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After 1744, the Great Valley Road was most heavily used by Ulster-Irish immigrants called Scots-Irish in America to spread through most of Appalachia bringing their [[United States Church Records#Presbyterian|Presbyterian]] religion.<ref name="ComptonB" /> Pennsylvania Germans also used the trail to spread into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The first settlements in Tennessee were associated with the end of the trail in that region. | After 1744, the Great Valley Road was most heavily used by Ulster-Irish immigrants called Scots-Irish in America to spread through most of Appalachia bringing their [[United States Church Records#Presbyterian|Presbyterian]] religion.<ref name="ComptonB" /> Pennsylvania Germans also used the trail to spread into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The first settlements in Tennessee were associated with the end of the trail in that region. | ||
In 1746 the [[Pioneer Road]] first crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains from Alexandria to Winchester, Virginia, where it fed into the Great Valley Road.<ref>Dollarhide, 6</ref> The [[Wilderness Road]] opened in 1775 into central Kentucky, and branched off the Great Valley Road in southwest Virginia at Bristol (Sapling Grove).<ref>Dollarhide, 12-13.</ref> Starting in the late 1770s explorers and pioneers at Staunton, Virginia started using the Kanawha Trail which followed the New River/Kanawha River into West Virginia.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kanawha River" in ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanawha_River(accessed 1 August 2010).</ref> From the terminus of the Great Valley Road at Knoxville, [[Avery's Trace|Avery's Trace]] to Nashville opened in 1788, and the [[Georgia Road]] to Athens opened in 1805. | In 1746 the [[Pioneer Road]] first crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains from Alexandria to Winchester, Virginia, where it fed into the Great Valley Road.<ref>Dollarhide, 6</ref> The [[Wilderness Road]] opened in 1775 into central Kentucky, and branched off the Great Valley Road in southwest Virginia at Bristol (Sapling Grove).<ref>Dollarhide, 12-13.</ref> Starting in the late 1770s explorers and pioneers at Staunton, Virginia started using the [[Kanawha Trail|Kanawha Trail ]]which followed the New River/Kanawha River into West Virginia.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kanawha River" in ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanawha_River(accessed 1 August 2010).</ref> From the terminus of the Great Valley Road at Knoxville, [[Avery's Trace|Avery's Trace]] to Nashville opened in 1788, and the [[Georgia Road]] to Athens opened in 1805. | ||
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*Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland (crosses [[Cumberland Road|Cumberland Road]]) | *Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland (crosses [[Cumberland Road|Cumberland Road]]) | ||
*Winchester, Frederick, Virginia ([[Pioneer Road|Pioneer Road from]] Alexandria joined here) | *Winchester, Frederick, Virginia ([[Pioneer Road|Pioneer Road from]] Alexandria joined here) | ||
*Staunton, Augusta, Virginia (start of [[ | *Staunton, Augusta, Virginia (start of [[Kanawha Trail|Kanawha Trail]] to West Virginia) | ||
*Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia (trail forks toward Knoxville and Augusta) | *Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia (trail forks toward Knoxville and Augusta) | ||