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Arcadia Publishing Building The Natchez Trace Parkway History Book

  • Arcadia Publishing Building The Natchez Trace Parkway History Book
  • Arcadia Publishing Building The Natchez Trace Parkway History Book
The Natchez Trace is one of the oldest trails in North America. In 1801, President Jefferson ordered the Army to build a road along the trail to provide a route for moving troops and delivering mail. Jefferson dispatched soldiers down the road in 1803 to protect the Louisiana Purchase and Andrew Jackson and his troops followed it to battle the British in the War of 1812. As an 1800-era link between Nashville, Tennessee and Natchez, Mississippi, the road served as a pathway for settling much of what we now know as the South. Twentieth-century writers such as Eudora Welty later embellished its lore of heroes, bandits and spies, inspiring Southern leaders to revive the Natchez Trace.
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