Last updated: April 5, 2024
Place
Dean Stand Site, Milepost 73.5
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
Natchez Trace Parkway, Milepost 73.5
Significance:
Historic Stand Site
Amenities
4 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Picnic Table
The Treaty of Doaks Stand, 1820, opened this land to white settlement. Land was quickly claimed and pioneer families established themselves in this wilderness. William Dean and his wife Margaret settled about here on the Old Natchez Trace in 1823.
The Deans supplemented their farm income by offering lodging to travelers. The clientele was a cross section of the advancing frontier – the homeward-bound boatman, the hurrying mail rider, the trader in land and horses, the fugitive, or the itinerant preacher.
On the night of May 12, 1863, General U.S. Grant made his headquarters here after the Battle of Raymond.
The Deans supplemented their farm income by offering lodging to travelers. The clientele was a cross section of the advancing frontier – the homeward-bound boatman, the hurrying mail rider, the trader in land and horses, the fugitive, or the itinerant preacher.
On the night of May 12, 1863, General U.S. Grant made his headquarters here after the Battle of Raymond.