"How would you like to travel along one of the oldest roads in the world? 

"It's a long journey -- a journey that reaches back in geologic time where you'll see hundreds of thousands of years of activity during the last ice age as loess the windblown soil carried from far to the west is deposited along the eastern banks of the Mississippi River, and you'll see the beauty of nature springing from its richness.

"It's a long journey -- a journey that spans tens of thousands of years following the beasts of the wilderness and well over 10,000 years of human activity. You'll see Indian temple mounds, and Indian village sites that existed as long ago as 8000 BC and used not just for days or weeks or years. Their use spanned far beyond the decades or the centuries; some of theses sites were occupied by human beings long before the building of the ancient pyramids of Egypt and used over thousands of years.

"It's a long journey -- a journey that will take you through the struggle of a colony to pull itself out of the wilderness to become a great nation.

"In this radio series we'll be taking a look at the history and sights along the Natchez Trace, one of the oldest roads in the world.  For Natchez Trace: A Road Through the Wilderness, I'm Frank Thomas."

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