Discover the history of all the peoples of Natchez, Mississippi, from European
settlement, African enslavement, the American cotton economy, to the Civil
Rights struggle on the lower Mississippi River.

Discover the history of all the peoples of Natchez, Mississippi, from European settlement, African enslavement, the American cotton economy, to the Civil Rights struggle on the lower Mississippi River.

One of two remaining slave cabins at the Melrose estate

Melrose Slave Cabin

Visitors to the William Johnson House can see many original furnishings.

Inside the William Johnson House

The William Johnson House provides a window into the life of a free man of color whose published diary and personal papers provide a detailed account of daily life in the antebellum south.

William Johnson House

Melrose and its landscape present a comprehensive picture of the Southern planter class and the enslaved people who lived and worked there.

Melrose Mansion

The furnished slave cabin at Melrose helps to illustrate  the daily life of the enslaved.

Inside Melrose Slave Cabin

Natchez National Historical Park

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1992, is located in
Concordia Parish in east central Louisiana. The 14,668 acre refuge is composed
of some of the last remaining, least disturbed bottomland hardwoods in the
Mississippi River Delta. Because of its large contiguous stand of bottomland
hardwood forest, the refuge was designated as critical habitat and serves as a
corridor for the Louisiana black bear between Tensas River National Wildlife
Refuge and the state of Louisiana’s Red River Wildlife Management Area.

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1992, is located in Concordia Parish in east central Louisiana. The 14,668 acre refuge is composed of some of the last remaining, least disturbed bottomland hardwoods in the Mississippi River Delta. Because of its large contiguous stand of bottomland hardwood forest, the refuge was designated as critical habitat and serves as a corridor for the Louisiana black bear between Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge and the state of Louisiana’s Red River Wildlife Management Area.

White-faced Ibis

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge

St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1990.
Management of the refuge aims to conserve the integrity of a dynamic
bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.
The Refuge is located in southwest Mississippi which hosts a diverse array of
habitat types consisting of bottomland hardwoods, cypress swamps, upland
hardwoods on the loess bluffs, small cliffs made from a specific type of wind-
blown sediment. The Refuge also has moist soil impoundments, reforested areas,
fallow fields and accreted land. Flooding from the Mississippi River occurs
from winter through early summer preserving a naturally functioning bottomland
hardwood system and a bountiful diversity of fish, wildlife and plant species.

St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1990.  Management of the refuge aims to conserve the integrity of a dynamic bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. The Refuge is located in southwest Mississippi which hosts a diverse array of habitat types consisting of bottomland hardwoods, cypress swamps, upland hardwoods on the loess bluffs, small cliffs made from a specific type of wind-blown sediment. The Refuge also has moist soil impoundments, reforested areas, fallow fields and accreted land. Flooding from the Mississippi River occurs from winter through early summer preserving a naturally functioning bottomland hardwood system and a bountiful diversity of fish, wildlife and plant species.

Natchez National Historical Park

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Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge

St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge