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, […]
Digging Deeper Into Flower Gap, Virginia
Coffee & Spies-Culper Spy Ring
The colonial period represents society in order by classes with titles such as gentleman versus lower class labels such as servant or tenant. A man of higher class would have owned a […]
Piedmont, North Carolina Explorations: Introducing John Lawson(1674-1711)
“This day we passed through a great many towns and settlements that belong to the Sugeree Indians. About three in the afternoon, we reached Kadapau King’s house where we met with one […]
The Keowee Trail-The Splendor Of An Old Road
Walking through the majestic mountain range of upper northwest South Carolina, the glimpse of an old road emerges upon the ground. The old dirt bed dating back to over 310 years, sheds […]
Jacob Matzinger(1700-aft 1766) A Life Story
Jacob Matzinger was born in a small village in upper Switzerland. Marthalen was established sometime during 1464 where 27 families were living in the area. The small community has not grown very […]
Early Settlers of Ashe County, NC
Segment 1
The Great Wagon Road In North Carolina
A Detailed Description For Years of 1745-1770
A Detailed Route of The Great Wagon Road
Present Day Roanoke, Virginia to North Carolina State Boundary Line
A Detailed Route of The Great Wagon Road
Winchester, Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia
A Detailed Route of The Great Wagon Road
Lancaster to Winchester
