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Natchez
When: March 6-April 4
Time: Morning tour 9 a.m.-l p.m.; afternoon tour 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Tour: 30 antebellum homes
Price: $20 per 5-home tour; $18 per tour for 2 or more tours; half price for children ages 6-17 Headquarters: Natchez Pilgrimage Tours, Canal at State Street
Highlights:Confederate Pageant 8:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, tickets $10; Southern Exposure satirical comedy on Pilgrimage 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday, Natchez Little Theater Playhouse, tickets $10; Southern Road To Freedom musical on Afro-American experience 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, Eola Hotel, tickets $8; lunch and dinner on grounds of Stanton Hall daily; candlelight dinners nightly for groups of 20 or more at Magnolia Hall, Lansdowne, Ravenna, Elgin, The Burn, Monmouth, and D’evereux, by reservation, call Natchez Pilgrimage Tours, 1-800-647-6742 While There: Visit Natchez-Under-The-Hill; the historic Eola Hotel;
City Cemetery; the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians; Mount Locust Inn and Emerald Mound, both on the Natchez Trace Parkway; Historic Jefferson College at Washington; Rosswood Plantation and the Old Original Country Store and Museum, both near Lorman; Rosemont Plantation and the Pond Country Store, both near Woodville Contact: Natchez Pilgrimage Tours, P.O. Box 347, Natchez, MS 39121, 446-6631 or 1-800-647-6742
PONTOTOC
When: April 18 Time: 1-5 p.m.
Tour: 4-5 of Pontotoc’s finest homes including historical home Price: $7.50 for complete tour
Headquarters: Purchase tickets at any home on tour, Pontotoc Chamber of Commerce, or any club member
Highlights: North Main Street	„ „	..	„	. ,
.... .. S,.	„ , n .	.	,	. .	Sellers Home, Pontotoc
While There: Pick up a tree brochure at the Pontotoc County	Li-
brary, Pontotoc Chamber of Commerce or Tupelo Visitors Center
and follow the marked tour of 29 historic sights throughout Pontotoc County. Follow the ancient trails of Chickasaws, Hernando DeSoto, Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and at least 5 invading armies as they traveled historic Pontotoc county. Visit the Elvis Presley Birthplace, Tupelo City Museum, Tupelo Battlefield, Natchez Trace Parkway Headquarters Museum, and Tombigbee State Park, all in and around Tupelo.
Contact: Pontotoc Chamber of Commerce, Sadie Kenney, P.O. Box 530, Pontotoc, MS 38863, 489-5042 or 842-0530
Sellers Home, Pontotoc
Stanton Hall, Natchez
Port Gibson
Date: March 27-28
Time: 9 a.m.-12 noon; 1-5 p.m.
Tour: 8 antebellum homes
Price: 2 homes, $7; 4 homes, $12; 6 homes, $15; 8 homes, $18; senior citizens and groups of 15 or more, $1 off; children kindergarten and under free; children kindergarten to 12 years half price
Headquarters: Port Gibson Chamber of Commerce. Tickets may also be purchased at any tour home 10A MARCH/APRII. 1993


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