Great Wagon Road

Frontier road from Pennsylvania to Georgia in 18th century. A major avenue for settlers of the N.C. backcountry. Passed near here.

Marker is on Bethania Rural Hall Rd. 0.1 miles east of Main St., on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

The Great Indian (and Wagon) Road

The Great Indian Road, called Philadelphia Wagon Road by many settlers, was developed by Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) warriors traveling in the 1700s through the Great Valley of the Appalachians (which they called Jonontore) from Cohongaronto (north of the Potomac), to raid ...

Beale Wagon Road

1857 - 1882

From 1857-60, Lt. Edward F. Beale and crew of 100 men completed the first federal highway in the southwest from Fort Smith, Ark. to Los Angeles, Calif. at a cost of $200,000. The wagon road was used extensively ...

Aurora and Owens River Wagon Road

Established by the Nevada

Territorial Legislature

February 20, 1864

Rates of Toll

Wagon with two animals $1.00

Carriage and one animal $.75

Each additional animal $.25

Empty teams returning half price

Saddle animals each $.25

Pack do do $.15

Loose do do $.10

Marker is at the intersection of ...

The Great Wagon Road to the Southwest

Santa Fe Trail 1821-1880

It all started over trade that promised great profits. Once Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821 Americans were welcomed and encouraged to trade. Trade quickly flourished, creating opportunities and profits linking the economies of Missouri ...