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Date Visited: 4/4/2019 As we headed north the bad weather we had been warned about earlier in the day was quickly beginning to roll in. We made brief stops at Bynum Mounds (MP 232.4) and Witch Dance (MP 233.2). The mounds at Bynum Mounds were built by prehistoric people between 2100 and 1800 years ago,... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 Near Mathiston, Mississippi, in Choctaw County we came upon MP 198.6 and the historic marker for The Old Natchez Trace. It's here where we learned how the trail became a road. In 1800 congress established a postal route from Nashville Tennessee to Natchez Mississippi. In 1801 the US Army began clearing the... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 Jeff Busby park was named after Mississippi Congressman Thomas Jefferson Busby who on February 15, 1934 introduced a bill authorizing a survey of the Natchez Trace. Thanks to his efforts the Natchez Trace Trail became part of the National Park Service four short years later. The campground at the park is one... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 We had now driven 175 miles north on the Natchez Trace Parkway and seen some pretty cool things and as well as walked some beautiful little interpretive trails, but our next stop ended up being our favorite little nature trail of them all. During our stop at MP 122 we learned about... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 Our next stop continues to explain how water plays an important roll in the the composition of a landscape. Coming in at less than a 1/4 mile this was one of the quickest little interpretive trails along the Natchez Trace Parkway. Signage along the trail points out a variety of trees and... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 Although I've lived in Florida my entire life, I have never seen a beaver. I've seen plenty of otters, but never a beaver. This is primarily because of two factors; 1.) they are mostly dispersed throughout the panhandle and I live in central Florida and 2.) they are generally nocturnal so a... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 We finally figured out we weren't going to melt! After driving 50 miles from our campsite in the pouring rain, and passing a few stops along the trace we had wanted to see, we decided to throw on our Frogtoggs and make like a duck. Our first stop was at a Tupelo... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 Mother nature simply doesn't care about your vacation plans! Day two of our trip up the Natchez Trace began as a wet soggy mess. We drove north skipping several pull offs hoping to outrun the rain. We were not successful. So when we reached the Reservoir overlook at mile post 105.6, instead... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/3/2019 Heading north from the Elizabeth Female Academy along the Natchez Trace Parkway, we hung a left at mile post 10.3 and took the short drive to our next stop where we would spend some reflective time at the second largest ceremonial mound in North America. Second only to Monks Mound in Cahokia,... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/3/2019 As we start out on the Natchez Trace Parkway, we come to our first stop just five miles north of the southern terminus. Here at mile post 5.1 are the remains of the Elizabeth Female Academy; a historic site and monument to the advancement of women through access to higher learning. On... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/3/2019 First let me start by saying that we were in no way compensated for the information we are about to share. The views and opinions are expressly our own! Last week I mentioned that we were headed to the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Fittingly enough, the 444 mile scenic... Continue Reading →
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