Oct 9  A Railroad for Natchez
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 09/10/2016

Tempest Atkins presents today's Natchez History Minute about a public meeting held in October,1834 to consider the creation of a railroad. The Natchez to Hamburg railroad began operations once the locomotive "Mississippi" was hauled up the bluff. Manufactured in Britain, the "Mississippi" is believed to have been the first locomotive operating in the South and until recently, was on display in Chicago.