• Mississippi River from the Bluffs of Natchez

    Natchez

    National Historical Park Mississippi

History & Culture

John Quitman

John Quitman

Natchez National Historical Park Collection

"No part of the United States holds out better prospects for a young lawyer . . . [The planters] live profusely; drink costly Port, Madeira, and sherry, after the English fashion, and are exceedingly hospitable."

-John Quitman (law partner of Melrose's John McMurran), 1822

Did You Know?

Blues Musician Howlin' Wolf

The Howlin' Wolf song "Natchez Burning" commemorates the 1940 fire at the Rhythm Night Club, located in Natchez, where over two hundred people were killed.