Re: Rita -- Natchez
Posted by: Blc914 <Blc914@...>
[email protected] writes:
> Do you have
> a yearbook? Oh well, wanted to run it by you.
I would only have a yearbook from my little school and I knew everyone there
-- preschool thru Senior year totaled no more than 300!
Yes....it is a small world. Do
> I remember her telling me about a bar
> there in Natchez that had burned down when she was younger.
Not sure if I remember the right one -- I know there was a night club that
burned when I was really young. It was very sad. There was only 1 exit and it
was jam packed with people. Lots of folks died in the panic to get out. So
sad!
> Oh, we had such a wonderful time, you lived in such a beautiful place.
> I will always remember the beautiful homes we toured, an old country store,
> an Indian Burial Mound (I think that's what it was) What a great summer I
> had, this brings back some wonderful memories. Thanks for going down memory
> lane with me. ~:o)
>
> enjoyed the trip down memory lane. I grew up in some of those houses -- my
> folks never owned one -- we were very middle class America, but the school
> I went to catered to the rich and elite of Natchez. I had many friends who
> lived in those mansions or their grandparents did. They are beautiful, but
> it is like living in a house of china. My friends always wanted to come
> hang out at my tiny little neighborhood house -- where they could relax and
> be kids. In their mansions full of antiques no one could keep toys out or
> lay on the beds etc.
>
> The Indian Mound is just that -- it is called Emerald Mound and it is on
> the Natchez Trace. It is the 3rd largest Indian burial mound in the US.
>
> Glad you enjoyed the visit!
>
> Barb