Tracing history: From Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn., it's 440...

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  August 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Downing Aug. 20--NASHVILLE, TENN. -- Natchez Trace is more than just a parkway for vehicles...famous frontier trails. The well-groomed Natchez Trace Parkway parallels the historic routes...surviving original sections of the Natchez Trace. There are also state parks, Indian...

From Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn., it's 440 storied miles.

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  August 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Bob Downing NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ Natchez Trace is more than just a parkway for vehicles...famous frontier trails. The well-groomed Natchez Trace Parkway parallels the historic routes...surviving original sections of the Natchez Trace. There are also state parks, Indian...

Natchez Trace a reminder of history

Dayton Daily News;  August 16, 2007 ;     471 words ......wilderness that came to be called the Natchez Trace. Trace is an ancient French word meaning...or buying a horse and riding, the Natchez Trace to Nashville, then taking more established...1900s to raise awareness of the old Natchez Trace and its historical importance. In 1937...

Juggling traffic makes life busy at Key Constructors

The Mississippi Business Journal;  July 30, 2001 ;     617 words ......interchange at 1-55 and Old Agency Road in Ridgeland, which...replacement of the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge. Construction...the south half of Old Agency Road are up, McPhail said...When we took the Natchez Trace Parkway out of service...Parkway project. The Old ...

Natchez Trace Parkway finally complete; The southern trail is a relaxing...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ...FRENCH CAMP, Miss. - The meandering Natchez Trace winds through lush forests and expansive...was finally completed. Work on the Natchez Trace Parkway began in 1938. The last two...Presidential Design Award in 1995. The Old Natchez Trace was a series of paths trampled into...

Tennessee-Alabama-Mississippi compact marketing parkway: international...

Mississippi Business Journal;  May 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......with the completion of the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, Tennessee and Alabama joined...miles, and Tennessee has 102 miles. Natchez Trace Parkway superintendent Wendell Simpson...will sustain it, said Ray. The Old Natchez Trace began as a series of trails traveled...

Natchez Trace ceremony planned. (Strictly Business).(contract awarded for...

Mississippi Business Journal;  August 19, 2002 ;     248 words ......construction of the last 8.7 miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway into Natchez. And the event...National Park Service, according to Natchez Trace Parkway superintendent Wendell Simpson...is invited to attend. In 1938, the Natchez Trace Parkway was established as a unit of...

Completion expected to boost tourism

The Mississippi Business Journal;  May 16, 2005 ;     495 words ......have taken place along the historic Natchez Trace Parkway since the late 1700s, when...We're very enthusiastic about the Natchez Trace Parkway officially opening the last...21, on the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway, which features the 24,000square-fo...

Natchez Trace a scenic bridge to past

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ...FRENCH CAMP, Miss. -- The meandering Natchez Trace winds through lush forests and expansive...was finally completed. Work on the Natchez Trace Parkway began in 1938. The last two...Presidential Design Award in 1995. The Old Natchez Trace was a series of paths trampled into...

Travel: The ghost road of the South Sean Hignett takes his time on the...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ......50 miles an hour on the Trace." The Natchez Trace must be one of the world's most unusual...rough trail, a trace in old French: the Natchez Trace. It was no easy journey to Nashville...not. For the footsore Kaintucks, the Natchez Trace acquired a second name: the Devil's...

Natchez Trace

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      31 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Natchez Trace early 19th-cent. road following an old Indian trail from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn. Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

NATCHEZ TRACE: Parkway along historic Southern route complete after 70...

AP Worldstream;  June 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......FRENCH CAMP, Mississippi The meandering Natchez Trace winds through lush forests and expansive...was finally completed. Work on the Natchez Trace Parkway began in 1938. The last two...Presidential Design Award in 1995. The Natchez Trace experienced its heaviest use from 1785...

Rambling Along the Natchez Trace Parkway.(Mississippi, Alabama, and...

Travel America;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......corridor It seems ironic that the pastoral Natchez Trace Parkway--a unit of the National Park...have too much of a good thing in the Natchez Trace Parkway. While it offers historic sites...Reed's Department Store carries a Natchez Trace line of pottery by Mississippi's most...

Tennessee, Alabama join tourism compact for Natchez Trace

The Mississippi Business Journal;  June 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...TUPELO - Communities along the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway linking Nashville with Natchez...joined Mississippi as partners in the Natchez Trace Compact. The announcement, made recently...parkway commemorates the historic Old Natchez Trace and covers 310 miles in Mississippi...

Tennessee, Alabama join tourism compact for Natchez Trace.

Mississippi Business Journal;  June 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...TUPELO -- Communities along the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway linking Nashville with Natchez...joined Mississippi as partners in the Natchez Trace Compact. The announcement, made recently...parkway commemorates the historic Old Natchez Trace and covers 310 miles in Mississippi...