Travel Guide Natchez

80 miles from Baton Rouge (50 miles from St. Francisville) by US -61 through a beautiful pine forest, one joins Natchez, in Mississippi state, but so close (on the other side of the river, Vidalia is in Louisiana) it would be a shame not to take a detour. Starting from New Orleans, count on four good hours of road.Natchez is known for being the first inhabited place on Mississippi and its capital for more than a century. In 1682, La Salle Cavelier de La Salle visited what was then a village where the Natchez Indians lived in the Sun. Later, in 1716, Exactly established a fort at the top of the hill. But coexistence creates tensions. The Natchez Instigate instigate a revolt (the Fort Rosalie massacre in 1729). The French, assisted by the Choctaw, take revenge to the total dispersal of the tribe. Today, this past of feathers and blood alone remains the Grand Village. The city overlooks Mississippi, a strategic promontory for trade, including through the Natchez Trace Parkway. This former Indian runway was the main commercial land route in the region, before the steamer that made the Natchez richness by carrying cotton and slaves on the Mississippi. Sumptuous mansions have withstood time. Even if the city looks a little like a museum without life, it is nice to walk to one of them. Natchez was also a symbol of bars, games, fights, and prostitution was full in the Mississippi neighbourhood. The steamboat captain and writer Mark Twain described it well in his novels. The decline of the steam vessel in favour of the railway has signed the end of this golden age. For a long time, the city has weakened, failing to reach out of its dependence on agriculture. Today, it is undergoing renewal through tourism. Richard Wright, the first American black novelist to have worldwide recognition and who wrote extensively about daily life during segregation, is from this city.Throughout the year, Natchez celebrated the 2016 th anniversary of its foundation, with great historical reconstructions, concerts, pow-wow and parades of all kinds…