More on Natchez Trace Trip

I have really fell behind on doing any posting. 

 And completely left out the last part of our Natchez Trace trip in April!

So here is the deal...we hoped to finish out the Trace,

but only made it up to Meriweather Lewis. 

So guess there is another trip in works...we will finish the Trace!!!

Here are some pics from our Jackson to Meriweather Lewis trip

We stopped at the French Camp and it has a great historic center and museum there.

Also there is the Council House Cafe and the potato soup and

the 'Big Willie' BLT was great!!!

This pic below is a little hard to see because of the  screen

they had to prevent us from entering, but loved the wood floors, walls

and ceilings.  The old beds and sewing machine.

Below is the museum and it is full of old photos, historic papers,

wonderful vintage clothes and vintage tools and much more!

You can check out more about the French Camp here 

North of Tupelo there is a side trip you can take, that

will take you onto part of the original trace.   Just one lane

and dirt roads.  Only about 2 miles so not too long.

This part of the Trace show some of the destruction of the

torando that came through last year, April 2011. Lots of

trees down for a long way.

And finally to Meriweather Lewis monument on the

Natchez Trace.

Lewis was traveling on the Trace north and was

'mysteriously' killed....or so they say.....

We turned our truck around, headed back to the campground

in Tupleo. There is a nice Natchez Trace Visitor's Center in Tupelo on the Trace.

The Natchez Trace Campground  (I think)

Nice campground, and they are working on more improvements.

More from Our Natchez Trace Vacation

Magnolia Hall was one of the best Greek Revival Houses to visit. Unfortunely the day we were there the Hall was closed. But that did not stop me from stepping up to the front porch and taking a few pictures of the front door and one of the many floor to ceiling windows.


I loved the large windows with the tall shutters. Just needed a rocking chair or porch swing and a glass of ice tea to make it perfect.

This is the front door to Magnolia Hall.

Magnolia Hall was built about 1858.


Behind Magnolia Hall was this sweet little hideaway. A vine covered

sitting area. I can imagine a nice place to slip away with a book to read.

Historic Natchez Mississippi October 2011 Trip

The Mighty Mississippi River looking south from the

Natchez Visitor Center

Stanton Hall in Natchez Mississippi

Beautiful House and Grounds

We had a wonderful time in Natchez. We camped at the

Natchez State Park, just north of Natchez. It was a very nice and clean

campground. We were there for 5 days and met folks from all over!

Our plan was to visit Natchez for a couple of days and then travel up the Natchez Trace.

Well, we decided to stay at the campground for a couple of more days.

Only made it up the Trace to Jackson, MS.

Our plan now is to resume the Trace soon and follow it through to Tennessee.

I will post a few more days later of other historic places we visited.