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Bill_and_Marie_
Explorer
Aug 11, 2015

2015 Fall Trip - Vicksburg and the Natchez Trace

Just planned out our next long trip. Traveling the third week of October from Dallas to Vicksburg, Ms, to the National Military Park to see the civil war battlefield and the ironclad Cairo. From the...
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Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Aug 12, 2015
Be sure to stop at the Trace Visitor center and buy the book. There is an historical marker about every other mile (no joke) and starting where you plan you will miss both Mount Locus and the sunken trace. You might consider back tracking for those.
Don't skip the Meriwether Lewis memorial even if the buildings are closed.

Matt (three times on the Trace)

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