Great Indian Warrior Trading Path - Warriors Path State Park - Kingsport, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 29.626 W 082° 28.973
17S E 367184 N 4039739
Warrior's Path State Park was named for the park's proximity to the ancient war and trading path used by the Cherokee.
Waymark Code: WM64QZ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2009
Views: 13
From the TN Encyclopedia of History and Culture, the Warriors Path park
name reflects the fact that ancient Native American trails along the Holston River both to and from Long Island passed through the park's boundaries. Likely route heading into Virginia is now under the Fort Patrick Henry Lake, which is created by the TVA dam.
Sign Text:
Great Indian Warrior Trading Path
(The Great Philadephia Wagon Road)
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 governers of NY, PA, and VA and the 19 chiefs of Irquois League of Five Nations in 1685 and 1722, opened the Colonial Backcountry for peaceful settlement and colonization. In VA, at the Great Salt Lick, the Path forked and to the West and into TN was known as the Great Wilderness Road to Nashville.
Sign is located in Warriors Path State Park on Duck Island right at the start of the walking path around the island.