Federal Horse Path: Difference between revisions

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Back in 1806 no one had an idea about an interstate or freeway but as the nation grew a horse path for postal riders was carved through the woods of the [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-579 Creek Indian] nation from the middle of Georgia to the coast of Alabama. What started as a postal horsepath through a malaria-infested wilderness occupied by Indians was widened into a military road for use during the War of 1812 and became a primary thoroughfare for pioneers. The accessibility to Indian land provided by the road was a principal cause of the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814; moreover, it expedited the exodus of the Creek Indians and permitted English-speaking settlers to enter western Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.<ref>The Federal Road Through Georgia[[http://www.amazon.com/Federal-Road-Through-Georgia/dp/0817305181]]</ref>