Hagerstown in Washington County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, October 1, 2006

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 MD, known as the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, passed by Hagerstown and crossed the Potomac at Evan Watkins Ferry.

Erected by National Society Daughters of the American Colonists. Project of the 2000-3 Administration. Mary Ann Groome Hepler National President.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Colonists, and the Great Indian Warrior / Trading Path series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1685.

Location. 39° 38.26′ N, 77° 43.891′ W. Marker is in Hagerstown, Maryland, in Washington County. It can be reached from Highland Avenue near Key Street.

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Marker is in the parking lot of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts which is located in the Hagerstown City Park. Enter park from a road off a circle where Walnut, Summit, Memorial and Key meet, and follow the signs to the museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hagerstown MD 21740, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Western Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Trial and Error at Mount Aetna Furnace (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Band Shell (about 800 feet away); Jonathan Hager House Museum (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Springs at Hager's Fancy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jonathan Hager (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hagerstown.

Another marker is no longer

Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path Marker at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

2. Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path Marker at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

nearby. Hager House and Museum (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. Essay by Brenda E.McPherson Compton. (Submitted on December 29, 2006.)

Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path Marker, looking north, into Hagerstown City Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

3. Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path Marker, looking north, into Hagerstown City Park

Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path Marker, background, with George Washington bust image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

4. Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path Marker, background, with George Washington bust

Parking lot entrance of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2006, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 4,056 times since then and 77 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 28, 2006, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 24, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.