In the 1800’s, riverboat men would guide barges down the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi rivers. When they got to Natchez Mississippi they would sell the barges for their wood, and march back up to the head waters of these rivers using a local trail called the Natchez Trace. Today the trace is a limited access highway where speed limit is restricted to 50 mph. There are well documented historic sites, overlooks, and campgrounds all marked by mile markers which mark every one of the 440 miles of the Trace.
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| Rosalie Mansion, Natchez MS |
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| Oak Square Natchez MS |
We decidied to drive the Trace as compensation for our determined trek through Texas. We visited an antebellum mansion in Natchez, camped two nights on the trace in Jackson, MS and Fall Hallow, TN. and visited some local museums along the trace.
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| Camping Timberville campground near Jackson MS |
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| Swamps along the Trace |
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| Museum along the Trace |
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| Cash register inb Museum(family joke) |
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| Antique peddle powered wood lathe at museum. |
We got off the Trace at mile marker 400 in Fall Hollow. Camping in Fall Hallow Village Tuesday night, we made it to our good friends house near Elkins, West Virginia the next day.
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