"The parkway commemorating the Natchez Trace is a star in the crown of human endeavors. It is a tool of instruction our country can turn to often to gain understanding. There have been many rewards along this journey, a journey that's as much

Northern Terminus

Jul 29th, 2021 2m 9s

"At 4:30 in the afternoon, Saturday June 22, 1996 the National Park Service officially opened the last five miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee. The public along with Vice President Al Gore attended the formal ribbon cutting event n

Highway 96 Bridge

Jul 28th, 2021 2m 9s

"Our journey along the Natchez Trace Parkway is nearing a close as we get closer to Nashville, Tennessee. Today we are crossing Tennessee Highway 96 where we will see evidence that the story of the Natchez Trace isn't over. Today we look at the

Garrison Creek

Jul 27th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway we are visiting a site called GARRISON CREEK that is just south of Leipers Fork, Tennessee."There's a trail used by hikers and horseback riders that connects this site with exhibits at BURNS B

Andrew Jackson

Jul 26th, 2021 2m 9s

"James Robertson and John Donelson, who lead settlement parties from Fort Patrick Henry to the Salt Lick where the Old Natchez Trace crossed the Cumberland River, are known as the co-founders of Nashville, which was the new name given to Fort N

Nashville, Tennessee

Jul 23rd, 2021 2m 9s

"On our Journey up the Natchez Trace we are getting close to what was the destination for many who traveled along this road so many years ago -- Nashville, Tennessee."In 1775, at the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, Richard Henderson, a North Caroli

Tennessee Valley Divide

Jul 22nd, 2021 2m 9s

"On our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez to Nashville we are well up into Tennessee, and today we cross the TENNESSEE VALLEY DIVIDE. We have been riding along the highest elevation on the entire Natchez Trace, which is right at

Water Valley Overlook

Jul 21st, 2021 2m 9s

"We are making our way up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee and today we are west of Columbia, Tennessee at a site called the WATER VALLEY OVERLOOK."This exit takes travelers 3 tenths of a mile, high u

Gordon, House and Ferry Site

Jul 20th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting the GORDON, HOUSE AND FERRY SITE west of Columbia, Tennessee near the community of Shady Grove."At this exhibit is one of the

Jackson Falls

Jul 19th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting several sites outside of Columbia, Tennessee that pertain to the Duck River."At the Jackson Falls exhibit there are two trails

Tobacco Farm / Old Trace Drive

Jul 16th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting a Tobacco Farm exhibit near Columbia, Tennessee where we will ride and walk along the original Old Trace."There are two record

Sheboss Place

Jul 15th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting SHEBOSS PLACE near Columbia, Tennessee."By comparison to the forced removal of the Cherokee and the Choctaw Indians from the s

Old Trace Exhibit

Jul 14th, 2021 2m 9s

"HEMONA KA ONAHLÍ TÖK. This is Chickasaw, meaning, 'Once I was there.'"Today we are in land that belonged to the Chickasaws before the tribe's removal along the "Trail of Tears" in 1837."Possibly the worst events of the Indian Removal from th

Swan Valley Overlook

Jul 13th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are just north of the parkway intersection with Tennessee highway 412 at the exhibit, SWAN VALLEY OVERLOOK, where you can get a good look at

Phosphate Mine / Fall Hollow

Jul 12th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today we will look at a couple of exhibits near Swan Valley, where the Natchez Trace Parkway crosses Tennessee highway 412. The first exhibit is PHOSPHATE MINE. A 5 minute walk there takes visitors to a collapsed mine shaft and an abandoned ra

Pale Moon Rider

Jul 9th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway we are visiting the Meriwether Lewis exhibit and are going to listen to part of Pale Moon Rider, a song written about the danger posed by robbers along this early National Road."Captain Meriwe

Meriwether Lewis

Jul 8th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today we visit the location of Grinder's Stand at an exhibit called MERIWETHER LEWIS. Meriwether Lewis was President Thomas Jefferson's personal secretary when the United States made the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803. Meriwether becam

Metal Ford

Jul 7th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting an exhibit called METAL FORD at the Buffalo River in Tennessee."METAL FORD is a point where travelers of the old road waded ac

Napier Mine

Jul 6th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting an exhibit called NAPIER MINE near the Buffalo River in Tennessee four miles south of the parkway junction with Tennessee highw

Old Trace Drive

Jul 5th, 2021 2m 9s

"In building the parkway it wasn't possible to follow the Old Trace exactly. What worked for people traveling on foot and on horseback 200 years ago doesn't work well today in a car going 50 mph."We are 5 miles north of where the Natchez Trace

Sweetwater Branch

Jul 2nd, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey along the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are going to visit several trails and exhibits just north of Collinwood, Tennessee."SWEETWATER BRANCH nature trail takes 15 or 20 minute

Awakening

Jul 1st, 2021 2m 9s

"In 1811, on board a steamboat named the New Orleans, Nicholas Roosevelt pioneered steam travel down the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers."As the New Orleans passed along the western border of the state of Tennessee, the first shocks of an earthqua

Annus Mirabilis

Jun 30th, 2021 2m 9s

"Annus mirabilis -- miraculous year. This comes from Jonathan Daniels story of the Natchez Trace, The Devil's Backbone."In 1811 the steamboat pioneer, Robert Fulton, hired Nicholas Roosevelt to travel the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to see if

McGlamery Stand

Jun 29th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we visit another of the trading posts established along the Old Trace, McGLAMERY STAND. It was built in 1849 by John McGlamery, quite late in t

Sunken Trace

Jun 28th, 2021 2m 9s

"Today on our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee we are visiting an exhibit 8 miles north of the Tennessee-Alabama State line. The exhibit is called SUNKEN TRACE and offers visitors a look at