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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
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. | The American Indians developed a network of eastern trade and warrior trails stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. One of these trails, the Great Warrior Path from New York to the Carolinas also served as the western boundary of British settlement until 1744. In that year a new treaty gave control of the east side of the trail to European colonists in Virginia. This opened the way for the trail to become one of the most important roads for settlers in Colonial America.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815]'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997)[[{{DollarhideMigration}}]], 5.</ref> 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. | ||
The [[Wilderness Road]] into Kentucky branched off the Great Valley Road in southwest Virginia. | The [[Wilderness Road]] into Kentucky branched off the Great Valley Road in southwest Virginia. | ||
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*Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina | *Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina | ||
*Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina | *Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina | ||
*Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina | *Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina (where it merged with the [[Fall Line Road|Fall Line Road]]) | ||
*Augusta, Richmond, Georgia | *Augusta, Richmond, Georgia | ||