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Sequestration Effects on the Parkway
On March 1, 2013, the Parkway was required to reduce its annual budget by five percent, in accordance with the sequestration provision of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Click the link to learn about visitor center, restroom, and services impacts. More »
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Portion of National Scenic Trail Near Tupelo Closed to Hikers
Part of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (NOT the Parkway) near Tupelo, MS, has been closed until 2015 due to construction under Tupelo's Major Thoroughfare Construction Project. Parkway travelers may expect delays, but no detours are expected. More »
Black History Month Program 2007
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Contact: Dave Carney, 800-305-7417
In recognition of Black History Month, the Natchez Trace Parkway will present a program by guest speaker Angela Lurz Atkinson. Angela is a site facilitator at Melrose, part of the Natchez National Historical Park, in Natchez, Mississippi. She has worked at Gettysburg National MilitaryPark, Independence National Historical Park, and Vicksburg National Military Park. Angela has a B.A. in History and she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of LA-Monroe. She will be speaking at the Parkway Visitor Center near Tupelo, Mississippi (located at milepost 266) on February 23 and 24 at 11:00 a.m. This event is free and the public is invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the program.
Angela’s program will focus on William Johnson and will examine his life as a free black barber and diarist living in Natchez during the antebellum period, but it will also play off the theme "Africans in the Americas" as she will discuss some of the African American history in Natchez.
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Did You Know?
The "Kaintucks", or boatmen from the Ohio River Valley, would walk approximately 500 miles from Natchez to Nashville along the Natchez Trace in about 30 days.