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The highway as North Carolina’s colonists knew it was the primary pathway for many. Covering 700 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to August, Georgia, this road largely traveled by foot played a pivotal role in creating some of the state’s metros and major cities. Commemorating the importance of the Great Wagon Road are items in the Rowan Museum such as a wagon made by John Israel Nissen, descendant of original travelers of the road. A personal sign of the road’s importance is on display at the Knox Farm: the rim of one of The Great Wagon’s wheels. John Knox’s eighth generation descendants can’t attest the rim was on their ancestor’s wagon; they only know it’s always been part of the farm’s landscape.
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Indian paths--Great Wagon Road; Colonial North Carolina paths--Great Wagon Road; Great Wagon Road; Charlotte--History; Winston-Salem--History; Salisbury--History; Rowan Museum (Salisbury); Rowan County--History; Frontier roads--North Carolina--Great Wagon Road; Frontier roads--Great Philadelphia Wagon Road; Stokes County--History; North Carolina--Warrior's Path; Bethabara; Bethania--History; Revolutionary War--Great Wagon Road; American Revolution--Great Wagon Road; Colonial North Carolina--Travel ; Colonial North Carolina--Transportation