Brashear's Stand

"We're traveling the Natchez Trace from Natchez, Mississippi north to Nashville, Tennessee. This was the direction returning Boatman and Kaintucks traveled the old road in the late 1700s and early 1800s after they had floated the produce of their farms in the Ohio River Valley down the Mississippi River to sell in Natchez.

"Today we're visiting a stop along the Trace known as Brashear's Stand, and though you wouldn't realize it driving up from the south this is only about 1/4 mile from a 50 Square mile body of water, the Ross Barnett Reservoir.

"Of course there was no reservoir here in the days of pioneers, but the region was abundant with streams and rivers. We come to an OLD TRACE exhibit just after we cross Brashear's Creek. There's a short loop trail there to let visitors actually walk along a sunken section of the old Natchez Trace at the site of Brashear's Stand, another of the 50 or so inns along the old road. Brashear's Stand was advertised as quote: "A house of entertainment in the wilderness."

"Join us on our next program when we'll travel to the Reservoir Overlook and see the waters of the Pearl River.

"For Natchez Trace a road through the wilderness, I'm Frank Thomas."

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