MS -- Natchez Trace Parkway -- Mile 263.9 -- Old Town Overlook:
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- NT2639_130527_01.JPG: Old Town Creek:
In the early 1800s ordinary Americans could not be bothered with learning the names of Chickasaw villages on the Natchez Trace. One they called Old Town and passed the name on to the stream running through this valley. This is one of the sources of the Tombigbee River first called "River of the Chickasaw" and later the "Tombeckbee" by the French.
Near here in 1795, the Chickasaw defeated the Creeks in a battle described by Andrew Jackson as "When the whole Creek nation came to destroy your towns... a few hundred Chickasaw aided by a few whites chased them back to their nation, killing the best of their warriors and covering the rest with shame."
- NT2639_130527_23.JPG: This monument marks a stage in the course of the Natchez Trace through Mississippi. Over this first high-road came a tide of the best population of the older Southern states seeking homes in the Southwest. After the Treaty of Pontotoc Oct. 20, 1832, between the American government and the Chickasaw Indians, came the settlers of the fair Chickasaw lands. Bienville fought the Battle of Ackia with the Chickasaw Indians near this spot May 26, 1736. Of the rage that repulsed him let it be recorded here: They die well who die for faith and home and native land.
Presented to the City of Tupelo and the County of Lee by the Mississippi Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Nov. 19, 1914.
- Description of Subject Matter: Views of Old Town Creek, and its floodplain.
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