Many of us do not know how our ancestors traveled during the great migration years of the 18th-century. In other words, we don’t know if they walked the entire way, if they […]
Wagons Versus Carts
Updates From The GWRP Research Team
The Research Team offers a few clues and hints about the Great Wagon Road and the project. Moving from the Dan River in present-day Stokes County, North Carolina, in a southwesterly direction, […]
Crossing McAnally Ford
The old wagon road entered southern Virginia over 250 years ago. Filled with rocks, mud, and broken trees, the road passed the boundary line along the banks of the Mayo. Steep ravines […]
Reaching The Potomac 18th Century Style
The Great Warrior’s Path, otherwise known as the Great Wagon Road, traveled southward from western Maryland to the crossing of the Potomac River.(1) During a 1722 meeting with Colonel Alexander Spotswood of […]
Great Wagon Road Project Updates
The team is amping up the volume and steering the wheels forward along the Great Wagon Road. Completion on a brand new team platform with full communication capabilities, storage, and much more […]
Digging Deeper Into Flower Gap, Virginia
One of the fascinating things about the Great Wagon Road Project is that the team is constantly researching a particular area all of the time. The long winter months have moved away, […]
Back On The Trail
The long winter months are slowly fading into the past and, the anticipation of spring rejoices and demands our attention. The Great Wagon Road Project has not been silent and quiet all […]
The 1716 Expedition-The Knights of The Golden Horseshoe
The Great Wagon Road Project has advanced with new discoveries and amazing documents of the old road route through the colonial period and moving forward. Each of these concentrated studies have enabled […]
Early Waterway Crossings & Fords-The Great Wagon Road Project
The project moves forward as the members research the North Carolina route of the Great Wagon Road. Maps, survey plats, land deeds and much more slowly allow the road to emerge from […]
Race To The Dan River
Years ago, I would go fishing with my Grandpa along the banks of the Dan River. Little did I know that one day I would be researching the historic early fords along […]
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