DiscussionThe Great Trading Path

About Southeastern trail system, 1928

NativeRoutes Moderator · Sep 28, 2026

The Great Trading Path, also called the Occaneechi Path, ran from Virginia southwest through the Carolina Piedmont — past the Eno River and today's Hillsborough — toward the Catawba and Cherokee country. Myer's plate draws it.

Interstate 85 roughly follows the corridor. Where does the overlay match local histories of the path, and where doesn't it?

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