Natchez Trace
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Travel on the Natchez Trace was an adventure in the early 1800's. The 500-mile trail traversed a sprawling wilderness where only Indians, outlaws, and wild animals were at home. Travelers needed a place to find food, supplies, and rest.
At government req…
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Before 1805 the Chickasaw Indians owned all the land in this vicinity. Only the Natchez Trace - part of which remains here - had made inroads into tribal territory.
When the Indians ceded land to the United States in the early 1800's, the Natchez Trace b…
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The Natchez Trace, a very old trail, was traveled by many early Americans. Captain Meriwether Lewis, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, died near this point in 1809 while traveling the Natchez Trace to Wa…
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In 1809, renowned explorer Meriwether Lewis traveled up the Old Natchez Trace on his way to Washington, D.C. He stopped here at an inn called Grinder's Stand, and died during the night.
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Site and ruins of the Grinder House, in which Meriwether Lewis met his death on the night of Oct. 11, 1809.
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(Marker #1)
A Ride on the Old Natchez Trace
From this point you may drive over a mile and a half of the Old Trace and see for yourself this frontier road much as it appeared in the early 1800's.
En route, stop at the three scenic overlooks to enjoy t…
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Here, about 1820, stood a charcoal-burning furnace used to manufacture pig iron. All that remain of this pioneer enterprise are a slag pile and the evidence of a mill race, used to bring water from Buffalo River to operate the furnace's air blasting machinery.
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"I was roused from this melancholy reverie by the roaring of Buffalo River, which I forded with great difficulty."
Alexander Wilson, 1811
Here travelers on the Natchez Trace crossed the river which was fordable except after heavy rains. The fo…
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This early interstate road building venture produced a snake-infested, mosquito-beset, robber-haunted, Indian-traveled forest path. Lamented by the pious, cussed by the impious, it tried everyone's strength and patience.
When the trail became so …
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In frontier language, a stand was an inn or a trading post—sometimes both—usually located on a well traveled route. Such a place was established on the Old Natchez Trace, near here, in 1849 by John McGlamery. Although the stand did not outlast t…