First Day on the Trace

The last time we saw Mount Locust was during the fall.  Now everything is green and still damp from the rains.  Only 2 out of the 50 inns along the trace still exist.  Well, not really an inn, they call them “stands”.  It’s not like the inns I picture.  You paid for food and a place to sleep on the porch.

The First Presbyterian Church in Port Gibson is the most famous building in Claiborne County!  OK, that’s not saying much.  The story is a 17-year-old carved a 10’ wood hand that was covered in gold leaf.  The hand is pointing the way to heaven 165’ above ground.  The current hand is steel after the original one was damaged by weather and woodpeckers.

 

 

 Loess is where dust storms from back in the ice ages dropped their dust in deep layers.  Where the trace passed, it wore down quickly as travelers passed through the area.  This particular area is called the Sunken Trace.  Just think how many people passed through this area to wear it down!

A family cemetery...

 

…and a waterfall were all quick stops along the trace.