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Old Trace
Natchez Trace
The U.S. Army cleared this section of the "Natchez Road" in 1801-02 and continued clearing southward with the consent of the Chickasaw Nation.
This is the northernmost intersection of the old "Natchez Road" and the new "Natchez Trace Parkway". Heading north, the old path lies east of the modern parkway as it headed towards what is now downtown Nashville. The new roadway goes a little west towards the southwest corner of Nashville.
This dirt path running along the ridge is a remnant of the original Natchez Trace. In the early 1800s it was the most direct route northward from the port of Natchez on the Mississippi to Nashville. In between were 500 miles of wilderness.
Boatmen, mail riders, traders, soldiers, Indians and outlaws passed here. On horseback and on foot - later with wagons - they followed the serpentine trail into the deep woods of Indian country. By the mid-1800s cross country travelers turned to other means of transportation - steamboats, railroads and roads connecting developing towns. As the wilderness began to fade, so did the old wilderness road. Today only pieces of the Old Trace remain.
1 Chigger Ridge Bed and Breakfast
2 Pegram, Tennessee
3 Northern Terminus
4 Birdsong Hollow and Highway 96 Double-Arched Bridge
5 Franklin, Tennessee
6 Magnolia House Bed and Breakfast
7 Leipers Fork, Tennessee
8 Garrison Creek
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9 Burns Branch
10 Tennessee Valley Divide
11 Centerville, Tennessee
12 Creekview Farm Retreat Bed and Breakfast
13 Water Valley Overlook
14 Gordon House and Duck River Ferry Site
15 Baker Bluff Overlook
16 Jackson Falls
17 Old Trace Walk
18 Tobacco Farm and Old Trace Drive
19 Sheboss Stand
20 Old Trace
21 Columbia, Tennessee
22 Devil's Backbone State Natural Area
23 Swan View Overlook
24 Fall Hollow Waterfall
25 Deanna's Cabins
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