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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
It was first used by animals and then by American Indians. The first European to write about traveling the Natchez Trace was an unknown Frenchman in 1742.<ref name="null">Wikipedia contributors, "Natchez Trace," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/Natchez_Trace (accessed 24 July 2010).</ref> It followed a natural ridge and, at first, was only a narrow footpath or horse trail unsuitable for wagons because of trees. | It was first used by animals and then by American Indians. The first European to write about traveling the Natchez Trace was an unknown Frenchman in 1742.<ref name="null">Wikipedia contributors, "Natchez Trace," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_Trace (accessed 24 July 2010).</ref> It followed a natural ridge and, at first, was only a narrow footpath or horse trail unsuitable for wagons because of trees. | ||
=== Route === | === Route === | ||