Natchez Trace State Park is a state park located in western Tennessee, in the United States. It was named for the historic Natchez Trace woodland path, an important wilderness trail during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The park covers more than and features several wilderness trails, camping, horseback riding, and waterfront activities.
History
Background
Natchez Trace State Park gets its name from the Natchez Trace, a Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee woodland highway that was an important wilderness road for the American frontiersmen during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It had been in use as a trade path by the American Indians, however, for hundreds of years before that. A western spur of the trace ran through part of the modern-day park.
The park
The park was built during the New Deal on land bought from residents who could no longer farm the land due to erosion.