Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi

3/13/2004
Janet Pope
Natchez has an unusual view of the river and it has been here almost 200 years. The hill is high but buses provided the way to a house tour that explained more of the economic impact of the war and the strength of the people. History was typically never like this in school: fun a

Day 4 - Natchez, Mississippi

You do things on vacation that you would not normally do. Carried away with the moment, you think, "I'll never see these people again." The theory is that vacations are for fun so you might as well let loose and have fun, right? That's my excuse for volunteering to be in the cruise's fashion show. I was asked to model Mardi Gras items from the gift shop.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

3/13/2004
Janet Pope
We have all heard of Vicksburg but here our reporters get a different slant with a tour of the Army Corps of Engineers laboratory and a walk through town. When the steamboat leaves, the calliope plays and the world now knows where we are!

Today the boat gave a tour of the Vicksburg Battlefield, but Don and I were lucky enough to get a private tour of the town by my cousin Joan who lives there. Those who went on the tour raved about it.

Vicksburg is a port town with a very hilly contour. Those hills are what allowed the Confederate cannons to have control over military movements on the Mississippi River. This made Vicksburg a key-controlling element in the Civil War.

Joan pointed out that there are three major industries in Vicksburg: tourism, casino gambling and the Army Corps of Engineers, with whom she works.

Vicksburg

9/2/2002
Dominick A. Miserandino
The site of one of the biggest battles of the Gettysburg war with dozens of monuments to show for it.

Vicksburg is a town that is now placed in a time capsule. More appropriately, they're surrounded by the time capsule.

First off, to go backwards, Vicksburg is the site of one of the most important battles of the Civil War. Gettysburg is, of course, probably one of the most famous, but Vicksburg was what Lincoln described as the "key" to ending this war.

Natchez

9/1/2002
Dominick A. Miserandino
Learn about cotton at Frogmore Plantation and the best bar on the Mississippi, the Bar Under the Hill.

Natchez is basically divided into two sections. The upper section contains some of the most beautiful antebellum homes in the South. It turns out, during the Civil War, Natchez saw the tide was turning, and decided to surrender to the North before they attacked and destroyed their houses.

Anyway, I'm getting distracted. Natchez is up on a hill overlooking the river. However, there is one street that leads "under the hill," which is why the area retains the same name.

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