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The Great Wagon Road, also known as the Philadelphia Wagon Road, is a historic trail in the eastern United States that was first traveled by indigenous tribes, and later explorers, settlers, soldiers, and travelers.
The Carolina Road extended into North Carolina as a major trade route and access for early settlers. However, once again it became known by different names, both locally and regionally. "In our state it is known as the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, the Great Wagon Road, or simply the Wagon Road. In Virginia, it is called the Carolina Road ...
The Springfield Grade Road was an early turnpike between Springfield, West Virginia and Capon Bridge, West Virginia. Springfield Grade Road was originally known as the Great Wagon Road or Great Wagon Turnpike that connected Winchester , Virginia to Cumberland , Maryland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Forbes Road established 1759, from Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania to Fort Bedford, Pennsylvania; Gaines Trace in the Mississippi Territory from near Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River to Cotton Gin Port on the upper Tombigbee River and on to Fort Stoddert on the lower Tombigbee; Great Wagon Road (Pennsylvania Wagon Road) from Pennsylvania to Georgia
Initially called the "Indian Road", it was later known as the "Great Wagon Road." A drawing entitled "the escape of Stonewall Jackson's Army down the valley pike at Strausburg [sic], Va." U.S. Library of Congress Collection
Monocacy was a village in Frederick County, Maryland that was located along an old Indian trail known as the Monocacy Trail that ran parallel to the Monocacy River.The trail was known as the Great Wagon Road by colonial travelers; it went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later was renamed Monocacy Road.
Great Road Historic District in Lincoln, Rhode Island, commemorating the former road; Great Wagon Road, a historic road from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in the United States; Great Road (Appalachia), another name for the Wilderness Road across the Appalachians through the Cumberland Gap in the United States
Situated near the intersection of the Great Wagon Road and the Wilderness Road, the town was an important stopping point for settlers heading west. It was in the courthouse located in New London that Patrick Henry delivered his famous "beef" speech during the John Hook trial.