European settlers from Pennsylvania,Maryland, and Virginia found a new way to reach the Piedmont. Settlers followed an American Indian trail that became known as the Great Wagon Road.
The Great Wagon Road
Scots-Irish farmers
for trade and transportation
The importance of the great wagon road was that the settlers moved west to the Piedmont plateau region
The address of the Piedmont Branch Library is: 1407 Highway 86, Piedmont, 29673 8322
American Indians controlled the land west of the Appalachians.
Runaway slaves
Scots-Irish farmers
Scots-Irish farmers
Scots-irish farmers
The area between the Coastal plain and the Appalachians is called the Piedmont.
Scots-Irish farmers
settlers Wanted cross the Appalachians because
It was hard to cross the Appalachians and it made travel difficult and dangerous
pioneers
The area of Piedmont is 25,402 square kilometers.
for trade and transportation
cause they had horses