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Jackson is the largest city and the capital of the US state of Mississippi. The city was founded in 1821 and named after General Andrew Jackson, who later became President of the United States. Until then, Natchez had been capital of Mississippi, but a more centrally located location was desired. Therefore, Thomas Hinds, James Patton and William Lattimore were sent out to find the right place, and they chose the trading post of LeFleur’s Bluff.
Architect Peter van Dorn designed a city plan for Jackson, and his work with streets like a checkerboard was inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s recommendations. The city developed and the railroad arrived in 1840, but during the American Civil War in the 1860s, large parts of Jackson were destroyed, and it had to be rebuilt. Growth quickly returned, and the population doubled from just over 4,000 in 1870 to around 8,000 in 1900.
Today you can take some nice walks in Jackson’s downtown, where there are several sights and attractions. You can start with a stroll along Capitol Street, where some of the city’s most famous places are located. You can see the beautiful Governor’s Mansion, which was built in 1841 and is one of the oldest governor’s residences in the United States. Tours of the house are organized so that you can get an impression of the work of the architect William Nichols.
Opposite the Governor’s Mansion to the south stands Jackson’s most characteristic high-rise, the Lamar Life Building, which was completed in 1924 as the city’s first skyscraper. Next to it is St. Andrew’s Cathedral, built in neo-Gothic style in 1903, and on the opposite side of the Governor’s Mansion is the Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter from the year 1900. One street west of St. Peter’s is the Old Greyhound Bus Station, which is a fine example of streamline moderne style from 1938.
A few blocks to the southeast, you can see Jackson’s City Hall, built in neoclassical style around 1850, and next door to the city hall is the Hinds County Courthouse from 1930 in Art Deco architecture. Jackson is the capital of Mississippi, and therefore you can see the state government building as well, which is located north of downtown Jackson. The Mississippi State Capitol is an impressive 1901-1903 neoclassical and beaux-arts style building that replaced the state’s former Capitol, which is in Jackson as well.
It was Theodore C. Link of St. Louis, who designed the Capitol building from, which is decorated inside with a very beautiful interior in the central rotunda under the beautiful dome. Originally, the legislative, executive and judicial powers were all located in the Capitol, but today only the Mississippi Legislature is in the Capitol. North of the building you can see the State Supreme Court in a separate building.
At the intersection of Capitol Street and Congress Street, you have a fine view of the Mississippi State Capitol and of the former government building, the Old Mississippi State Capitol, located at the eastern end of Capitol Street. The building was built in 1839 in Greek temple style and was the seat of the state government until 1903.
Among the many events that have taken place in the old Capitol was Mississippi’s secession from the United States in 1861. Today, you can visit The Old Capitol Museum in the old government building, and during a visit here you can explore the fine rooms and halls of the building, such as the Senate and rooms with representative purposes. You can also learn about the many decisions and events that made history in the former Capitol.
There are also quite a few museums in Jackson. In the southern part of the city center is the Mississippi Museum of Art, which is the state’s largest art museum. Here you can see works by both local, American and international artists. Next to the art museum is the concert venue Thalia Mara Hall and the Russell C Davis Planetarium.
To the northeast of the city, you can visit the Museum of Mississippi History, which tells the story of the state in the exhibition, which is divided chronologically from the first peoples to the present. In the same complex is the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, which not least tells the story of the fight for civil rights.
Natchez is a city located at the bank of the Mississippi River in the state of Mississippi. During the plantation era, the town was one of the largest shipping ports in the area, and wealthy plantation owners built their mansions as magnificent townhouses in Natchez. You can still see them today, and there are also other sights and of course access to the Mississippi, which is flowing below the city center.
The area was colonized by the French in 1716 when they established Fort Rosalie in the region traditionally populated by the Natchez Indians, after whom the city was later named. Later in the same century, the city became the starting point for The Natchez Trail, which was the route home for many farmers from Indiana and Kentucky, among others, who had their goods shipped to New Orleans.
In 1798, Natchez became the capital of the newly established American territory of Mississippi. When the territory was admitted as a new state to the United States in 1817, Natchez became the state capital until 1822, when Jackson became the new capital. Natchez maintained its economic importance with its location on the Mississippi River, and much cotton and other goods were shipped from the city’s river port to both New Orleans and ports to the north.
Today you can still sense the 19th century atmosphere from a time of large mansions and busy river traffic. Among other things, you can visit Dunleith from 1855, which is the only preserved plantation building in Mississippi, where there is a colonnade all the way around the house. Close to this is the octagonal mansion Longwood, which the plantation owner Haller Nutt built in 1859. In the city, you can also see Stanton Hall from 1857, which stands as one of the city’s most impressive mansions, and the city’s beautiful St. Mary’s Basilica, consecrated in 1843.
New Orleans is located in Louisiana in southern states of the United States, and they have a special charm. The atmosphere in the old center, also known as the French Quarter, is unique to the country with live jazz music in the streets, cast-iron balconies, horse-drawn carriages and old southern state charm, seasoned annually with Mardi Gras celebrations as one of the city’s many highlights.
The city of New Orleans was founded with the name Nouvelle Orleans, the capital of the French area of Louisiana. You can still see the French street names on signs in the French Quarter, and the language is still a bit different from the rest of the states. The restaurants offer dishes other than in the rest of the United States as well, since this is the home of the tasty Creole cuisine.
Mobile is one of the largest cities in the state of Alabama. Its history goes back to the area’s French times, when French-Canadians Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne founded Fort Louis de la Louisiane in 1702, which became the first capital of the colony of La Louisiane. The capital was moved to Biloxi in 1720, and thereafter Mobile was a fort and trading post named Fort Condé. With the Peace of Paris in 1763, the area became British, and the town was renamed Fort Charlotte.
In 1780, Spain conquered the region, which in 1813 became part of the United States. At this time there were approx. 300 inhabitants in Mobile, but soon after the city grew considerably due not least to the good location for river transport and later trade with e.g. cotton. In the early 1860s, Mobile was one of the largest cities in the American South, and the city’s growth continued with the establishment of a shipyard and steel industry.
Memphis is one of the largest cities in the US state of Tennessee. The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto came here as the first European in 1541, but it lasted until 1797 before United States established Fort Adams on the site where Memphis was founded as a city in 1819 and named after Memphis in Egypt. The city grew rapidly due to cotton production in the American South and Memphis’ good location on the Mississippi River and the later railroad network.
Memphis was occupied by the northern states during the American Civil War, but the following decades the city was in decline with an epidemic of yellow fever and other things. Growth returned to Memphis in the late 1890s, and it accelerated through the 20th century, when the city became known as the home of Elvis Presley and of the death of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
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Omaha is the largest city in the US state of Nebraska. The area was visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804, and in the following decades several trading posts were established here. In 1846, Mormons established the temporary city of Cutler’s Park in the northern part of present-day Omaha. In 1854, Omaha was established as a city, and it was named after one of the region’s Indian tribes, whose land had been acquired by the US state from the same year.
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