Record #:

19747

Author(s):

Rights, Douglas L.

Abstract:

This article looks at the colonial roots of the Trading Path, an extremely popular travel and trade route through North Carolina that would later become the route for a system of 20th century highways. The article utilizes period accounts of exploration and travel along the path as well as descriptions of encounters with various Indian tribes with a particular focus on the travels of surveyor John Lawson, traders James Needham and Gabriel Arthur, and explorer John Lederer.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Oct 1931, p403-426, f

Subject(s):

Lawson, John, 1674-1712