Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Jeff Busby Campground, Natchez Trace milepost 193.1, MS - Oct 23-24
This is one of the free (no hookups) campgrounds located on the Natchez Trace. It is nice to see our tax $$ actually providing something that we use! While here we visited the short part of the Trace that we hadn't seen before. We went to the town of Kosciusko (named for the Polish hero of the Revolutionary War) & walked around the historic district. It is also the birthplace of Oprah Winfrey. We walked on two lovely nature trails along the trace & visited the French Camp historical area. French Camp was inhabited by the Natchez, Choctaw & Chickasaw Indians before Louis LeFleur arrived about 1812. He built an inn, which was called French Camp, and married a Choctaw woman; their son became a state senator & the chief of the Choctaw tribe. There are several houses, a visitor center & a cafe where you can eat lunch.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 6:42 PM 
