Natchez Trace
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N 36° 00.812 W 086° 55.772
16S E 506350 N 3985452
Found on Old Natchez Trace and the corner of Moran Road, this historical sign tells of the widening of the trace in the early 1800s.
Waymark Code: WM3GYK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2008
Views: 28
Sign states:
In early 1801, the U.S. Postmaster General complained to the Secretary of War that mail service along the Natchez Trace between Nashville and Natchez was unsatisfactory "on account of the badness of the road ... which is very devious and narrow." Later in the year, the signing of Indian treaties with the Chickasaw and Chocktaw tribes at Fort Adams, Mississippi provided the federal government with the authority to improve the Trace along much of its route. The U.S. Army was ordered to open the pathway to a width not exceeding sixteen feet with "not more than eight feet of the sixteen feet to be cut close to the ground, and smoothed for passengers." By late 1803, when work on the project was discontinued, about 264 miles of the Trace's approximately 450 mile length had been improved, resulting in a "comfortable road for horses and foot passengers."
Marker Name: Natchez Trace
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker Number: N/A
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Williamson County Historical Society
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