of the railroad and related development made its land valuable for commerce, and the house and its garden were destroyed to build a large warehouse (no …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0S_intersection-of-main-and-south-union-streets_Natchez-MS.html
An 1890 view of Memorial Park shows the Confederate soldier monument draped for unveiling. Like many others across the south, it faces north towards the opposing army.The park's creation was part of the Lost Cause Movement that expressed the desir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z03_ceremonial-center_Natchez-MS.html
Archaeological and historical evidence indicates that the Grand Village of Natchez Indians was not really a "village." It was the main ceremonial mound center for the Natchez Indians during the period of French exploration and colonization of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZX_intersection-of-high-and-north-wall-streets_Natchez-MS.html
Joseph Neibert built Choctaw in 1836 as his mansion townhouse. Neibert was a cotton planter. In the 1830s he and his partner Peter Gemmel, operated the city's most successful building firm, which employed both white and enslaved craftsmen. In 1844…