Coffee High School - Coffee Pot Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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The Parkway will run about 450 miles, 316 being in Mississippi, 33 in Alabama, and lOl in Tennessee. lt features a motor road with a wide parklike right-of-way along which places of historic interest, such as remnants of the Old Trace, stands or inn sites, ferry sites, and Indian mounds, will be preserved and suitably marked to explain and illustrate the use of the old road. Trees, shrubs, flowers, historical features, birds and all animals are protected and may not be harmed in any way on the Parkway. National Park Service rangers are found here to assist, and advise you, as well as to protect life and property. Enioy a trip along the Parkway! V 5 ffl, f,,,,,4w 40-we

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HE NATCHEZ TRACE gj3iQ,1fiw , 359' A veg- AL . y use Y 1 ,5...:. f 7 43151 Q, ,'1,?t3f19'?'2 'i'7's5 Q1 Y A W , , is ,W I gQc,Li,,4f, , ,ni ,L KH. Twig 35557 ,Q f at K- 73?T'2ei,'iZ3Y:A4:'gy?fiQf.3 is ' ' ,, fb L , iv'-35-7Q3525f ' Natchez Trace Parkway memorializes a series of lndian paths that became a wilderness roadway between Natchez and Nashville and during 1800-1830 successively a post road and a highway binding the old Southwest to the Union. Pioneer settlers frequently called a trail a trace--a word which in old French suggests its origin as a line of footprints or animal tracks.

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THIS SAGA DEDIC TED TO THIS SAGA DEDICATED TO COACH HAYDEN RILEY For showing us by precept and example what good sportsmanship and honor are- or having a fine sense of fair play- or being direct and competent in every task you undertake- or being a sincere and true friend to us- or leading our Yellow Jackets through so many victories on the state and local scene- For these and many other admirable attributes we the Coffee Pot Staff dedicate this 37th edition to you Coach Hayden Riley. 8