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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
By the 1740s another road into the interior of Virginia and the Carolinas was needed. By 1848 the original trails were improved enough to considered wagon roads. This set of trails came to be called the Upper Road or Piedmont Road and provided major access to interior farm lands. During the Revolutionary War these roads were important to both sides moving troops in the campaigns of the southern states.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997), 6, 7, 33, and 36. ({{FHL|660781|item|disp=FHL Book 973 E3d}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 WorldCat entry].</ref> | By the 1740s another road into the interior of Virginia and the Carolinas was needed. By 1848 the original trails were improved enough to considered wagon roads. This set of trails came to be called the '''Upper Road''' or Piedmont Road and provided major access to interior farm lands. During the Revolutionary War these roads were important to both sides moving troops in the campaigns of the southern states.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997), 6, 7, 33, and 36. ({{FHL|660781|item|disp=FHL Book 973 E3d}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
Both the '''Upper Road''', and the [[Fall Line Road]] ended at Macon, Georgia. In 1806 the federal government signed a treaty with the Creek Indians authorizing a "horse path" (mail route) through Indian land from Macon to New Orleans, Louisiana. The Creek Indians were postmasters along this extension to the west.<ref name="DollarM" /> | |||
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