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<ref>Dollarhide, 7 and 13.</ref> | <ref>Dollarhide, 7 and 13.</ref> ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Great_Valley_Road|Great Valley Road]]'' [[Image:{{GVRMap}}]] | ||
''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Great_Valley_Road|Great Valley Road]]'' [[Image:{{GVRMap}}]] | |||
The '''Great Valley Road''', also called in various parts the "Great Wagon Road," "Great Warriors' Trail," "Valley Pike," "Carolina Road," or "Trading Path," was the most important Colonial American route for settlers of the mountainous backcountry of the southern British colonies. It went from [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] over to the Shenandoah Valley of [[Virginia]] forking into the [[Tennessee]] Valley and Knoxville. The other fork went more south into the Piedmont Region of [[North Carolina]], and then to its terminus on the Savannah River at Augusta, [[Georgia]]. Several other important early pathways merged with, or split off from the Great Valley Road. | The '''Great Valley Road''', also called in various parts the "Great Wagon Road," "Great Warriors' Trail," "Valley Pike," "Carolina Road," or "Trading Path," was the most important Colonial American route for settlers of the mountainous backcountry of the southern British colonies. It went from [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] over to the Shenandoah Valley of [[Virginia]] forking into the [[Tennessee]] Valley and Knoxville. The other fork went more south into the Piedmont Region of [[North Carolina]], and then to its terminus on the Savannah River at Augusta, [[Georgia]]. Several other important early pathways merged with, or split off from the Great Valley Road. | ||
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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
''(Northeast to Southwest)'' | ''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Dollarhide, 7, 12, and 13.</ref> | ||
*Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (often called the Philadelphia Wagon Road through Pennsylvania) | *Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (often called the Philadelphia Wagon Road through Pennsylvania) | ||
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For partial list of settlers who used the Great Valley Road to settle in Tennessee, see: | For partial list of settlers who used the Great Valley Road to settle in Tennessee, see: | ||
*East Tennessee Historical Society, ''First families of Tennessee : a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [FHL Book 976.8 H2ff]. | *East Tennessee Historical Society, ''First families of Tennessee : a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [FHL Book 976.8 H2ff]. | ||
{{Wikipedia|Great Wagon Road}} | {{Wikipedia|Great Wagon Road}} | ||