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Te-Lah-Nay's Wall
Mile Post 337.8 |
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The Prayer Circle |
Te-Lah-Nay's Wall (Not a Part of the Natchez Trace Parkway) Open Daily 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM For Safety Reasons, Dogs Are Not Allowed Distance to Nearest Parkway Restroom 26.7 Miles North to Glenrock Branch 10.5 Miles South to Colbert Ferry Distance to Nearest Gas Stations 12.8 Miles North to TN Hwy 13 Then 0.1 Miles South 1.3 Miles South to AL Hwy 20 Then 2.9 Miles East |
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| Tom Hendrix (1934-2017) built this huge stone wall in honor of his great, great grandmother, Te-Lah-Nay. She was a member of the Yuchi Indian Tribe. She, along with her sister, Whana-le, and others, were forced from their homeland near the Tennesse River to Oklahoma as part of the Indian Removal Act. But the waters in Oklahoma 'did not sing to her' as the Tennessee River did. She began her long journey home, said to have taken five years. |
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| In the mid 1980s, Tom began working on the wall. Over the next 30 years, he worked on it stone-by-stone. He famously told visitors, "I wore out three trucks, 22 wheelbarrows, 3,800 pairs of gloves, three dogs and one old man," |
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| It is said to be a mile long altogether, and consists of 8.5 million pounds of stone, laid one at a time with no mortar. It is currently the largest unmortared wall in the United States. |
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| One section of the wall looks like human skulls - it is both haunting and fascinating. |
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Te-Lah-Nay's Wall
Mile Post 337.8 |
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