Migration Routes, Roads & Trails » Miscellaneous Trails

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  • Albany Post Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1669 from New York City to Albany, background history, route, map, connecting trails, finding settlers and records.

  • Avery's Trace | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1788 from Knoxville to Nashville, Tennessee, background history, Indian disputes, route, map, connecting trails, finding settlers and records.

  • Butterfield Overland Mail | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1857-1861 from St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee to San Francisco, California via Texas and Arizona, background history, route, map, finding settlers and records.

  • Camden-Charleston Path | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1732 from Camden to Charleston, South Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, finding settlers and records.

  • Camino Real de Tierra Adentro | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1598 from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico, historical background, route, map, and settler records.

  • Catawba and Northern Trail | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    Ancient Indian trail used by whites by the 1740s from the Catawba Indian villages in the Waxhaws to the Yadkin River settlements in North Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Catawba Trail | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    Ancient Indian trail used by whites after 1777 from the Lower Cherokee villages in northwest South Carolina to the Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, background history, route, maps, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1765 from Charleston to Fort Charlotte, South Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Charleston-Savannah Trail | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1730s from Charleston, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Cherokee Trail

    Route from Arkansas, sw Missouri, east Texas, and Cherokee Nation to the California goldfields. Joined main California Trail at Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Used 1849 to 1900. See Cherokee Trail Diaries Vol I-II, and Vol III.

  • Fall Line Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    By 1735 from Fredericksburg, Virginia along the waterfall line in the southern United States to Montgomery, Alabama, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Forbes Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1758 military road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, background history, route, and map.

  • Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1765 connected Fort Charlotte on the Savannah River with several ancient Indian trails, especially the Old Cherokee Path in far northwest South Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Fort Moore-Charleston Trail | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    About 1716 from Charleston to Savannah Town (now New Windsor Township) and important South Carolina fur trading center, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Galena Trail and Coach Road

    This site discusses the 1825 Galena Trail and its successor, the 1833 Peoria-Galena Coach Road in Illinois. Both alignments followed ancient Native American trails, and were used by early American miners to link the Lead Mine Region of Illinois and Wisconsin with Peoria and southern Illinois. Many old maps, articles and photos are displayed on this website.

  • Georgia Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    Also called the Federal Road, was a toll road opened in 1805 from Savannah, Georgia across Cherokee Indian lands to Knoxville, Tennessee. Branches also extended to Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. Explains background history, route, map, and finding settler records.

  • Great Genesee Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1794 from Fort Schuyler (now Utica, New York) on the Mohawk Trail with Canawaugus (now Caledonia) and eventually Buffalo, New York, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Great Indian Warpath | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    Was a network of ancient Indian pathways with many branches from Mobile, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee to Knoxville, Tennessee to Bristol, Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia along the Appalachian Valley.and beyond by other names. Includes map and some connecting trails.

  • Great Valley Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    By 1744 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Knoxville, Tennessee including a southern branch to Augusta, Georgia. Page shows background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

  • Jackson's Military Road | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    1814 from Tupelo, Mississippi on the Natchez Trace to New Orleans, Louisiana, including background history, route, and map.

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