Near French Camp in Choctaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Natchez Trace at French Camp

D.A.R. Memorial of Natchez Trace image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 5, 2015

1. D.A.R. Memorial of Natchez Trace

Inscription. This memorial marks a stage on the “Natchez Trace.” The first highway opened through the lower South, by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830, between the American government and the Choctaw Indians. The surrounding country became a part of the state of Mississippi. Here Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee and Kentucky commands rested on their way to join him, in his Coast Campaign in the War of 1812, during which second struggle for American independence, Mississippi took a heroic part.

Presented to the town of French Camp by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution, November 10, 1915.

Erected 1915 by Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the Natchez Trace series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is November 10, 1800.

Location. 33° 17.473′ N, 89° 24.235′ W. Marker is near French Camp, Mississippi, in Choctaw

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County. It is on Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 180.7), 0.1 miles south of Mississippi Highway 413, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: French Camp MS 39745, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Mississippi and in the Black Prairie.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: French Camp (a few steps from this marker); Col. James Drane (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bethel Mission (approx. 4.3 miles away); Cole Creek (approx. 4.9 miles away); Choctaw County Blues (approx. 6.8 miles away); Col. John Weir House (approx. 6.9 miles away); Coleman's Mill (approx. 10.2 miles away); South Union Church and Camp Meeting

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 5, 2015

2. D.A.R. Memorial of Natchez Trace

(approx. 10.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in French Camp.

Also see . . . Natchez Trace Parkway. Official National Park Service website. (Submitted on August 21, 2015.)

French Camp Marker and D.A.R. Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 5, 2015

3. French Camp Marker and D.A.R. Memorial

View to northeast from Natchez Trace Parkway

View to South from Natchez Trace Parkway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 5, 2015

4. View to South from Natchez Trace Parkway

Marker is on left (east) side of parkway

View to North from Natchez Trace Parkway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 5, 2015

5. View to North from Natchez Trace Parkway

Marker is on right (east) side of parkway

Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 755 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 21, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.