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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. | 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. | ||
Meriwether Lewis, Governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, and a leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was traveling on the Natchez Trace in 1809 when he died near Grinder's Stand, Tennessee. | Meriwether Lewis, Governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, and a leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was traveling on the Natchez Trace in 1809 when he died near Grinder's Stand, Tennessee.<ref>U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, "Natchez Trace Parkway" in nps.gov at http://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm (accessed 1 August 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||