River for Man

"The Great Depression of the 1930s saw the beginning of the project to build the Natchez Trace Parkway as part of the National Park System. This road is a pathway through time, a pathway that connects us to our roots. It reaches back trough modern times, back beyond the Civil War, beyond the National Road, beyond The European frontiers and historic Indian tribes, and prehistoric human cultures, beyond even the time of man and the roaming buffalo. Back to geologic times hundreds of thousands and even millions of years ago, because this road, this trail, is a product of nature that grew from the land. Just as the mighty Mississippi was carrying water to the Gulf, the Natchez Trace became a river for man and animals, for life battling the flow of time. When you take this journey back to our very roots, look to the future; you'll begin to see the importance of this trail of human history. The importance that we, like so many others before us, play out our part in this human drama of life on earth.

"The National Park Service has placed exhibits along the Natchez Trace Parkway, and on our next program we will begin an exhibit to exhibit journey up the Trace from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville Tennessee.

"I'm Frank Thomas, and I'll be your guide along the Natchez Trace: A Road Through the Wilderness."

For more about Natchez Trace: A Road Through the Wilderness, visit eddieandfrank.com