People might be surprised to learn America’s richest city in 1800 wasn’t New York, Boston or even Philadelphia. My own Charleston couldn’t claim the crown, either.
Natchez, Mississippi beat everyone to the money.Continue Reading
Last Friday, I wrote about the Yuchi people. Their centuries-long connection to the Tennessee River Valley. And their connection to the name Tennessee.
If one knows where to turn, she can still find pieces of the people who lived there before we came.
A hundred yards off the Trace. Flanked by a dirt road. One gate, open until 4pm.Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, the folks at the Natchez Trace reached out to me. They heard about Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace.
When they read it, they wanted everyone who loves the Trace to hear about it, too.Continue Reading
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