Today was another day of mostly history, plus interesting old 'houses' (mansions) and some nice scenery. We drove down to Natchez on US61 - a most uninspiring road (of course since the land is basically flat couldn't expect much). Natchez is an historical town and we spent 2-3 hours on our own driving tour. Saw the historical buildings and the very large mansions. However, for some reason we thought the mansions were all right along the river - none of them were. Here are some examples:
Along the river
was a section called "Under the Hill". It was the Barbery Coast of Natchez; home to bars and other bawdy type places back in the 1800s - now it is a place for tourists.
We then headed north on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The Natchez Trace was a trail that ran from Natchez to Nashville (440 miles) and was used for hundreds of years by traders, slaves, native american, etc. Harriet on the Trace:
It was heavily used by farmers from the Tennessee valley. They would float their crops down the river to Natchez where they would sell everythng including their boat/raft and then walk back to Nashville via the Trace. There are places where the trail was worn down 15-20 feet below the surrounding countryside.
Back in Vicksburg, we took a short driving tour of some of the interesting spots in town ending up down at the river where there is a series of murals stretching about 200 yards depicting the history of Vicksburg. Once we publish the pictures to Shutterfly (hopefully this decade) - readers will be able to see many of the scenes.
We went to a riverboat casino for a buffet dinner - reasonable food on the cheap. Best thing was we got there just in time for sunset over the river.
Seems hard to believe but we never left Mississippi -all day in one state - seems impossible, but wait for tomorrow.
Along the river
was a section called "Under the Hill". It was the Barbery Coast of Natchez; home to bars and other bawdy type places back in the 1800s - now it is a place for tourists.
We then headed north on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The Natchez Trace was a trail that ran from Natchez to Nashville (440 miles) and was used for hundreds of years by traders, slaves, native american, etc. Harriet on the Trace:
It was heavily used by farmers from the Tennessee valley. They would float their crops down the river to Natchez where they would sell everythng including their boat/raft and then walk back to Nashville via the Trace. There are places where the trail was worn down 15-20 feet below the surrounding countryside.
Back in Vicksburg, we took a short driving tour of some of the interesting spots in town ending up down at the river where there is a series of murals stretching about 200 yards depicting the history of Vicksburg. Once we publish the pictures to Shutterfly (hopefully this decade) - readers will be able to see many of the scenes.
We went to a riverboat casino for a buffet dinner - reasonable food on the cheap. Best thing was we got there just in time for sunset over the river.
Seems hard to believe but we never left Mississippi -all day in one state - seems impossible, but wait for tomorrow.
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