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This month our National Historic Landmark is Monmouth, the imposing Greek Revival dwelling best known as the home of Gen. John A. Quitman. Samantha Brown presents today's Natchez History minute about the historic estate which currently serves as a luxury inn. | Natchez National Historical Park
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This month our National Historic Landmark is Monmouth, the imposing Greek Revival dwelling best known as the home of Gen. John A. Quitman. Samantha Brown presents today's Natchez History minute about the historic estate which currently serves as a luxury inn. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Each month, we try and highlight one of Adams County's National Historic Landmarks. Sandy Taylor starts off the month of March with a Natchez History Minute about Longwood, the largest octagonal house in America and one of Natchez's most popular house museums. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Each month, we try and highlight one of Adams County's National Historic Landmarks. Sandy Taylor starts off the month of March with a Natchez History Minute about Longwood, the largest octagonal house in America and one of Natchez's most popular house museums. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Beverly Adams presents today's Natchez History Minute about jazz great Marion Montgomery who was born in Natchez on this day, Nov. 17 in 1934. Montgomery recorded several albums for Capitol records but found her greatest success in Britain where she became well known to jazz, cabaret and television audiences. Her last album was titled That Lady from Natchez. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Beverly Adams presents today's Natchez History Minute about jazz great Marion Montgomery who was born in Natchez on this day, Nov. 17 in 1934. Montgomery recorded several albums for Capitol records but found her greatest success in Britain where she became well known to jazz, cabaret and television audiences. Her last album was titled That Lady from Natchez. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Kristie Byrne Chandler, Queen Rosalie I of the Krewe of Phoenix from the revived Mardi Gras in 1982, presents a Natchez History Minute about the origins of the celebration in Natchez. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Kristie Byrne Chandler, Queen Rosalie I of the Krewe of Phoenix from the revived Mardi Gras in 1982, presents a Natchez History Minute about the origins of the celebration in Natchez. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Page Ogden presents a Natchez History Minute about the lighthouse of Natchez which sat on the bluff from 1827 to 1840. A newspaper account from the time | Natchez National Historical Park
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Page Ogden presents a Natchez History Minute about the lighthouse of Natchez which sat on the bluff from 1827 to 1840. A newspaper account from the time | Natchez National Historical Park
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Mary Lou Ridinger presents today's Natchez History Minute about a fragment of a pelvis discovered by archaeologist Montroville Dickeson in a bayou cut through the bluffs at Natchez. The fragment was found along with mastodon and mylodon bones, leading many to believe it might represent early Paleo-Indians in North American. The fragment came to be known as the Natchez Man and in 1990, radio-isotope analysis concluded the date and origin of the bone. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Ser Boxley presents today's Natchez History Minute about the massacre of French settlers by Natchez Indians on this day, Nov. 28, 1729. French colonists were preparing for a bountiful tobacco harvest but instead, received the fulfillment of their worst nightmare, an Indian uprising and slave rebellion rolled into one. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Lindsey Shelton presents a Natchez History Minute about Nellie Jackson, "The Madam of Natchez." Jackson operated her very successful business for over 60 years before her death on this day July 11 in 1990. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Kaci Guedon, a student at Adams County Christian School, presents a Natchez History Minute about the crowning of Lynda Lee Mead of Natchez as Miss America on this day, Sept. 12 in 1960. Mead followed Mary Ann Mobley, another Miss Mississippi in the title, the only time a state has had back-to-back Miss Americas. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Hannah Jackson, a junior at Natchez Early College Academy, presents today's Natchez History Minute about an article printed in the New York Times on Sept. 6, 1863 that gave an account of the contraband camps at Natchez. Upon the occupation of the city by Federal troops, thousands of freedmen flocked into Natchez seeking refuge, only to be placed into filthy, disease ridden camps where scores perished daily. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Deja Harris, a senior at Cathedral High School, presents a Natchez History Minute about the patrol frigate USS Natchez, which was transferred from the Canadian government to the U.S Navy on this day July 20th in 1942. During the war, the ship patrolled the coastal waters of the United States and participated in the sinking of a Germany submarine in 1943. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Janet Sullivan presents a Natchez History Minute about the tornado that completely devastated the city on this day, May 7 in 1840. Over 317 people died in the storm which today, ranks as the second deadliest tornado in United States history. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Jake Dinkelaker, a park ranger with the Natchez Trace, presents a Natchez History Minute about Mount Locust, one of the oldest remaining structures along the historic parkway. Begun in 1780, the house at Mount Locust was the center of a large plantation and served as a "stand," or inn for the ever increasing travelers along the Trace in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Derick Biglane presents today's Natchez History Minute about the opening of the Mississippi River bridge on this day, September 26, 1940. Originally a toll bridge, today, the original span is one of a pair of bridges linking Natchez and Vidalia and supporting over 30,000 vehicles a day | Natchez National Historical Park
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Ethel Banta presents a Natchez History Minute about Katherine Grafton Miller, considered by many to be the founder of the Natchez Pilgrimage, the second oldest home tour in America. Miller died on this day, March 31 in 1983. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Mallory Martin presents today's Natchez History Minute about the premier of the made for TV mini series, North and South on this day, Nov. 3 in 1985. Filmed in part in Natchez and at nearby Jefferson College, North and South remains one of the highest rated mini series in television history. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Officer Kimberly Furnace of the Natchez Police Department presents a Natchez History Minute about Thomas Freeman, an early surveyor of the Natchez District. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Rusty Simmons, an archaeologist with the Southeastern Archaeological Center, presents a Natchez History Minute about the Anna site, an important site associated with the Plaquemine culture. Anna Site is one of Adams County's National Historical Landmarks. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Glen Ballard presents today's Natchez History Minute about John R. Junkin of Natchez, who served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1966 until 1975. First elected to the House in 1944, Junkin was particularly proud of two accomplishments during his tenure, making the toll bridge at Natchez free for travelers and establishing a river port for Adams County. | Natchez National Historical Park
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John Michael Perkins, a recent graduate of Jackson State University and an intern with the Natchez National Historical Park, presents a Natchez History Minute about the origins of his alma mater. In 1877, the American Baptist Home Mission Society established a seminary in Natchez, which would be the forerunner of Jackson State. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Rev. Birdon Mitchell presents a Natchez History Minute about historic Zion Chapel AME Church, established in the 1860s. Once described as being the "largest, most intelligent, wealthiest and most influential church in the Mississippi Conference," Zion Chapel played an important role during the Civil Rights movement and remains a vibrant part of the Natchez community. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Valerie Jackson Jones presents a Natchez History Minute about the enslaved community at Melrose, the suburban estate of John and Mary Louisa McMurran that is today, part of the Natchez National Historical Park. Very little information exists about the 25 enslaved individuals who lived and worked on the estate in 1861. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Johnny Waycaster presents a Natchez History Minute about architect Sidney Stratton, who was born in Natchez on this day, August 8, 1845. Stratton worked with some of the country's most important architectural firms of the Gilded Age and is credited with introducing the Queen Anne style in America in 1878. | Natchez National Historical Park
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Kathleen Bond, Superintendent of Natchez National Historical Park, presents a Natchez History Minute about the creation of the National Park Service 100 years ago today, August 25, 1916. American novelist Wallace Stegner observed that National Parks are the best idea we ever had, totally American, totally democratic. And we couldn't agree more! | Natchez National Historical Park
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Valencia Hall presents a Natchez History Minute about the dedication of Holy Family Catholic Church which took place on this day, July 1 in 1894. The oldest Black Catholic Church in the Mississippi Valley, Holy Family is under the tutelage of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, known as the Josephites. | Natchez National Historical Park
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This month, our featured National Historical Landmark is Emerald Mound, the second largest ceremonial mound in the United States and the largest along the Natchez Trace Parkway. Kelin Hendricks presents a Natchez History Minute about the site which was named an NHL in 1989. | Natchez National Historical Park
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