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'''Connecting trails.''' The Old Cherokee Path linked to other trails at each end. Other trails also crossed it in the middle. | '''Connecting trails.''' The Old Cherokee Path linked to other trails at each end. Other trails also crossed it in the middle. | ||
The migration | The migration pathways connected at the ''north'' end in [[Washington County, Virginia]] included: | ||
:*[[Great Indian Warpath]] pre-historic (overlapped by the [[Great Valley Road]] opened to European settlers about 1744). | :*[[Great Indian Warpath]] pre-historic (overlapped by the [[Great Valley Road]] opened to European settlers about 1744). | ||
:*[[Old_Cherokee_Path|Old Cherokee Path]] pre-historic | |||
:*[[Wilderness Road]] 1775 | |||
The migration routes connected at the ''south'' end in [[Oconee County, South Carolina]], or in Tugaloo, [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens, Georgia]] included: | The migration routes connected at the ''south'' end in [[Oconee County, South Carolina]], or in Tugaloo, [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens, Georgia]] included: | ||
:*Savannah River pre-historic | :*Savannah River pre-historic | ||
:*[[Old_Cherokee_Path|Old Cherokee Path]] pre-historic | |||
:*[[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] pre-historic | :*[[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] pre-historic | ||
:*[[Coosa-Tualoo Indian Warpath]] | :*[[Coosa-Tualoo Indian Warpath]] | ||
:*[[Tugaloo-Apalachie Bay Trail]] | :*[[Tugaloo-Apalachie Bay Trail]] | ||
:*[[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]] about 1777 | :*[[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]] about 1777 | ||
:*[[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]] about 1777 | :*[[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path|Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]] about 1777 | ||
:*[[Upper Road]] about 1783 | :*[[Upper Road]] about 1783 | ||
:*[[Unicoi Trail]] or Turnpike 1813<ref>William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | :*[[Unicoi Trail]] or Turnpike 1813<ref>William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
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:*[[Jonesboro Road]] after 1769 crossed the Old Cherokee Path near the Burke/McDowell county border, NC. The Jonesboro Road connected New Bern, North Carolina to Jonesborough and Knoxville, Tennessee. | :*[[Jonesboro Road]] after 1769 crossed the Old Cherokee Path near the Burke/McDowell county border, NC. The Jonesboro Road connected New Bern, North Carolina to Jonesborough and Knoxville, Tennessee. | ||
:*[[Rutherford's War Trace]] opended in 1776 through the same place because it overlapped the Jonesboro Road there. | :*[[Rutherford's War Trace]] opended in 1776 through the same place because it overlapped the Jonesboro Road there. | ||
:*[[Catawba Trail]] a pre-historic route met the Old Cherokee Path near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Catawba Trail connected the Lower Cherokee villages with the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. | :*[[Catawba Trail]] a pre-historic route met the Old Cherokee Path near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Catawba Trail connected the Lower Cherokee villages with the Cumberland Gap and [[Wilderness Road]] into Kentucky. | ||
:*[[Old South Carolina State Road]] opened in 1747 and met the Old Cherokee Path near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Old South Carolina State Road zig-zagged its way to Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. | :*[[Old South Carolina State Road]] opened in 1747 and met the Old Cherokee Path near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Old South Carolina State Road zig-zagged its way to Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. | ||