Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 397.4), 6 miles north of Columbia Highway (U.S. 412), on the right when traveling north.
Before 1805 the Chickasaw Indians owned all the land in this vicinity. Only the Natchez Trace – part of which remains here – had made inroads into tribal territory.
When the Indians ceded land to the United States in the early . . . — — Map (db m84626) HM
On Natchez Trace Parkway, 0.6 miles south of Columbia Highway (U.S. 412).
From here north for approximately 40 miles the parkway passes through or near a geologic region of limestone rich in phosphate deposits.
Abandoned mine shafts in limestone ledges on both sides of the parkway in this immediate area are silent . . . — — Map (db m84647) HM
