More Natchez, MS

On Monday, Patti and I left the guys to fend for themselves and took off to tour a little more of Natchez. Our first stop was Stanton Hall, built in 1857 by Frederick Stanton, a cotton magnate. This is one of the nicest antebellum homes in Natchez that is open for tours. Unlike many of the others, there are a lot of the original furnishings inside the home. This is also the home that was shown in the movie, North and South. Dean and I had visited here in the late 80's and one thing that I noticed today is that during the tour, while you are told about the family, they do not really tell about the history of the house. In the late 80's when we visited they couldn't say enough about the making of the movie, where today, nothing was mentioned. Maybe it's old news!




From Stanton Hall we went to downtown Natchez and walked through a few shops. This is another area that is very disappointing. For what I would consider a tourist town, there are few shops in the downtown area. We did have a good time browsing through the ones that are there and even had our hands scrubbed. Of course it was done to tempt us to purchase the product, which we didn't. Lunch was at the Marketplace which is a open air building.

After lunch we went to church. St. Mary's Cathedral. It is the only church built as a Cathedral in Mississippi. The first mass was held on Christmas Day, 1843. The 12 stained glass windows in the church are all original except for three which have been added in later years. The two that I show here, the birth and death of Christ are two of the originals.



We spent the rest of our afternoon in Walmart and the Natchez Market shopping for Tuesday dinner items - Patti is making us BBQ pork ribs and potato salad - yummm!