America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 14 · Post Roads and the New Republic · Page 28 in print
Great Wagon Road
Bethabara, Bethania, Salem, Salisbury, and Charlotte grew with traffic on the Great Wagon Road.
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Bethabara
Moravian settlement on the road.
Bethania
Moravian settlement on the road.
Blue Ridge
Mountain range east of the valley route.
Charlotte
North Carolina city that grew from the road.
Conestoga
Heavy-duty Conestoga wagons, the road’s freight haulers.
Germans
German migrants who traveled the road.
Germanton
North Carolina community on the road.
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania town on the road’s westward leg.
Hagerstown
Maryland town on the road.
Hogs
Hogs herded down the road to market.
Salisbury
North Carolina town that grew from the road.
Scots Irish
Scots Irish migrants who traveled the road.
Walnut Cove
North Carolina community on the road.
Winchester
Virginia town on the road.
York
York, Pennsylvania (founded 1741), where the road turned south.
Sources
- Great Wagon RoadNCpedia
- Great Wagon RoadEncyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia