Ghosts of the Natchez Trace
By: Larry Hillhouse
Publisher: Quixote Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wever, IA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781571666062
Subjects: Ghosts; Haunted places; Ghost stories; Folklore; Histoires de fantômes
Description: The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile path from Natchez, Mississippi, to near Nashville, Tennessee. The route goes past Jackson and Tupelo, Mississippi, and close to Florence in northwestern Alabama. ... Today the Trace is a limited access highway devoted to preserving an important part of the area's history. There are parts of the original trail still accessible, and that's not all that remains from days past. There are many accounts all along the Trace of restless spirits who still appear occasionally to modern travelers. From early Indians, to explorers, tradesmen, settlers, outlaws, and others, there seem to be a number of entities who refuse to, or for some reason can't, rest in peace. These are the subjects of the stories in this book.
Notes: ". . . stories of ghosts (humans & otherwise) who still seem to inhabit our beautiful Natchez Trace"--Cover.

The Natchez Trace, through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Trap-door saloons; title: The outlaw John Murrel; title: J. Thompson Hare; title: King's Tavern; title: Harpe Brothers; title: Under-the-hill Saloon; title: The Linden House; title: POrt Gibson; title: Bess; title: Brashear'sstand; title: The legend of Running Deer; title: The haunted coins; title: The rocking chair; title: Witch dance; title: Tupelo terror; title: At the bottom of Bear Creek; title: The marriage town; title: Ghostly Corinth; title: Buzzard roost; title: Colbert Ferry; title: Sunken Trace; title: Home of David Crockett; title: Lawrence County Jail; title: The wrecked VW; title: Lawrence County jail; title: Old courthouse clock; title: Ghostly motel; title: Was it "THE" Frank James?; title: Indian at Napier Mine; title: Meriwether Lewis; title: The Natchez bridge; title: Epilogue; title: Author's bio.