"Today on our journey along the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi north to Nashville, Tennessee we are 15 miles north of Tupelo, Mississippi. Today's exhibit is called TWENTYMILE BOTTOM OVERLOOK.

"From the overlook you can see the bottom land of Twentymile Creek. This land is typical of the terrain encountered by early travelers of the Natchez Trace. Near this bottom was another of the stands that grew up along the Trace where travelers could find food and rest along their journey. This was called Old Factors Stand.

"It's hard for us these days to imagine what it was like for early travelers of the Trace, but at the Twentymile Bottom exhibit there is a quotation from Rev. John Johnson that might give us a hint. Rev. Johnson wrote of the day he journeyed to this stand in 1812.

'I have this day swam my horse 5 times, bridged one creek forded several others beside the swamp we had to wade through. At night we had a shower of rain; took up my usual lodging on the ground in company with several Indians.'

"Join us next time when we will be visiting DONIVAN SLOUGH and BROWN'S BOTTOM. For Natchez Trace a road through the wilderness, I'm Frank Thomas."

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