Title	Port Royal State Park: historic road in woods
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Date	2003
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Port Royal State Park
Property type	Park
National Register Reference	06001131 listed Dec. 12, 2006
Community Name	Port Royal, Montgomery County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	36.555499,-87.144156
Description	Color photograph of a trail that appears to be an old roadbed. Berms of soil visible in woods on each side.
Historical Notes	Port Royal was an early trading center because of its location at the junction of the Red River and Sulfur Fork. The earliest settlers arrived in 1784 and the town, named by the Samuel Wilcox family, incorporated in 1797. The first post office was established in 1801. The Port Royal site represents the importance of river transportation in early Tennessee history. The Port Royal Historic State Park was established in 1978 to preserve and protect the history of the early river town. The park is also designated as site on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
Collection Name	Trail of Tears
Subject-LCSH	Port Royal (Tenn.) Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Subject-TGM	Historic parks
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Processing notes	Electronic file
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	portroyal_004