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The Natchitoches Trace was a prehistoric American Indian path that led from the mouth of the Missouri River to present-day Natchitoches, Louisiana. [1] Natchitoches Trace was superseded by the Southwest Trail in historical times.
After crossing the river, the trail went through the Neutral Strip and Many, Louisiana, before ending at Natchitoches in modern Louisiana. [5] The trail has a 2,500-mile length. For centuries, the Native Americans had used the trail routes for trading between the Great Plains and Chihuahuan Desert regions and essentially created the road. El ...
Map showing the Southwest Trail or Military Road as it was in the mid-1800s (in red) and the Natchitoches Trace that it replaced (in brown). The Southwest Trail was a 19th-century pioneer route that was the primary passageway for American settlers bound for Texas.
For more information: Contact the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 259-1714, www.natchitoches.com. This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Touring the film ...
The Old San Antonio Road was a historic roadway located in the U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana.Parts of it were based on traditional Native American trails. Its Texas terminus was about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Eagle Pass at the Rio Grande in Maverick County, and its northern terminus was at Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The park and the St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church in Natchez have been included as featured destinations on the state's Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. The roughly 116,000 acres (470 km 2 ) Cane River National Heritage Area begins just south of Natchitoches and extends south and west for about 35 miles (56 kilometers along ...
Natchitoches City Hall A store with live fish for sale near Natchitoches, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.. Natchitoches (/ ˈ n æ k ə t ə ʃ / ⓘ NAK-ə-təsh; [2] [3] French: Les Natchitoches, [le nakitɔʃ]), officially the City of Natchitoches, is a small city in and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. [4]
Bozeman Trail from Virginia City, Montana, to central Wyoming; California Road established 1849, from Fort Smith, ... Coushatta-Nacogdoches Trace (or Natchitoches)