Alabama, Choctaw and Natchez Trail

United States

Alabama

Migration

Trails and Roads

Alabama, Choctaw and Natchez Trail

Farmers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana could float their goods down the Mississippi River to market in New Orleans, and then return home on the Natchez Trace risking gangs of robbers.

Route

Trail running from Natchez, Mississippi to Tupelo, Mississippi continuing on the Nashville, Tennessee.

Historical Background

• National Park Service History

Links

• National Park Service History
• Tennessee GenWeb
• Natchez Trace: The Road
• Wikipedia