May 20  USS Mississippi Arrives In Natchez
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-05-20

Jae Eidt, a junior at Cathedral High School, presents today's Natchez History Minute about the arrival of the USS Mississippi in Natchez on this day, May 20 in 1909. The arrival of a first-class battleship with deep draught at an inland port was cause for a great celebration in the city.