The Natchez Trace Parkway bookstore is operated by a cooperating association, Eastern National. At the Parkway Visitor Center, Milepost 266, near Tupelo, Mississippi there is a store that is open 364 days a year. There are also seasonal stores located at the historic inn Mt. Locust, Milepost 15 in Mississippi, and Colbert Ferry, Milepost 327, in Alabama.
Did You Know?
The "Kaintucks", or boatmen from the Ohio River Valley, would walk approximately 500 miles from Natchez to Nashville along the Natchez Trace in about 30 days.