Well, Hi to all of you!!
This has been our goal since we left Portland so many months ago, and it has finally come to fruition! It is called the Natchez Trace because folks from the North floated rafts down the Mississippi River, full of goods, to Natchez,Miss., they would sell everything, including the raft, so in order to get home they either had to walk,or go by horse, and that is how the Trace began.
This academy was the first of it's kind in Mississippi, Elizabeth wanted to prove to people that women could learn and needed an education as well as menfolks. It was open from 1811 until 1845, and as you can see, when the capital of Mississippi was moved to Jackson, the academy struggled and eventually folded .
This is all that is left of the school. To the right you could see where the kitchen was.
This is what you see for many miles on the Trace, some folks only see trees and grass, but Bill & I saw such beauty, we saw deer, hawks, turkey vulturesof little birds, and most of all the beauty of Gods design, amazing colors of green, yellow
and the amazing blue of the skies!
and the amazing blue of the skies!Because of many things, you can't follow the actual Trace all the way, it is interspersed with towns and highways, homes and fields, and the speed limit is only 50m
ph with no commercial vehicles allowed, but there are places where you can see where it actually was. We tried to picture ourselves going back to Ohio or places north, walking or riding, no traffic,no lights , just you,the flora & fauna,bugs,animals, Indians , robbers, and whatever else. YIKES!! Are we spoiled? YOU BET!!
Whew, here we are at Mount Locust, an Inn where we could get food and a place to sleep. It was also a working plantation with a "dog~trot house, so called because of its construction. It had a house on each side with a large porch in the middle where the family stayed most of the time in the summer to catch the breeze that came through, as did the dogs of the family!
They say it looks about the same as it did in the 1800's. Imagine after traveling on foot or horse All day, seeing nothing, this would be a grand sight for sore eyes, at least it would for me, you guys know I love to talk, and here there are people! All different kinds of people from all different paths of life! WOW!!!!!
This spinning wheel was used to make all the clothes for the plantation,(well, maybe not THIS one), but one like it. They used cotton from their fields, made it into clothe, then made clothes! Get busy gals, this would be hard now, but hurry, don't want to go around Necked!!!!!!
This was the Family table, most folks sat here when they stopped for a visit, then headed out the door you see to find a spot to sleep, either the porch,with the dogs, or in the grass with the dogs, aren't ya anxious to get in your blanket ? Guess I would feel pretty safe, knowing the dogs would let me know if something bad was gona happen!!!
This was the Ranger who explained all this to us, He was so deadpan He was funny, but very knowledgeable about all of it, and encouraged us to go out and look around the grounds.
This, is the boys room, the beds are so high because there were trundles under them to sleep the 8 boys in the family. The mattresses were of straw, and rope was used to help the mattresses stay in place. To my Grandsons, aren't you thankful now for that nice warm, soft bed you have????
Emily and Lacey, If you were a little girl back in the 1800, this would probably be the kind of dolly you would play with, and by your age would probably have made the little quilt that covers them as well as the dresses!
This is the bell that called everyone to dinner, or was also rung in case of an emergency. Grampa just had to ring it to see if anybody came. The slaves weren't allowed to eat in the house, but this told them they were due a break, whew!
Whiles going back to the slave graveyard I found a limb and told Bill it would have made a young one a great swing.......Observe MY young'un!! I DO love this man!!
Why this picture is upside down is a mystery, but it is the last gravestone in the Slave cementary, the others were stolen by vandals. Why is it a few can ruin it for many??
This was Owens creek, we have a pamphlet that tells a little about each stop on the Trace, this one said it had a beautiful water fall, so we wanted to walk in and see it!
Can anyone tell me what this is? Maurica, give it a try, and Ruby, if you can, show it to Margaret and see if she knows and let me know! This picture is out of order, it goes with the Mount Locust pictures, sorry.
When we stopped at the Owens stop it was so warm that Bill put out the awning, got out the chairs whiles I fixed lunch and we dined outside, it was GREAT!
And HERE is the beautiful waterfalls. Guess we are spoiled with Oregons wonderful ones, 'cause we laughed about this one! However, there was a really nice pool of water beneath that would be great for bathing, and nice and cool in the warm weather!
Here we are, saddled up again and ready to hit the trail, so come on along!
This was a lake a little farther down the Trace, it looked like "melted milk chocolate", actually it looks DIRTY, but the locals assure us it is "jist faun" Not for me it were'nt!
Just had to put something in for you folks who like the flora and fauna. We took a little walk, but didn't think you would like MORE pictures of trees, so just took a picture of the critters what eats 'em up and ruins 'em!!!
Here they are the nasty little buggers, you can see the damage they can do!
And this last picture is for all my friends at Bethel Mission in Pharr,TX. Thought you would enjoy seeing this!
ph with no commercial vehicles allowed, but there are places where you can see where it actually was. We tried to picture ourselves going back to Ohio or places north, walking or riding, no traffic,no lights , just you,the flora & fauna,bugs,animals, Indians , robbers, and whatever else. YIKES!! Are we spoiled? YOU BET!!
Whew, here we are at Mount Locust, an Inn where we could get food and a place to sleep. It was also a working plantation with a "dog~trot house, so called because of its construction. It had a house on each side with a large porch in the middle where the family stayed most of the time in the summer to catch the breeze that came through, as did the dogs of the family!
If you thought, OH BOY, I'll get a nice room with a bath and room service, think again, you were usually served cornmeal mush, pointed to the little house outside, then looked for a spot on the back porch or in the yard, which ever had the least amount of folks at the time. Depressin' Dude! But these folks welcomed the sight, the food and the company. We could take a lesson from that, couldn't we?????
They say it looks about the same as it did in the 1800's. Imagine after traveling on foot or horse All day, seeing nothing, this would be a grand sight for sore eyes, at least it would for me, you guys know I love to talk, and here there are people! All different kinds of people from all different paths of life! WOW!!!!!
Lets take a look inside and see what is there, not like our average house today!
This spinning wheel was used to make all the clothes for the plantation,(well, maybe not THIS one), but one like it. They used cotton from their fields, made it into clothe, then made clothes! Get busy gals, this would be hard now, but hurry, don't want to go around Necked!!!!!!
This was the Family table, most folks sat here when they stopped for a visit, then headed out the door you see to find a spot to sleep, either the porch,with the dogs, or in the grass with the dogs, aren't ya anxious to get in your blanket ? Guess I would feel pretty safe, knowing the dogs would let me know if something bad was gona happen!!!
This was the Ranger who explained all this to us, He was so deadpan He was funny, but very knowledgeable about all of it, and encouraged us to go out and look around the grounds.
This, is the boys room, the beds are so high because there were trundles under them to sleep the 8 boys in the family. The mattresses were of straw, and rope was used to help the mattresses stay in place. To my Grandsons, aren't you thankful now for that nice warm, soft bed you have????
Emily and Lacey, If you were a little girl back in the 1800, this would probably be the kind of dolly you would play with, and by your age would probably have made the little quilt that covers them as well as the dresses!
This is the bell that called everyone to dinner, or was also rung in case of an emergency. Grampa just had to ring it to see if anybody came. The slaves weren't allowed to eat in the house, but this told them they were due a break, whew!
Bill looks like He's having fun! HE IS!!
Whiles going back to the slave graveyard I found a limb and told Bill it would have made a young one a great swing.......Observe MY young'un!! I DO love this man!!
Why this picture is upside down is a mystery, but it is the last gravestone in the Slave cementary, the others were stolen by vandals. Why is it a few can ruin it for many??
This was Owens creek, we have a pamphlet that tells a little about each stop on the Trace, this one said it had a beautiful water fall, so we wanted to walk in and see it!
Can anyone tell me what this is? Maurica, give it a try, and Ruby, if you can, show it to Margaret and see if she knows and let me know! This picture is out of order, it goes with the Mount Locust pictures, sorry.
When we stopped at the Owens stop it was so warm that Bill put out the awning, got out the chairs whiles I fixed lunch and we dined outside, it was GREAT!
He looks pretty relaxed doesn't He, HE IS!!!
And HERE is the beautiful waterfalls. Guess we are spoiled with Oregons wonderful ones, 'cause we laughed about this one! However, there was a really nice pool of water beneath that would be great for bathing, and nice and cool in the warm weather!
Here we are, saddled up again and ready to hit the trail, so come on along!
This was a lake a little farther down the Trace, it looked like "melted milk chocolate", actually it looks DIRTY, but the locals assure us it is "jist faun" Not for me it were'nt!
Just had to put something in for you folks who like the flora and fauna. We took a little walk, but didn't think you would like MORE pictures of trees, so just took a picture of the critters what eats 'em up and ruins 'em!!!
Here they are the nasty little buggers, you can see the damage they can do!
And this last picture is for all my friends at Bethel Mission in Pharr,TX. Thought you would enjoy seeing this!
And now I have to go, this is the 2nd time I've done this blog, lost the 1st because of thunderstorms, it takes 5 to 7 minutes per picture cause we are not in a good spot for internet I guess. But.... I have 2 more blogs in the hopper for you and will get them done as quickly as I can! Till next time, Love,Prayers, Hugs and all the good stuff. Arlette & Bill too and the Sassy
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