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In 1801 the United States signed a treaty with the Choctaw Indians allowing construction of a mail road by the side the the old footpath. | In 1801 the United States signed a treaty with the Choctaw Indians allowing construction of a mail road by the side the the old footpath. | ||
Midwestern farmers often floated their goods down the Mississippi River to market in New Orleans. One of the ways they could return to Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, or Indiana was by way of the Natchez Trace. However, because their pockets were loaded with money they were frequently preyed upon by gangs of robbers along the trail. | |||
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