Natchez, Mississippi the United States acquired this area from the British after the American Revolutionary War, the city served as the capital of the American Mississippi Territory and then of the state of Mississippi. It predates Jackson by more than a century; the latter replaced Natchez as the capital in 1822, as it was more centrally located in the developing state. The strategic location of Natchez, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, ensured that it would be a pivotal center of trade, commerce, and the interchange of ethnic Native American, European, and African cultures in the region; it held this position
Beatties Bluff, Mississippi become extinct. In 2000, Nissan Motor Company began construction of a vehicle assembly plant in nearby Canton. As part of the infrastructure, a site just west of the old town was selected in 2001 for the construction of the Beatties Bluff Wastewater Treatment Facility, capable of processing eight million gallons of water per day. Beatties Bluff, Mississippi Beatties Bluff (also Beattie's Bluff) is a ghost town located in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. Once a thriving hamlet on the south shore of the Big Black River, it is today the location of a $32 million wastewater treatment plant. Nothing remains