Category Archives: Mississippi

This is the sixth and final entry in our Alabama/Mississippi tour. This post covers what we did as we learned about the history of Natchez, as well as a few places we visited afterward, relating to my own family history. Skip ahead to that section here. Having successfully navigated to the southern terminus of theContinue reading “Natchez National Historical Park (NP016 – Natchez, MS)”

This is the fifth park the Beavers visited on our Alabama/Mississippi tour. In part four, I give some history of the Natchez Trace as we briefly visited the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (NST) Now, I need to explain what a parkway is, at least in the way the National Park Service uses it. AContinue reading “Natchez Trace Parkway (NP015 – Natchez, MS)”

This is Part 4 of our Alabama/Mississippi tour. Check out Part 3 here. There are three national parks with Natchez in the title. So, starting with what Natchez is will be a good first step. Natchez is a city in southwestern Mississippi, located on the Mississippi River, just across from Louisiana. The city gets itsContinue reading “Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (NP014 – Madison, MS)”

After stopping in Anniston and Birmingham, AL, our Civil Rights Tour of the South continued in Jackson, MS. We had spent the night in our AirBnB just outside of Jackson, and were looking forward to our tour of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home. As you’ll read below, it is the site of a terribleContinue reading “Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument (NP013 – Jackson, MS)”