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Near Williamsport in Maury County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Tennessee Tobacco Farm

 
 
Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, June 4, 2015
1. Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker
Inscription. On this model farm, Burley tobacco is grown and air-cured. It’s a hard crop to raise, each acre requiring about 250 hours of labor. (Wheat is only three hours!)

William Coleman has been growing tobacco here for over 40 years. Listen as he describes how it's done.
 
Erected by National Park Service.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. In addition, it is included in the Natchez Trace series list.
 
Location. 35° 40.102′ N, 87° 18.999′ W. Marker is near Williamsport, Tennessee, in Maury County. Marker can be reached from Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 401.4), 6.4 miles south of Williamsport Pike (Tennessee Road 50), on the right when traveling north. Marker is located at the Tobacco Farm / Old Trace Drive turnout. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hampshire TN 38461, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Tobacco Barn (a few steps from this marker); The Natchez Trace at the Tobacco Farm (a few steps from this marker); Tobacco Farm - Old Trace (a few steps from this marker); Stands on the Old Trace (approx. 0.8 miles away); Old Well Cemetery (approx. 1.3
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miles away); Old Trace Walk (approx. 1.8 miles away); Jackson Branch – A Stolen Stream (approx. 2.3 miles away); Natchez Trace Parkway (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Williamsport.
 
Also see . . .  Natchez Trace. Official National Park Service website. (Submitted on June 21, 2015.) 
 
Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, June 4, 2015
2. Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker
Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker in 2012 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, October 8, 2012
3. Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker in 2012
Photo courtesy of Contributor Sandra Hughes
Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, June 4, 2015
4. Tennessee Tobacco Farm Marker
Marker is located along sidewalk between parking area and barn
Tobacco Farm Barn image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, June 4, 2015
5. Tobacco Farm Barn
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 21, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.   3. submitted on October 11, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.   4, 5. submitted on June 21, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.

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