In 1850 half of the millionaires in the US lived in Natchez Mississippi, due largely to the cotton trade, which of course relied on slave labor. Today 600 Natchez homes are in the National Register of Historic Places.
Rosalie, 1823Dunleith 1856Choctaw Hall 1836Stanton Hall 1857Site of Fort Rosalie, built by the French after a 1716 conflict with the Natchez tribe. Tensions and conflicts between the French and the Natchez for decades. The French ceded the fort to the British following the French and Indian War. The Spanish took control in 1787 and laid out a permanent town around the fort.Mississippi RiverMississippi River bridges at sunset in Natchez
