Brenda Brown to Tell About Natchez Trace State Forest

HUNTINGDON — Brenda Brown is Huntingdon Historical Society's June storyteller, presenting on the Round Top in the Natchez Trace State Forest. Her presentation is Wednesday, June 17 at 9 a.m.

Brown was born in 1947 on a farm close to the Natchez Trace. She grew up in the area and attended Mount Comfort Church.

Brown's ancestors were some of the first homesteaders in the Natchez Trace State Forest. Her mother, who lived in the area, sometimes recalled how she used to go by the Old Pecan Tree in a covered wagon.

It was up until the early 1800s before the first settlers came and settled into the Round Top area of the Natchez Trace State Forest. The first settlers were from North Carolina, and they were hunters and trappers. After about a year, several of the settlers moved about four miles into the Maple Creek area.

Two old churches still remain in the area: Shiloh Baptist Church, established a little before 1930, and Mount Comfort Church, established in 1830. Both churches are still open and have services.

Huntingdon Historical Society invites the community to join them in the conference room of City Hall (Old Dilday Funeral Home) in Huntingdon, Tenn., on June 17 at 9 a.m. for this presentation.