Natchez Trace from Raymond, Mississippi to Jackson, Mississippi

This 36 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway starts at milepost 66 south of Raymond, Mississippi and goes north to the west of Jackson, Mississippi at milepost 102.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Deans Stand
  One of the inns or "stands" along the Old Trace in the 1820s and 1830s.
  
• Battle of Raymond
  Part of the Grant's Vicksburg campaign a battle was fought near here in 1863.
  
• Cowles Mead Cemetery
  Cowles Mead, a stand owner along the Old Trace and territorial governor in 1806, is buried here.
  
• Osburn Stand
  Noble Osburn operated a stand here starting in 1811 until the early 1820s when the city of Jackson was established.
  
• Choctaw Agency
  U.S. agents lived among the Choctaw and represented their interests while implementing U.S. policy. Their duties included surveying and preventing illegal settlement of Choctaw land. They also encouraged the Choctaw to be more dependent on modern farming practices.
  

For additional pictures, information and interactive maps of the Raymond - Jackson, Mississippi section of the Trace please see NatchezTraceTravel.com.

Also, just off the Trace you will find:

• Raymond Military Park
  On May 12, 1863, 10,000 soldiers from Ulysses S. Grant's Union army encountered 3,000 Confederate soldier near Raymond, Mississippi. After the Battle of Raymond was over 1,000 wounded soldiers from both armies were taken to a local church and the courthouse and cared for. Part of the battlefield has been preserved by the Friends of Raymond, a non-profit historic preservation organization, as the Raymond Military Park.
• Raymond, Mississippi
  Raymond is located fifteen miles south of Jackson and two miles east of the Natchez Trace Parkway. The small town features dozens of antebellum era homes, church buildings and the still functioning County Courthouse built from 1857-1859. In 1903 a water tower was built in the middle of the town's square creating a unique focal point that local residents have taken pride in for over 100 years.
  
• Clinton Visitor Center
  Just off the Trace in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, Mississippi travelers will find the Clinton Visitor Center. The Center is constructed with period materials and period architectural details including a porch and "dogtrot" and has the look and authentic charm of one of the 19th century farmhouses once located along the Natchez Trace. The museum room provides displays showing the history of the Natchez Trace in the Clinton area.

There are three Raymond bed and breakfasts to choose from - all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Next section north on the Trace: Jackson to Canton
Next section south on the Trace: Port Gibson to Vicksburg