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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2VJ_fort-rosalie_Natchez-MS.html
On bluff to south stood Ft. Rosalie, established by the French in 1716. Became nucleus of settlements from which the Mississippi Territory was founded. Near this marker stood the French warehouse that was a center of bloodshed during the Natchez M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GF_the-natchez-trace_Natchez-MS.html
Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Mississippi 1909.This historic thoroughfare from Natchez to Nashville, Tenn. was used as a mail route in 1796.Although it was a well known Indian trail in far earlier days.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EF_natchez_Natchez-MS.html
First Settled by French 1716-29. Lasting growth came with Britain, 1763-1779, and Spain, 1779-98. Cotton and trade made it commercial and cultural capital of Old South.