Near Kirkville in Itawamba County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Donivan Slough

Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, April 7, 2010

1. Donivan Slough Marker

Inscription. This woodland trail takes you through a lowland where rich soil and abundant moisture support a variety of large, water-tolerant trees including tulip poplar, sycamore, and water oak.
Baldcypress thrive in the swampy backwaters of a “slue” or channel winding through the bottomland.
A 20 minute walk lets you see these trees and the dramatic way the baldcypress grow only in the wet slough.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Environment. In addition, it is included in the Natchez Trace series list.

Location. 34° 27.719′ N, 88° 28.62′ W. Marker is near Kirkville, Mississippi, in Itawamba County. It is on Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 283.3), one mile north of Mississippi Highway 371, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marietta MS 38856, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically ast Mississippi in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Donivan Slough (a few steps from this marker); Pharr Mounds (approx. 3.3 miles away); Twentymile Bottom (approx. 4.7 miles away); Dogwood Valley

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(approx. 7.7 miles away); Tennessee - Tombigbee Waterway (approx. 9.2 miles away); Jamie L. Whitten Historic Landmark (approx. 9.2 miles away); River, Canal and Cut (approx. 9.2 miles away); James Harrison “Babe” McCarthy (approx. 9½ miles away).

Also see . . . Natchez Trace. Official National Park Service website. (Submitted on June 27, 2015.)

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 4, 2015

2. Donivan Slough Marker

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 4, 2015

3. Donivan Slough Marker

Marker next to trail head

Woodland Trees near Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 4, 2015

4. Woodland Trees near Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 645 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 30, 2023, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 27, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.