The Town of Rocky Springs. At the end of
this trail is evidence of a once thriving community. First settled in the late
1790s, the town grew from a watering place along the Natchez Trace, and took
its name from the source of that water - the rocky springs. In 1860, a total of
2,616 people lived in this area covering about 25 square miles. The population
of the town proper included three merchants, four physicians, four teachers,
three clergy and 13 artisans; while the surrounding farming community included 54
planters, 28 overseers and over 2,000 slaves who nurtured the crop that made
the town possible - cotton. Civil War, Yellow Fever, destructive crop insects
and poor land management brought an end to this once prosperous rural
community.
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