Natchez in Adams County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Origin of the Natchez Trace

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

1. Origin of the Natchez Trace Marker

Inscription. After the American Revolution, frontiersmen from the Ohio Valley carried their products down stream to Spanish controlled New Orleans and Natchez.

Returning home, boatmen followed a series of Indian trails from Natchez to Nashville—trails which evolved into the Natchez Trace.

After the United States acquired Natchez in 1798, the Government decided to clear a road between the newly-created Mississippi Territory and the State of Tennessee as an important communication link between the national capital and the Old Southwest.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Natchez Trace series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1798.

Location. 31° 32.865′ N, 91° 21.932′ W. Marker is in Natchez, Mississippi, in Adams County. It is on Lissie Street ¼ mile north of Liberty Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at the southern entrance to the Natchez Trace Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Natchez MS 39120, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi and in Natchez Trace Corridor.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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 New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: DAR And The Natchez Trace (a few steps from this marker); Forks of the Road Historical Site (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ex-"Slaves" as U.S. Civil War Soldiers in the Mississippi Valley Campaign (approx. 1.2 miles away); Forks of the Road (approx. 1.2 miles away); Natchez Chapter (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Forks of the Road (approx. 1.3 miles away); Monmouth: Upstairs, Downstairs (approx. 1.3 miles away); History of St. Catherine Street (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Natchez.

Also see . . . Natchez Trace Parkway. Official National Park Service website. (Submitted on August 15, 2015.)

Natchez in the 1790's, Fort Nashborough (Nashville) (restoration), and Flatboat of the Western Water image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

2. Natchez in the 1790's, Fort Nashborough (Nashville) (restoration), and Flatboat of the Western Water

Close-up of drawings on marker

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

3. Origin of the Natchez Trace Marker

Accompanying Interpretive Sign on<br>Natchez Trace Parkway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

4. Accompanying Interpretive Sign on
Natchez Trace Parkway

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

5. Origin of the Natchez Trace Marker

View to south across Natchez Trace Parkway

Marker at Entrance to Natchez Trace Parkway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

6. Marker at Entrance to Natchez Trace Parkway

Credits. This page was last revised on June 11, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 727 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 15, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.