Avery's Trace: Difference between revisions

'''Avery's Trace''', also called the Nashville Road, North Carolina Military Trace, North Carolina Road, or Cumberland Trace, was authorized in 1787 and opened in 1788 to connect Knoxville to Nashville, Tennessee by a 300 mile (480 km) trail.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815]'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997) [{{FHL|973 E3d}}], 22.</ref><ref name="WikiAvery">Wikipedia contributors, "Avery’s Trace," in ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery%27s_Trace (accessed 27 July 2010).</ref><ref>"Avery Trace" in ''Cumberland Pioneer Settlers 1779-1804'' at http://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/averytrace.html (accessed 5 August 2010). Detailed explanation of why Avery's Trace is '''''not''''' what the road from Knoxville to Nashville was likely called.</ref> {{AverysTMapCap}}