Charley's Trace is an old
trail
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to the
Mississippi River
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. A marker located on
Highway
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49 near
Minter City
Minter City is an unincorporated community in Leflore County and Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area, and is within the Mississippi Delta.
Mississippi Highway 8 intersects U.S. Route 49E ...
, Leflore County,
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
exists at the intersection of Watkins Plantation Road.
It was marked on 20 February 1926, and a newer marker was dedicated on the 21 May 1955.
Hiking trails in Mississippi
Protected areas of Leflore County, Mississippi
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