Early roads to the Mississippi Territory were established along existing Indian trails, as in the case of the Natchez Trace or along major waterways like the Tombigbee or Tennessee Rivers. One of the first roads commissioned by the US Government to the so called Southwest was the Federal Road. Extending through the Piedmont region in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia it crossed the Creek Nation of Alabama to the Tombigbee settlements just north of the Spanish city of Mobile. Connecting the Federal Highway with the other major road of the territory the Natchez Trace was the Three Chopped Way. Established in 1807 between Natchez, Mississippi and Burnt Corn, Alabama, this throughway was a major route for families who would establish claims in central Mississippi. A historical marker noting the Three Chopped Ways path across Jasper County can be found on Mississippi Highway 15 at the Bay Springs Industrial Park. louinmsgenealogy.wikispaces/Migration+to+Southwest+Territory
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