When cotton was king and slavery prevalent, Natchez, Mississippi was at its center. The land and the river for transport made plantation owners here enormous fortunes. In fact, before the civil war, Natchez was home to more millionaires per capita than any other American city..…
We had planned to drive the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez MS all the way to Nashville, but a 2-week northern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee detour was required to avoid tornados in the area (post here). We finally got…
We had planned to follow a National Parks parkway called the Natchez Trace out of New Orleans (prior post here) that runs nearly all the way north to another city known for its musical roots, Nashville. Unfortunately, a severe…
