Nov 25  With a Stroke of a Pen
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-11-25

Buck Brumfield presents today's Natchez History Minute about Gov. Theodore Bilbo "de-listing" Rodney as a city on this day, Nov. 25, 1930. Once the busiest river port between New Orleans and St. Louis, Rodney was a cultural and economic center, rivaling Natchez and Vicksburg in wealth. By the 1920s, the town was in decline and Bilbo's actions pushed Rodney to near extinction.