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
Daniel S. Martin later worked in the electrical and mechanical engineering industry. He was also president of the McClary-Jemison Machinery Company in Birmingham, Alabama at one point. He died in November 1949 of a heart attack. He had been in declining health since a mining accident in Mexico in 1935, which left him semi-disabled. Daniel S. Martin Daniel Stacy Martin (August 31, 1879 – November 5, 1949) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1902 and at The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi—now known as Mississippi