Natchez Trace

Crossing the Highway

Crossing the highway here, this famous road followed ancient Indian trails used by the travelers between Natchez and Nashville. It was built in 1801 by Army Engineers.

Officially "The Columbian Road", it was for many years the only ...

This Monument Marks The Old Natchez Trace

over which pioneers traveled through Lawrence County, Tennessee, which was organized Oct. 21, 1817.

The county seat, Lawrenceburg, was created on Nov. 23, 1819, and named in honor of Capt. James Lawrence, naval hero of the War of 1812.

Erected May 15, ...

The Natchez Trace

Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Mississippi 1909.

This historic thoroughfare from Natchez to Nashville, Tenn. was used as a mail route in 1796.

Although it was a well known Indian trail in far earlier days.

Marker is on N. ...

DAR And The Natchez Trace

Mrs. Egbert Jones and Mrs. Ferriday Byrnes, members of the Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), played important roles in the development of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Mrs. Jones, of Holly Springs, State Regent 1906 - 1908, ...