Natchez - Natchez, MS
Posted by: linkys
N 31° 33.702 W 091° 24.401
15R E 651218 N 3492956
Marker for one of the most beautiful cities anywhere in the country.
Waymark Code: WMCQ38
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2011
Views: 12
An older historical marker that is located at the edge of a park on the bluff above the Mississippi. Looking one one you see the town, the other way the River.
Marker reads:
NATCHEZ
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.
Date Installed:: 1969/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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