Natchez, Mississippi

After spending the night in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, we drove to Natchez, to stop at A.'s favorite type of place, a big historic mansion.  This one was the Antebellum manion of the McMurran family.  It was built to impress visitors with opulence and exhibit the wealth of the family.  Surprisingly, most of the furnishings were original to the house, including even the china on the dining room table.  Also impressive was the hand painted oilcloth flooring and the giant solid mahgony fan installed over the dining room table.  There was also a majestic magnolia tree growing outside the master bedroom window that had been planted when the house was built in the 1840's.  A. decided that she wanted to live in a house like that someday.