Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat —
Max Mason and his cousin Smith Adams play with a train set in front of Randy and Helen Smith’s house during the morning pilgrimage tour.

Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat — Six-week-old Margaret Moss Mason gets her Spring Pilgrimage debut with the help of her mother Hannah Mason, right, in the same house Hannah’s grandmother Margaret Moss restored and welcomed guests during each spring.