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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVJ_bluff-park-playground-for-the-city_Natchez-MS.html
When the Spanish laid out the town of Natchez about 1790, they set aside land on the bluff for use as a public park. In 1839, after the city had sold off most of the park and built Broadway Street, writer Joseph Holt Ingraham complained that "…
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Bontura, built in 1851, was the home of Robert Smith, a free African American who ran the city's most successful carriage business in the 1850s. The house stands at the head of Silver Street, which leads to Natchez Under-the-Hill. Smith and his dr…
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The Ealey family of Sibley has produced some of the most talented musicians to emerge from the Natchez area. Brothers Theodis, YZ, and Melwyn Ealey performed together locally in the band YZ Ealey and the Merry Makers in the early 196…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVE_natchez_Natchez-MS.html
Here passed, in 1543, De Soto's men under Moscoso. In 1682 La Salle and De Tonti here visited the Natchez Indians. In 1716 Bienville here built Fort Rosalie and established a French settlement. In 1763 the fort was ceded to the English and renamed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I5G_temple-b-nai-israel_Natchez-MS.html
Jewish Americans have been part of Mississippi's economic, social and political life since the 1780's. In 1843, the Jewish community of Natchez grew large enough to organize and sustain the state's first permanent religious congregation, Temple B'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I5F_commercial-bank-building_Natchez-MS.html
Built ca. 1836, this structure, a National Historic Landmark, is a fine example of the Greek Revival style. A Banker's House attached to the rear insured security & gives the structure an unusual and practical plan.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYB_bernardo-de-galvez_Natchez-MS.html
Don Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, 1776-1783, in a brilliant campaign, with the aid of regular troops, militia, volunteers, and a few Americans, captured Baton Rouge from the British on September 21, 1779. Terms included the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDX_site-of-bank-of-mississippi_Natchez-MS.html
Chartered in 1809 as the only bank in Mississippi Territory and given a monopoly as the official state bank in 1818. It occupied this site in 1826 but was supplanted by Planters' Bank in 1831. Closed solvent.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDV_bud-scott_Natchez-MS.html
(side 1)Clarence "Bud" Scott, Sr., led one of the most popular dance bands in the Mississippi-Louisiana region for several decades beginning around 1900. Scott (1876-1938), a lifelong Natchez resident, was renowned among both white and black audie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDU_andrew-marschalk_Natchez-MS.html
Site of the printery of "father of Mississippi journalism." Printed first book in state, 1799. Became first public printer and in 1802 founded famed newspaper, "Mississippi Herald."