St. Catherine Creek Explained
Saint Catherine Creek is a stream in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Its principal drainage basin is in the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi.[1] The main village of the Natchez people was located on St. Catherine's Creek.[2] The first plantation in the Natchez district was established in 1718, during the French colonial era, along St. Catherine's Creek.[3] The second capital of Mississippi Territory, Washington, could be reached by St. Catherine's Creek, in seasons of high water.[4] Circa 1808, water for the village at Washington was said to be "well supplied by wells about forty feet deep, and about a quarter of a mile from the east end is a delightful spring, near the bank of St. Catherine's creek, where is a hot and cold bath — the price of bathing is three eighths of a dollar."[5]
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Notes and References
- 10.3133/wri844341 . Ground-water resources of the Natchez area, Mississippi . 1985 .
- Web site: Annual report of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 1955-71. . 2024-08-19 . HathiTrust . 61 . en.
- Web site: Mississippi : a guide to the Magnolia state / compiled and written by the Federal writers' project of the Works progress administration . 2024-08-20 . HathiTrust . 238 . en.
- Book: A New Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of North America and the West Indies . 1833 . 432 . en.
- Book: Cuming, Fortescue . Sketches of a tour to the western country : through the states of Ohio and Kentucky, a voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and a trip through the Mississippi territory, and part of West Florida, commenced at Philadelphia in the winter of 1807, and concluded in 1809 . 1810 . Pittsburgh : Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum . University of Pittsburgh Library System . 292.
