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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
The '''Lower Cherokee Traders' Path''' was an important trade route on the Piedmont connecting the Cherokee and other interior tribes with the Occaneechi tribe and early European colonists on the Chesapeake Bay. It was considered the west fork of the [[Occaneechi Path]] (Traders' Path) and became a major part of the [[Upper Road]]. | The '''Lower Cherokee Traders' Path''' was an important trade route on the Piedmont connecting the Cherokee and other interior tribes with the Occaneechi tribe, middlemen traders in southern Virginia, and early European colonists on the Chesapeake Bay. It was considered the west fork of the [[Occaneechi Path]] (Traders' Path) and became a major part of the [[Upper Road]]. | ||
Modern Interstate 85 from Charlotte, North Carolina to Greenville, South Carolina runs a little north of the old route, and from there on South Carolina Highway 123 to the Georgia border is similar to the old route. | Modern Interstate 85 from Charlotte, North Carolina to Greenville, South Carolina runs a little north of the old route, and from there on South Carolina Highway 123 to the Georgia border is similar to the old route. | ||
=== Route === | === Route === | ||