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:*[[Unicoi_Trail|Unicoi Turnpike]] opened to a few European traders 1690, but the wagon road was not opened to settlers until 1795 from near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo Tugaloo] headed northwest to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhill_Cherokee Overhill Cherokee villages] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee Knoxville] in [[Tennessee]]<ref>Lowell Kirk, "The Unicoi Turnpike" at http://www.telliquah.com/unicoi.htm (accessed 3 May 2011).</ref><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|Unicoi Turnpike]] opened to a few European traders 1690, but the wagon road was not opened to settlers until 1795 from near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo Tugaloo] headed northwest to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhill_Cherokee Overhill Cherokee villages] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee Knoxville] in [[Tennessee]]<ref>Lowell Kirk, "The Unicoi Turnpike" at http://www.telliquah.com/unicoi.htm (accessed 3 May 2011).</ref><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>


At the north end, around [[McMinn County, Tennessee]] the [[Unicoi_Trail]] joined and overlapped the [[Great Indian Warpath]] on its way to [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] and beyond. The warpath continued northeast but was also called the west fork of the [[Great Valley Road]] connecting Knoxville to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
Toward the the north end the [[Unicoi_Trail]] connects to:
 
:*in [[McMinn County, Tennessee]] the [[Unicoi_Trail]] joined and overlapped the [[Great Indian Warpath]] on its way to [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] and beyond.  
:*The warpath continued northeast but was also called the west fork of the [[Great Valley Road]] connecting Knoxville to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
:*[[Avery's Trace]] connected [[Knox County, Tennessee]] to [[Nashville, Tennessee]].


=== Settlers and Records  ===
=== Settlers and Records  ===
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