Spanish Colonial Natchez 1779-1798
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jdwms_1950
N 31° 33.711 W 091° 24.391
15R E 651233 N 3492972
Spanish Colonial Natchez 1779-1798
Waymark Code: WMHFR2
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2013
Views: 8
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 central plaza and church with a common, on the bluff of the Mississippi River.
Date Installed:: 1998
Organization that placed the object:: Daughters of the American Revolution
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