Great Wagon Road, The St. Johns and Fort Harrison--the Historic Dayton

and Fort Harrison--the Historic Dayton Triangle

making Brocks Gap a distinct area of culture

" "Some Ancestral Families

Mattie's adventures in Dayton are sure to please fans of the Shenandoah Valley

the burled giant that has been a spiritual presence watching over the family for decades

Great Wagon Road, The St. Johns and Fort Harrison--the Historic DaytonRouse, Jr., Parke From Philadelphia to the South How Scotch Irish and Germanics Settled the Uplands. Over the years the Road led countless Scotch Irish, Germanic, and English settlers southward from Philadelphia to settle the Appalachian uplands from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Over the Road went the progenitors of John Sevier of Tennessee, John Caldwell Calhoun of South Carolina, Sam Houston of Texas, Cyrus McCormick of Virginia, and other Americans.