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. 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 • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1685.

Location. 38° 7.526′ N, 79° 3.019′ W. Marker is in Staunton, Virginia. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Frontier Culture Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to the Frontier Culture Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great Road (within shouting distance of

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this marker); West Africa, 1700s (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named West Africa, 1700s (about 600 feet away); The Virginia Frontier (about 600 feet away); American Indians, 1600s (about 700 feet away); American Inidians, 1600s (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Staunton.

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, March 24, 2007

2. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker

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

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, March 24, 2007

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

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 20, 2012

4. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2011, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 1,251 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 10, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3. submitted on October 18, 2011, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. 4. submitted on August 26, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.