Natchez Trace Parkway - Houston, Mississippi

This 44 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of Houston, Mississippi from milepost 204 to north of Houston at milepost 248.

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:

• Line Creek
  The Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes recognized this creek as the boundary between their lands.
  
• Old Trace
  An original section of the Old Trace crosses the parkway.
  
• Bynum Mounds
  These mounds were built more than 1800 years ago.
  
• Witch Dance
  A large picnic area, restrooms and a horse trail access area are located at this spot where old folks say witches gathered to dance and wherever their feet touched the ground the grass withered and died never to grow again.
  
• Chickasaw Agency
  United States agents to the Chickasaws lived from 1802 to 1825 near here on the Old Natchez Trace. Agents kept peace between the Chickasaws and the Americans who traveled on the Old Trace through Indian lands.
  
• Hernando de Soto
  Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto traveled through this area in the mid-1500s.
  
• Monroe Mission
  At Monroe Mission Station near here, the Chickasaws were first taught Christianity and education in 1822.

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

Also, just off the Trace you will find:

• Owl Creek Mounds
  The mounds were built and used by farming people belonging to the Mississippian culture, A.D. 1000 to 1500. The archaeological site includes two large mounds, walkways and interpretive panels.
  
• Davis Lake Recreation Area
  Davis Lake, overseen by the U.S. Forest Service, is four miles west of the Natchez Trace.
  
• Houston, Mississippi
  Houston is located 30 miles southwest of Tupelo and five miles west of the Natchez Trace Parkway. The land on which Houston resides was donated to the city by Judge Joel Pinson on the condition that it would be named for Sam Houston, a childhood friend. The middle of town where the Chickasaw County Courthouse sits is called Pinson Square.

Bed and breakfast travelers will enjoy Bridges-Hall Manor in Houston.

Next section north on the Trace: Tupelo
Next section south on the Trace: French Camp