Jan 21 William Johnson Freed
Park guide Barney Schoby presents a Natchez History Minute on William Johnson, The Barber of Natchez, who was freed by his father on this day, January 21, 1820.
Top 16. Best Tourist Attractions in Natchez - Mississippi
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The most beautiful places and sight in Natchez.
Top 16. Best Tourist Attractions in Natchez - Mississippi: Longwood, Natchez Trace Parkway, Historic Natchez Cemetery, Rosalie Mansion, St. Mary Basilica, Stanton Hall, Natchez Visitor Center, Melrose, Bluff Park, Emerald Mound, William Johnson House, First Presbyterian Church, Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture, Auburn Museum & Historic Home, Natchez National Historical Park, Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
11538 HWY 109, Starks, LA 70661
Ranch Living at its finest! Offered in 3 tracts, 50+/- acres with barns, home with 20+/- acres, or home on 70+/- acres. Overlooking stunning pastural views with two stocked ponds and equestrian facilities. 10 mins from Delta Downs Racetrack.
The custom cypress log 2 1/2 story 5,277 sq.ft. 3 bedroom 3 bath home with walkout basement and three car garage offers the highest craftsmanship and finest details, scenic and private with first class improvements. The ranch features a 1/2 mile gallop track with a 3 horse starting gate, horse breeding facility, 80×180 33 stall barn, 40×100 7 stall barn, and 5 turn out paddocks, it is an ideal race training center only 10 miles from Delta Downs Racetrack.
A warm welcome to guests, the entry, a fitting first introduction to the high end design and finishes throughout the interior of the home. Featuring cypress logs, Pella windows, stone fireplace, rich cypress floors & beams, walls with Trompe L'Oeil finish, and wrap around porches. Every living space is unique and special.
Open & Functional Layout
The rich but comfortable and open floor plan is ideal for entertaining guests or finding a quiet spot to escape and take in the expansive views through one of the many large windows. Ideal for hosting events or gatherings, the open gourmet kitchen boasts Viking appliances, two ovens, granite countertops, four burner gas stove and griddle, large pantry, and dumbwaiter. Just beyond is a spacious dining room ideal for eating or relaxing with family. The ambience of the family room is carried through a magnificent stone fireplace, and with soaring windows taking in spectacular views. Both the dining area and family rooms are linked to the outdoor living space. Just past the full log staircase, lies the master suite featuring a lavish master bath with custom slate walk in shower, jacuzzi tub, and cast iron gas fireplace. The master suite is a peaceful retreat. Upstairs is the loft currently used as the office. Downstairs two more bedrooms await, complete with laundry room, exercise room, and safe room. Another casual space downstairs is the game room featuring esthetically stunning stained concrete floors, fireplace, and custom bar, it is a comfortable retreat for adults and kids alike.
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• Only 35 miles from Beaumont
• Only 30 miles from Lake Charles
• Only 10 minutes from Delta Downs Race Track
• Close to Gulf Coast for Hunting & Fishing
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Starks Ranch will please the most enthusiastic equestrians. The grassy meadows are ideal for trail riding. The location provides the perfect setting for any outdoor enthusiast.
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Natchez, MS: Haunted Jails, Houses of Ill Repute & Getting Mooned
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Visiting Historic Natchez, Mississippi
Historic Natchez, Mississippi began as a fort established by French colonists on the Mississippi River in 1716, but was ceded to Spain in 1763. Later, it became British territory, and finally became part of the United States after the Revolutionary War. It served as the capital of Mississippi and then was the first capital of the state of Mississippi.
As the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace, which connected Natchez to Nashville, Tennessee, it helped lead to the settlement of what was then the southwestern part of the United States.
Southern plantations - and slavery - became an important part of the city's economy and culture in the 1800s. After the war, its role as an important river port supported local industry, but both of those faded over time.
Today Natchez is a popular tourist destination, primarily for its historic sites, river-related activites and antebellum architecture.
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L06A0029 - This marker on a bluff above the Mississippi River indicates the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace
L06A0034 - The Mississippi River at Natchez
L06A0039 - Rosalie Mansion is one example of antebellum architecture; following the Battle of Vicksburg during the Civil War, General Grant took control of Rosalie mansion; it served as the Union Army's headquarters for the region from 1863 through the end of the war; today it is open as a museum
L06a0041 - The town of Natchez took shape on the Mississippi River's edge at the base of a bluff, or Under-the-Hill; the Under-the-Hill Historic District preserves the historic heart of the city, although most of the city today is on top of the bluff; taverns, brothels and gambling halls filled the Under-the-Hill area during the city's port heyday; it was also home to one of the largest slave markets in the South; today it features bars, restaurants and casino gambling
L06A0043 - Today, Natchez features casino gambling, although the Under-the-Bluff's Isle of Capri casino - pictured - reportedly closed in 2015
L06A0059 - Natchez National Historical Park, a National Park Service unit, protects some historic sites in Natchez, including the site of Fort Rosalie (not open to the public), the 19th century free African American - barber William Johnson - and the antebellum Melrose estate, which includes Melrose Mansion
L06A0070 - The Melrose estate is also home to the last surviving slave quarters in Natchez
L06A0025 - Mammy's Cupboard is a woman-shaped restaurant located about two miles south of Natchez on Highway 61; Mammy has gone back and forth between black and white over the years, leading to discussions of stereotypes and political correctness, but the restaurant remains a popular dining stop and photo op
History Is Lunch: Kathleen Bond, The Future of Natchez's Past
On October 17, 2018, Kathleen Bond presented “The Future of Natchez’s Past: Decoding the Layers of Contested History” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
In 2016 Natchez commemorated its tricentennial. The town was the site of early contact between European explorers, Native peoples, and Africans kidnaped from their home continent. Its antebellum wealth was grounded in the economics of slavery. The industries that developed in the twentieth century have increasingly left the city, and the Natchez economy now relies more than ever on tourism—which centers on the town’s history.
“Since the inception of the Spring Pilgrimages in 1932, Natchez tourism has been built around hoop-skirted tours of old houses,” said Bond, who is the superintendent of the Natchez National Historical Park. “The National Park Service has worked to set a new community standard for inclusiveness in interpretation. Millennials and other savvy travelers are demanding more historical and cultural authenticity, and local African Americans are developing tourism products that tell their own stories.”
Bond’s program will explore the ways in which the town’s citizens are mining their history to produce a more complex and accurate historical narrative. “William Faulkner is quoted as saying that to understand the world one must first understand a place like Mississippi,” Bond said. “I often tell my colleagues in the National Park Service that to understand America you must first understand a place like Natchez.”
A graduate of Vicksburg High School, Kathleen McClain Bond holds a BA in art and art history from the University of Mississippi, an MA in history from Delta State University, and has completed coursework at Louisiana State University for an MA in art history and a PhD in United States history. She began work at Natchez National Historical Park in 1993, was named curator there in 2001, and became superintendent in 2005. Bond has overseen the restoration of the interiors of the William Johnson House and Melrose, as well as the Melrose gardens and orchard. In 2014 she was recognized by the National Park Service as Superintendent of the Year in the Southeast Region.
History Is Lunch is a weekly lecture series of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History that explores different aspects of the state's past. The hour-long programs are held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building in Jackson. MDAH livestreams videos of the program at noon on Wednesdays on their Facebook page,
Water Oak Plantation
Tallahassee will add another chapter to its history today
Southern Plantation For SaleIt does not happen often, but one of our historic estates is being offered for sale by the family who has owned it for more than 30 years.
WaterOak Plantation has been listed for sale with Century 21 Manausa and Associates and this is not merely another home on the market.
It is a new chapter in Tallahassee history. A history that began with the birth of our State.
In 1821, the United States purchased Florida from Spain, and over the next twenty to thirty years, most of the land was sold to individual planters wanting to take advantage of the fertile red hills of Leon County for the growing cotton market.
This was the case for the Bradford brothers, Thomas, Edward, Henry, and Richard. They settled large tracts of land near what we now know as Bradfordville.
WaterOak was founded as a small cotton plantation of 1840 acres by Richard Bradford, who's son with the same name would later become the first Florida officer killed in Confederate action during the Civil War.
After the war, numerous plantations were created through large land buys all along the Thomasville Road, offering world class quail hunting to affluent Northerners. Clement Griscom, a shipping magnate from Philadelphia, was one of the most active buyers.
Upon his death in 1916, his daughter Frances C. Griscom established her WaterOak Plantation on 7,000 acres, naming it for the antebellum plantation belonging to Richard H. Bradford.
Ms. Griscom later became known as the nation's first woman's golf champion. She occupied the mansion she built in 1945 and entertained such dignitaries as Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. In 1951 Ms. Griscom sold 6,429 acres to Julien C. Bull Headley. She kept 300 acres until her death in 1973.
Ms. Griscom left part of her land to her faithful property manager (Mr. Lauder), while 80 acres and the plantation house was sold to Lester Tabb.
In 1985 Margaret and Tom Johnson purchased the plantation from Mr. Tabb.
Family was important to both Margaret and Tom. To find a property large enough to raise and breed horses and to build separate homes for their family to enjoy was no small task. One look at WaterOak and they knew they were home.
Family Estate For Sale Tallahassee FLThe family was involved with breeding and training cutting horses with the help of Sonny Little, a Texas cowboy and renowned trainer. They added 60 head of cattle to their 25 horses, and all of this on the Plantation that is merely 10 miles from the steps of Florida's Capitol building.
Over the years, the Johnson family renovated the historic mansion and built homes along Lake McBride for daughters Wendy (Boyle) and Laura (Goodfellow).
Tom passed in 2005, and Margaret followed in 2011. The children, Scott, Wendy and Laura have decided that it is time for the next chapter of WaterOak Plantation to be written.
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Feb 1 Territorial Capital Moves to Washington
State Representative Robert L. Johnson, III, presents a Natchez History Minute about the removal of the territorial capital from Natchez to nearby Washington on this day, February 1, 1802.
Aug 4 The Goat Castle Murder
Carrie and Megan Guido present a Natchez History Minute about the murder of Jennie Merrill on this day, Aug. 4 in 1932. The incident became known as The Goat Castle Murder and the subsequent newspaper coverage shed light on the eccentric lifestyles of four prominent Natchezians. The murder still intrigues writers and historians today.
Natchez 300th Anniversary Special | Mississippi Roads | MPB
Walt visits Natchez to celebrate the city’s 300th birthday. Join him as he takes us to Emerald Mound, one of the nation’s largest Indian mounds, then visits with famed Natchez author Greg Iles to learn about the city’s colorful history. Walt also explores how the Mississippi River made Natchez one of the richest cities in America, but also made it the location of an infamous slave market, the Forks of the Road. Movie producer and Natchez native Jennifer Ogden Combs tells how the 300th birthday has brought all segments of the Natchez community together, reflecting on their city’s legacy in new ways.
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Bradish Johnson
EVP on P-SB7 Spirit Box taken at The Woodland Plantation, 5/8/13, at 5AM. Bradish Johnson, the former owner told me his name!
During the Civil War, Bradish Johnson, as a Louisiana man living in New York, reportedly offered his slaves their freedom and transport to the African colony of Liberia -- but they allegedly declared they were much happier on the plantation and declined the offer. Johnson then wrote to President Abraham Lincoln, urging that Louisiana be readmitted to the Union as a slave state. Mr. Lincoln wrote back, saying, politely, that he would do no such thing.
Johnson was a founder of a bank that was eventually absorbed into Chemical Bank, now a part of J.P. Morgan Chase. One of his business partners was Moses Lazarus, whose daughter Emma wrote the poem inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty. A picture of the manor house of one of his plantations was used for many years on the label of Southern Comfort whiskey.
Bradish Johnson's wife, Louisa, was a member of the patrician Livingston family of New York. The family spent much of their time on the family's East Islip estate, also called Woodlands.
After Bradish Johnson's death, his son, also named Bradish, took over the family business. The Manhattan holdings were sold to a corporation owned by the family for more than four million dollars, a staggering sum in 1900. Young Bradish Johnson tore down the original mansion in East Islip and replaced it with a larger one, which today houses the Hewlett School. He also owned a Manhattan mansion (today the site of an office structure known as the Bradish Johnson Building) and a mansion in New Orleans, now a National Historic Landmark and the home of a prestigious girls' school. He died in 1918 at age 67.
The Ghosts of War Series - Teaser 1
Sharla Hardin of Girls Vs Ghosts had an experience while on a paranormal investigation in Gettysburg, PA that stayed with her for a very long time. Upon researching her family history months later, she found she had distant relatives who fought on both sides of the Civil War & one who was captured at Gettysburg. Another ancestor even wrote a book about his experience. She couldn’t help but feel responsible to take this project forward. She will tell the stories of the men who fought and died on the battlefields across the country during the War Between the States. Director Sharla Hardin chose Lyle Lotts, as Producer & Director of Photography; Brandon Johnson, as First Assistant Camera; Tonna Lotts, as cast & Shelly Bradbury as cast because of their amazing work on their hit series The Twisted Realm. Sharla’s guests will give historic accounts of each Battlefield & some of the soldiers who fought there. Featured guests will also join the team in paranormal Investigations at nearby sites. Join us on this emotional journey through the tragic past that shaped our nation as we make our way through Pennsylvania, Virginia, Mississippi & Georgia following the footsteps of Sharla’s ancestors and seeking the long forgotten stories of the Ghosts of War.
Winter Road Trip through the south Part 2: Natchez, Mississippi!
Natchez, Mississippi was our first stop in the Deep South for our winter road-trip and we were welcomed by Spanish Moss covered Live Oaks and gorgeous antebellum mansions, including Brandon Hall Plantation, where we stayed!
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In the last few months, we have changed our travel style for a more balanced lifestyle that we've been looking for. More details, and a video, will be shared on that soon. With that, we decided to take a road trip through the south for the winter. We're leaving from Missouri and exploring pieces of Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, with an extra surprise at the end of the trip for the whole family! Join us in this video as we explore Natchez, Mississippi!
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Top 10 Destinations for African American History and Culture in the US
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Who says you need to wait until February to immerse yourself in African-American culture? Here are 10 of our favorite destinations where you can pay homage to the impact and contributions African-Americans have made.
1. National Museum of African-American History and Culture – Washington D.C.
Visitors can peruse 37,000 objects relating to the visual and performing arts, civil rights, and segregation. After that, they can enjoy traditional meals of spicy oxtail and sweet potato pie at the museum’s Sweet Home Café.
2. Beale Street Historic District – Memphis, TN
During the ‘20s, Beale Street was alive and booming with nightclubs, restaurants, gambling, and theaters. Today, it's just as lively, with sounds of jazz, blues, and R&B music from some of the most influential African-American artists.
3. Dooky Chase’s Restaurant – New Orleans, LA
Barack Obama had less than four hours to spend in the city, and stopping for lunch at this iconic restaurant was at the top of his to-do list. It's also known as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine,”
4. Nicodemus National Historic Site – Bogue, KS
It is a wonderful way to learn more about this historic town that thrived during the Civil War. Today, it’s the only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.
5. Harriet Tubman National Historical Park – Auburn, NY
This courageous woman made missions to rescue and free other people, and she was the leader of the Underground Railroad, is one of the most legendary women in American history.
6. African-American Museum – Dallas, TX
The rich culture of African-American history throughout 38,000-square-foot structure. It also contains one of the largest collections of African-American Folk Art, so this museum is a definite must-see!
7. Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum – Detroit, MI
It not only celebrates the contributions of the pilots who defended the Nation and put their lives on the line, but it also gives honor to the host of navigators, mechanics, instructors, nurses, cooks, and crew chiefs who played a role in desegregating the military.
8. Congo Square – New Orleans, LA
This historic district was once the meeting place for freed Africans, where they would sing, dance, and give praise. And now, performers convene here daily to put on mesmerizing performances that pay homage to African-American history.
9. Natchez National Historical Park – Natchez, MS
The site preserves the structures from the American South, including the home of William Johnson – a mixed-race freed man who later became a barber and businessman. Visitors can also learn about the region’s socio-economic development and agricultural history pre- and post-Civil War.
10. The Center for Civil and Human Rights – Atlanta, GA
Visitors can receive a painful history lesson as they watch videos of marches, participate in a mock sit-in at a restaurant counter, and view the countless photos of those who were either arrested or killed during the fight for equal rights
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Louisiana Unclaimed Property Program 2012
Louisiana newspapers will publish Unclaimed Property listings this week. 1 in 6 Louisiana residents have money in Unclaimed Property and the list is available at State Treasurer John Kennedy's website LaTreasury.com
Mississippi Lake Fishing
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Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson Trailer 2018 (Official)
In 1902 Nellie Jackson, an African-American woman born into poverty in Possum Corner, Miss., travels north to Natchez and opens “Nellie’s,” a brothel she ran for more than 60 years with full knowledge of police and Natchez officials until a fiery end one hot July night in 1990.
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New Orleans' Hidden Black History (part 4 of 4)
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New Orleans has been the backdrop of many dark chapters in American history, but perhaps none so shocking as the slave rebellion of 1811. We will explore the history of America's largest slave revolt with author Daniel Rasmussen who organized his research in his book, American Uprising: The Untold Story About America's Largest Slave Revolt.
The New Orleans African-American Museum of Art, Culture and History, located in Faubourg Treme, is helping to keep the stories of America's oldest and continuous black community alive. Established in 2000, former executive director John Hankins tells us that the Museum has held the mission to preserve, interpret and promote the African American cultural heritage of New Orleans, with a particular empasis on the Treme community.
Le Musee de F.P.C. is a beautiful house museum that honors the legacy of New Orleans' Free People of Color. History will echo off the walls and along the wooden floor boards as we walk through this Greek Revival house in Upper Treme with Beverly McKinna. The Museum displays a hidden history of people whose stories have been complied in storage boxes and on cemetery headstones but their undeniable achievements serve to rewrite the conventional narrative of New Orleans' history.
The rich and varied culture of New Orleans is seen in its food, music, traditions and architecture. History professor, Dr. Mary Mitchell, says that New Orleans has its own rhythm and energy that is influenced by Africans, Native Americans and European settlers and she gave us a taste of New Orleans as we soaked up the world flavors in the French Quarter.