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The '''Occaneechi Path''' or "Trading Path," also called the "Indian Trading Path," "Catawba Path," "Catawba Road," "Indian Road," or "Warriors' Path" was a corridor of roads and trails (not just one path) connecting the Piedmont region including Chesapeake Bay (Petersburg, VA), Occaneechi Village (Clarksville, VA), the Waxhaws (Charlotte, NC), and Cherokee villages of the Carolinas and Georgia (Augusta, GA).<ref name="TP">Wikipedia contributors, "Trading Path," ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Path (accessed 26 January 2011).</ref> The length of the '''Occaneechi Path''' from the Petersburg, Virginia to Augusta, Georgia was roughly 510 miles (820 km). [[Image:Occaneechi Path.png|border|right|370px]] | The '''Occaneechi Path''' or "Trading Path," also called the "Indian Trading Path," "Catawba Path," "Catawba Road," "Indian Road," or "Warriors' Path" was a corridor of roads and trails (not just one path) connecting the Piedmont region including Chesapeake Bay (Petersburg, VA), Occaneechi Village (Clarksville, VA), the Waxhaws (Charlotte, NC), and Cherokee villages of the Carolinas and Georgia (Augusta, GA).<ref name="TP">Wikipedia contributors, "Trading Path," ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Path (accessed 26 January 2011).</ref> The length of the '''Occaneechi Path''' from the Petersburg, Virginia to Augusta, Georgia was roughly 510 miles (820 km). [[Image:Occaneechi Path.png|border|right|370px]] | ||