United States Migration Roads and Trails Resources (National Institute)

Maps of Early America

 * Map of the Wilderness Road


 * Migration Routes from Pennsylvania to Virginia


 * Pennsylvania Road, Great Road, and Braddock’s Road


 * University of Texas Library - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Exploration and Settlement 1675-1800


 * University of Texas Library - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Exploration and Settlement Before 1675


 * National Park Service - Indian Reservations in the Continental United States


 * U.S. Westward Migration, 1775-1860 Map

Cyndi's List
The index in Cyndi’s List plus several “general” websites are introduced in this lesson although some of the roads and trails described appear later in America’s history.


 * Cyndi’s List - Migration Routes, Roads and Trails

Church of the Brethren Migrations

 * Church of the Brethren Network - Brethren Life - Brethren Migrations

Excellent detailed descriptions of roads used by Brethren Migrations include roads used by others as well. Some of the roads are rarely mentioned in other sources. Also included is a good discussion of river transportation in a section titled, “Originally the River.” The following roads/trails are described at this site:

Road Trails
RoadTrails: Early American Trails and Roads This site provides introductory paragraph summaries and map sketches of 18 roads and trails:

Pennsylvania Indian Paths
The Main Indian Paths And Migration Trails in Pennsylvania

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