Emerald Mound

Monumental

The site is an interesting example what humans can accomplish when they have a mission to complete. A nice stop on the NTP.

Walk to the top

I walked to the top of Emerald Mound. Interesting plaque explaining the history of the mound. It was in a brochure of Mississippi mound cultures.

Our first stop heading north on the Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway is actually a difficult place to plan and execute a trip on. You can read all you want about the Natchez Trace Parkway, but it’s hard to understand what is worth seeing and w...

Very interesting ceremonial mound

This is worth a brief stop off the Natchez Trace Parkway. It is really huge and it is hard to imagine how the native Indians built this all up by hand.

Turns out it was quite dull

In itself, of course, the history behind this particular mound is fascinating on its own. If you take the couple minutes to climb up there, in your mind's eye you can see where those ancient people's...