Staunton, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Great Indian Warrior Trading Path

(The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road)

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 9, 2021

1. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and the 19 chiefs of Iroquois League of Five Nations in 1685 and 1722, opened the Colonial Backcountry for peaceful settlement and colonization. In VA, the Path passed Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, Fincastle, Big Lick & Rockport as animals searched for salt.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Native Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1685.

Location. 38° 7.526′ N, 79° 3.019′ W. Marker is in Staunton, Virginia. Marker can be reached from Frontier Drive (Virginia Route 644) 0.3 miles south of Red Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located in the parking lot of the Frontier Culture Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1290 Richmond Rd, Staunton VA 24401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Frontier Culture Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great Road

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(within shouting distance of this marker); The Barger House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Avenue of Trees (approx. ¾ mile away); First Settler's Grave (approx. ¾ mile away); A National Cemetery System (approx. one mile away); Staunton National Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Address by President Lincoln (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Staunton.

Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker in front of Frontier Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Roger Dean Meyer, March 24, 2007

2. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker in front of Frontier Museum

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 20, 2012

3. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2011, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 722 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 10, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on October 18, 2011, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. 3. submitted on August 26, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.