List is available in the McCain Library and Archives. Notably the Harps and the Murrell Clan, terrorized portions of the TraceĪnd added to the myth of violence which surrounded it. Or silver coins), making them very attractive targets for robbers whoįrequented the Trace in its early years. That period distrusted banks and carried their money in specie (gold Was through sparsely settled, more dangerous areas. River was extremely strong it was cheaper and easier to sell the boatsįor lumber at New Orleans and return home on foot.įrom New Orleans to Natchez, the Trace ran through fairly well settledĪreas with relatively little danger from Natchez to Nashville, its path Because the southern flow of the Mississippi It attained greatest prominence during the era of river navigation byįlatboats and keelboats. The Trace served asĪ postal route between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee. ArchaeologicalĮvidence reveals prehistoric activity along the road, which later becameĪ trail between Chickasaw and Choctaw villages. Of the oldest highways in the southeastern United States.
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