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	Wikinfo \| Natchez, Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At Natchez the Grand Village of the Natchez is preserved as a National Historic Landmark, and nearby Emerald Mound, an earlier ceremonial center, may be seen near the Natchez Trace Parkway [1].
		At Natchez, many local cotton plantation owners loaded their cotton onto steamboats at the landing known as "Natchez-Under-the-Hill" and transported downriver to New Orleans or sometimes upriver to Saint Louis, Missouri or Cincinnati, Ohio, where the cotton would be sold and transported to Northern spinning mills.
		Natchez is known for its many Antebellum mansions and estates, built by 19th century plantation owners who would often own farmland in Louisiana but locate their homes on the higher ground in Mississippi.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Natchez,_Mississippi (1104 words)

	Natchez, Mississippi - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The Natchez Trace experienced its heaviest use from 1785 to 1820 by the “Kaintuck” boatmen that floated the Ohio and Miss.
		Natchez is the site of the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, including burial mounds and a museum, and a number of fine antebellum homes.
		Natchez was the capital of the territory of Mississippi (1798-1802) and the first state capital of Mississippi (1817-21).
	www.galenfrysinger.com /natchez_mississippi.htm (518 words)

	Natchez Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Natchez is right in the middle of this section of bluffs along the river.
		Natchez's position high on a bluff overlooking the river is downright dramatic.
		In the Fall of 1729 the Natchez massacred the French settlers and military personnel.
	users.stlcc.edu /jangert/natchez/natchez.html (1286 words)

	Natchez, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Natchez is famous in American history for its role in the development of the Old Southwest, particularly with respect to its location on the Mississippi River.
		Though the capital was shifted to the more-centrally-located city of Jackson in 1822, over the course of the 19th century, Natchez became a town of strategic economic importance, due to its location on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, developing into a bustling port for steamboats.
		Natchez was able to make a rapid economic comeback in the postwar years, as much of the commercial traffic on the Mississippi River resumed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natchez,_Mississippi (2195 words)

	LSU Libraries -- Guide to Natchez-Area Manuscripts
		The Mississippi River has defined the contours of the lands it drains and given shape to the culture, the economy, and the politics of the communities that draw sustenance from it.
		Claiborne was governor of the Territory of Mississippi (1801).
		Planter of the Concord Plantation and governor of the Spanish district of Natchez.
	www.lib.lsu.edu /special/guides/natchez.html (10260 words)

	Natchez Mississippi(MS) 03/05/01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The French were attacking the Natchez in retaliation for the tribe's November 1729 rebellion against the French colony.
		The hereditary chief of the Natchez tribe was called the "Great Sun." His house stood on this mound during the period of French colonization at Natchez.
		Archaeological and historical evidence indicates that the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians was not really a "village." It was the main ceremonial mound center for the Natchez Indians during the early period of French exploration and colonization of the Natchez area (1682 - 1730).
	www.nostalgiaville.com /travel/Mississippi/natchez30501.htm (1220 words)

	IMA Hero: Reading Program Natchez Trace
		Natchez was an important town because it was located on the Mississippi River.
		It is a scenic highway from Natchez to Nashville.
		He proposed the Natchez Trace be used as a postal route between the United States and its southwestern frontier.
	www.imahero.com /readingprogram/trailnatchez.html (2804 words)

	Travelguides Featured Destination: Natchez, Mississippi
		Built on the site of an ancient Indian village and named after the tribe, which inhabited it, Natchez, Mississippi is one of the oldest cities in North American.
		Natchez has a number of festivals that attract visitors from all over the world.
		The Natchez Blues Festival is held in May in Memorial Park and draws big name entertainers every year.
	www.travelguides.com /destinations/natchez (604 words)

	Natchez Mississippi(MS) 03/05/01 d (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Natchez Institute" a school which has afforded gratuitous education and training to thousands of youth of the city of Natchez this tablet is here placed on the walls of their new institute by the graduated pupils and patrons of the old Natchez Institute A D 1901.
		Terms included the surrender of Fort Panmure in Natchez, which was occupied by Spanish troops on October 5, 1779.
		This was the first Methodist congregation in Natchez, formed in the early 1800's, and the first building was constructed in 1807.
	www.nostalgiaville.com /travel/Mississippi/natchez30501d.htm (660 words)

	The Natchez Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians in Natchez, Mississippi, was the site of the Natchez tribe’s main ceremonial mound center during the early period of French colonization in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.
		The French established Fort Rosalie at Natchez in 1716 as the nucleus of a colony.
		Today, the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians is a National Historic Landmark administered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, with a museum accredited by the American Association of Museums, partially restored mound area, a reconstructed Natchez Indian house, nature trails, and a picnic pavilion.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature1/natchezindians.html (1325 words)

	Natchez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Natchez were among some of the last native American groups to live in the area which is now known as southwestern Mississippi.
		The Natchez language seems to be related to the Muskogean language family.
		It was believed by the Natchez that in the distant past the son of the deity came to earth and brought civilization as his own people giving them laws, customs, ceremonies, and arts which made them powerful.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/natchezindians.html (506 words)

	The Natchez Democrat - Mississippi's best small community daily newspaper
		NATCHEZ — Two competing groups provided the City of Natchez detailed proposals on Monday for their plans to open casinos and develop surrounding land at the base of Roth’s Hill.
		NATCHEZ — The Natchez Senior Citizens Multipurpose Center is wishing for volunteers with computer skills to donate their time this Christmas.
		NATCHEZ — Led by Tim Thomas and Zac Hutson, the Cougars turned a five-point lead at the end of the first quarter into a 13-point lead at halftime en route to a 42-23 win over the Rebels.
	www.natchezdemocrat.com (324 words)

	Civilization.ca - VMNF - Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Mississippi
		The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians is a National Historic Landmark administered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Natchez, Mississippi.
		Today, the Natchez Indians are known through archaeology and through the wealth of colonial documents written by French priests, explorers, merchants, and military personnel.
		The first well-documented French contact with the Natchez Indians occurred on March 26, 1682, when the La Salle Expedition met members of the tribe along the banks of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of the modern city of Natchez, Mississippi.
	www.civilization.ca /vmnf/collect/Natchez/natch_1e.htm (762 words)

	Natchez, Mississippi \| Away.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Built on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, Natchez is the oldest continuously occupied American settlement on the southern run of that mighty waterway.
		Natchez has also survived wars, earthquakes, economic depressions, and most of the trials of the modern era.
		The European settlement on the bluffs prospered because of its location—on the Mississippi north of New Orleans and at the end of the Natchez Trace, originally an Indian trail from north Tennessee.
	away.com /primedia/arts_arch/natchez_1.html (969 words)

	Mississippi River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The river is divided into the upper Mississippi, from its source south to the Ohio River, and the lower Mississippi, from the Ohio to its mouth near New Orleans.
		The upper Mississippi is further divided into three sections: the headwaters, from the source to Saint Anthony Falls; a series of man-made lakes between Minneapolis and St. Louis, Missouri; and the middle Mississippi, a relatively free-flowing river downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis.
		Farther downstream from Natchez, approximately 25 percent of the water discharge of the Mississippi is diverted into the Atchafalaya River, and further discharge is lost as the river becomes a delta in Louisiana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mississippi_River (4536 words)

	Natchez Trace Parkway - Natchez Trace Parkway (U.S. National Park Service)
		The 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway commemorates an ancient trail that connected southern portions of the Mississippi River, through Alabama, to salt licks in today's central Tennessee.
		The heaviest use of the Old Trace was from 1800 to about 1825 by men, known as "Kaintucks," who floated down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and returned north on foot.
		Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory when he mysteriously died on the Natchez Trace in 1809, at Grinder's Stand in Tennessee.
	www.nps.gov /natr (318 words)

	Natchez, Mississippi - The Official Natchez Tourism & City Government Web Site :: www.visitnatchez.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Life in Natchez is simple and easy-going punctuated by year round festivals and celebrations.
		In Natchez we know life is to be celebrated and our blessings shared.
		Natchez boasts some of the finest cuisine found anywhere in the world.
	www.natchez.ms.us (278 words)

	Natchez, Mississippi - Official Mississippi Travel Guide
		Natchez, Mississippi is a beautiful old river city and is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River, is filled with a myriad of pre-Civil War structures, of which over 500 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
		Established in 1716, one year before New Orleans, Natchez, Mississippi quickly grew from an obscure French outpost into a bustling river port and cultural center.
		Visitors to Natchez, Mississippi come here for popular historical and cultural events like Spring and Fall Pilgrimage, began in 1932 to showcase the many antebellum homes and gardens.
	www.visitmississippi.org /river/river_natchez.asp (179 words)

	Natchez National Historical Park - Natchez National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		Drawn to Natchez by the prospect of wealth, Mr.
		Born enslaved, William Johnson was freed at the age of eleven and later became a very successful barber and entrepreneur in the city of Natchez.
		Built in 1818 the home was named for the briar vines growing near its location on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.
	www.nps.gov /natc (235 words)

	Natchez Retiree Partnership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As the oldest civilized settlement on the lower Mississippi River, Natchez remains a city rich in culture and historical importance.
		Today, Natchez is one of the most desirable small cities in the United States in which to live.
		A city of about 18,000, Natchez is the commercial, retail, and medical center for Adams County (34,000 population) and the surrounding fifty mile radius.
	www.natchezretirement.net (168 words)

	Dozen Distinctive Destinations \| Natchez, Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Visitors shouldn't miss the historic Under-the-Hill area beside the Mississippi River, which was the town's cotton-shipping center.
		The 1818 Greek Rivial mansion home of General John A. Quiman, a Mexican War hero and early governor of Mississippi is now Monmouth Plantation, one of the National Trust’s Historic Hotels of America.
		The year-round bounty of Southern hospitality includes the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race, a Mardi Gras parade, the Opera Festival, a Juneteenth Celebration, and the famed spring and fall Pilgrimage to historic houses.
	www.nationaltrust.org /dozen_distinctive_destinations/list.asp?i=5 (194 words)

	New book captures turn-of-century houses in Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Natchez — Mississippi architecture took a distinct turn in the years following the Civil War.
		In Natchez, 10 houses were chosen for inclusion in the book.
		She already has a second book under way, tentatively titled, “Historic Churches of Mississippi,” which should be published sometime in 2007.
	www.natchezdemocrat.com /articles/2005/11/13/features/features03.txt (534 words)

	Travel and Tourism Guide to Natchez Mississippi
		Mississippi Magazine readers across the state voted Natchez' attractions, events, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, and shopping as some of the best in
		Natchez' celebrated best-selling author has a new site with photos and a new blog.
		Natchez Pilgrimage Tours for Brochures and info about Pilgrimages and Historic Homes in the area.
	www.natchezms.com (316 words)

	Natchez, Mississippi
		The little town of Natchez in south-western Mississippi, founded in 1716, was the most important port on the Mississippi in the heyday of the cotton trade, and many handsome mansions and estates, mostly in Greek Revival style, bear witness to the wealth of those days.
		Among them are the House on Ellicot Hills (1798); Rosalie (1820-3), beautifully situated on high ground above the Mississippi; Stanton Hall (1851-7), with a large ballroom; Magnolia Hall, now housing a museum of fashion and costume; and Longwood, a very large house that was never fully completed.
		Mississippi State Capitol & statue to women of Confereracy in Jackson.
	www.planetware.com /mississippi/natchez-us-ms-nat.htm (154 words)

	Welcome To Natchez Regional Medical Center - Natchez, Mississippi! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Our mission at Natchez Regional Medical Center is to provide convenient quality healthcare services to all people in a caring, efficient and financially responsible manner that will enhance the quality of life in our community; to promote community wellness; and, to do so with compassion, dignity, and respect for those we serve.
		Natchez Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, JCAHO.
		Natchez Regional Medical Center does not exert editorial or any other control over the linked sites and the links should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the linked sites.
	www.natchezregional.com (384 words)

	TOURISM IN NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI - THE NATCHEZ DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Natchez was the residential capital for the richest planters of the Cotton Kingdom, a vast area that stretched across the American South.
		After the economic upheaval of the Civil War, Natchez citizens maintained a great reverence for the grand reminders of a glorious past.
		Today, Natchez is a historic town that has carefully managed its evolution.
	www.natchez-downtown.org /TOURISM.htm (173 words)

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