Natchez Trace

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The Natchez Trace , also known as Devil's Backbone , was an 8,000-year-old trade route or path primarily used by the Cherokee , Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians. Today, a road recognized as a National Scenic Byway , the Natchez Trace Parkway , follows almost exactly the original trail and is administered by the National Park Service .

It is 714 km long and leads from Natchez (Mississippi) to just before Nashville . A small section crosses the far northwest corner of Alabama . It is a two-lane parkway with limited access. The south end of the route is northeast of Washington, Mississippi, and borders Highway 61. The north end is northeast of Fairview, Tennessee in the suburb of Pasquo, Tennessee, and borders Tennessee State Route 100.