Once a very important port on the Mississippi River, it is now considered a ghost town having been forsaken by both railroads and the river. It’s history can be traced to the early 18th Century when it was originally known as Petit Gulf, in contrast to Grand Gulf which is situated a little further upstream.1 [...]
A ceremonial mound built and occupied by the ancestors of the Natchez tribe between 1250 and 1600 AD. It is the second largest ceremonial earthwork in the United States.1 The largest being the Monk’s Mound at Cahokia in Illinois.2
http://www.nps.gov/archeology/feature/emerald.htm [↩]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia#Monk.27s_Mound [↩]
A boat landing on the Mississippi River that was the site of Grant’s amphibious landing in 1863 during the second Vicksburg Campaign of the US Civil War. The landing, involving over 24,000 troops, was the largest amphibious operation in American military history until World War II.1
http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/camptrail/sites/Mississippi-sites/BruinsburgMS.htm [↩]
