Natchez Trace
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LAV_sweetwater-branch_Waynesboro-TN.html
This small branch receives its name from the clean and fresh, or "sweet", flavor of its water. Thousands of years of erosion and flooding have gradually built up the fertile bottom lands that you see under cultivation near here.
The bra…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LAW_dogwood-mudhole_-TN.html
A mile to the south, the Old Natchez Trace crossed a depression in the flat, dogwood-covered ridge. After heavy rains it became almost impassable for wagons. Its name "Dogwood Mudhole" recalls the ordeals of frontier travel. It shows too how place…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LBJ_levi-colbert-stand_Cherokee-AL.html
Levi Colbert, a Chickasaw Chief, operated a stand near here that served Old Trace travelers in the early 1800's. Adjacent to this area was a spring which provided an abundant water supply.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LBM_colbert-ferry_Cherokee-AL.html
This scene would have occurred far below the surface of the lake you see now. From 1802 to 1819, George Colbert operated a ferry across the quarter-mile breadth of the powerful Tennessee River. The ferry carried mail, militia, settlers, Indians and renegade…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LBN_george-colbert-memorial_Cherokee-AL.html
This monument is to memorialize Chickasaw Chief George Colbert who operated a river ferry, traveler's stand, and had a home on this Natchez Trace site. Colbert Co. AL was named in his honor.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LBT_rock-spring_Florence-AL.html
Rock Spring Nature Trail offers you an opportunity to explore a small natural spring as it bubbles forth from the ground. Small fish dart about a deep pool created as the stream wandered through rich bottomland soil and limestone rock. Vegetation and trees …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LC2_cave-spring_Tishomingo-MS.html
The description of the ground surface and the type of rock indicate that this cave was a result of solution activity. A long room or corridor was dissolved out of the rock by under-ground water. The roof of the room eventually weakened and collapsed. Indian…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LC9_tennessee-tombigbee-waterway_New-Site-MS.html
In the mid 1700's Sieur de Bienville, founder of Mobile, recommended to Louis XIV, a waterway connecting the Tennessee River with the Tombigbee River. Later, American settlers also recognized the advantages of such a shortcut. Residents of Knox County, Tenn…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LCA_jamie-l-whitten-historic-landmark_New-Site-MS.html
The parkway bridge is named in honor of United States Representative Jamie L. Whitten who for years fought for funds in Congress to complete the Natchez Trace Parkway and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
His vision helped make possible this historic lan…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LCB_river-canal-and-cut_New-Site-MS.html
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has three main parts. The largest section from Demopolis, Alabama, north to Amory, Mississippi, utilizes the Tombigbee River but changes and shortens the existing channel with dams, locks, and short cuts. From Amory a canal …