Record #:

24553

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

The King’s Highway designated a strip of road in colonial eastern North Carolina that parallels modern U.S. 17. It was the road that most travelers took to travel through North Carolina. This article presents what it was like to travel on this road in pre-Revolutionary times.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 7, December 1973, p9-11, il

Subject(s):

Highways--History; Highways