Natchez Trace Parkway

Natchez Trace Parkway is a tourist road following the line of the Natchez Trace, an old route from Natchez to Nashville, Tennessee, which is first mentioned in 1733. It was at its busiest between 1800 and 1820, when the crews of boats that had sailed down the Mississippi to Natchez returned home on foot or horseback. The Parkway runs past Emerald Mound (12 mi. north of Natchez), the second largest pre-Columbian site in the United States, which was occupied between 1250 and 1600 by the Mississippi people, ancestors of the Natchez and Choctaws.

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Address

Natchez Trace Parkway
2680 Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo, MS 38804
United States

Phone 1 (662) 680-4025

Fax 1 (662) 680-4033

http://www.nps.gov/natr/

Related Attractions

Chickasaw Village Site

Chickasaw Village in Lee County, Mississippi is the site of an 18th C Chickasaw settlement. Exhibits at the site describe the Chickasaws' daily life and early history.

Emerald Mound

Emerald Mound, near Natchez Trace Parkway, is the second largest ceremonial mound in the United States. The Mound covers 8 acres and was created by depositing earth along the sides of a natural hill and creating an enormous artificial plateau.

Emerald Mound was used from 1250 to 1600 AD as a ceremonial center.

Address

Emerald Mound
2680 Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo, MS 38804
United States

Phone 1 (662) 680-4027

Fax 1 (662) 680-4034

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/mounds/eme.htm

Mount Locust

Mount Locust is one of Mississippi's oldest structures. It was constructed in the 1780s and served as an inn on the old Natchez Trace. The history of the inn is presented in an exhibit with information about the enslaved African Americans who lived and labored there.