Ruth Ellen Calhoun waits in the house’s front room for the next group. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Lizzie Davis gives a tour Saturday of the guest bedroom at Elgin Plantation during the first day of Spring Pilgrimage. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Nathalie Harris talks with Jennifer Bass and David Bass of Denver, Colo. during a tour of Elgin. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)