These arrowhead signs denote a stop on the Trace. Loess bluff was a geological exhibit and Mt Locust. Mount Locust remains as the only one of more than 50 inns that existed between 1785 and 1830 along the 500 mile Old Trace. It has been restored to it's 1810 appearance the time when travel on this historic road reached it's peak.
The dining area, one of the bedrooms and the junk room.
A travelers pile of possessions, I see he also had the National Park service map of the Natchez Trace to follow. The slave cemetery outback has no headstones, but here is a list of the slaves they think are buried here.
The family cemetery is more elaborate. The 'Kaintucks' traveled down the Mississippi in their flat boats to sell their wares. Then sold the boats and walked or rode home on the Natchez Trace. Here is one of the flatboats. Sassafras leaves, as stump and greenery and a statue from the family graveyard.
Hawthorn thorns, a magnolia blossom, what is left of the brick kiln at Mt Locust, and a spiderwort. A field at Mt Locust with red clover.
We hiked part of the original old Trace. The road does not follow the exact route, some of it is still in it's natural state. A trillium starting to bloom and go this way, no this way. . . The classic photo of the Trace is this sunken trail. So many people, horses, wagons etc traveled it and wore down the dirt.
Here is John in the sunken trace to give you an idea of how deep it is. This is Christ Church episcopal church in Church Hill, Mississippi, built in the 1790's.
John made these delicious rellenos for dinner tonight. Sunset from camp.
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