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Recommended Websites

Maps of Early America

Map of the Wilderness Road http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/myth/images/DB_and_the_Wilderness_Road_p341.jpg

Migration Routes from Pennsylvania to Virginia http://www.sgarner349.com/migration_routes_from_pennsylvan.htm

The Old Pennsylvania Road. Pennsylvania Road, Great Road, and Braddock’s Road http://www.family-genealogy.com/PennsylvaniaRoad.html

University of Texas Library - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Exploration &amp; Settlement 1675-1800 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/exploration_1675.jpg

University of Texas Library - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Exploration &amp; Settlement Before 1675 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/exploration_before_1675.jpg

National Park Service - Indian Reservations in the Continental United States http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/ResMap.htm

U.S. Westward Migration, 1775-1860 Map http://www.clippingdale.org/images/US_Westward_Migration_1775-1860.jpg

Miscellaneous Roads/Trails

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 &amp; Trails http://www.cyndislist.com/migration

Church of the Brethren Network - Brethren Life - Brethren Migrations http://www.cob-net.org/docs/brethrenlife_migrations.htm

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:

Bullskin Road Forbes Road Zane Trace Wilderness Road The Kanawha Trace Canada Road Monocacy Road Delaware Road Valley or Great Wagon Road National Road Carolina Road Wayne Road Braddock Road

RoadTrails: Early American Trails and Roads http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/trails.html

This site provides introductory paragraph summaries and map sketches of 18 roads and trails:

Boston Post Road Natchez Trace Braddock’s Road National Road California Trail Oregon Trail Fall Line Road Pennsylvania Road Federal Road Santa Fe Trail Great Wagon Road Trail of Tears King’s Highway Upper Road Mohawk Trail Wilderness Road Mormon Trail Zane’s Trace

The Main Indian Paths And Migration Trails in Pennsylvania http://noel.mcn.org/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm

Catawba Path Shamokin Path Old Kittanning Indian Trail Forbes’ Road Braddock’s Road Monocacy Trail Tulpehocken Trail New York to Baltimore Road

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