History & Culture
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 |
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Did You Know?
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.