Under-the-Hill Saloon – Natchez, Mississippi

The Natchez, Mississippi, of the 1800s is hardly discernible in the quaint river-town it is today. The port town at one time had a nasty reputation for boozing, brawling, and prostitution, a rest stop as it was for rivermen of flexible moral codes. In fact, one traveler wrote in 1816 that it was “without a single exception the most licentious spot that I ever saw.” Perhaps the only modicum of decency to be said of its history is Mark Twain’s alleged patronage. The centerpiece of the vice-riddled outpost was the Under-the-Hill Saloon, today the last living remnant of “Nasty Natchez.”

Source: Under-the-Hill Saloon – Natchez, Mississippi – Gastro Obscura