Bibliograph

Highway 25 in the Carolinas, a brief history, Anne Peden and Jim Scott

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Label

Highway 25 in the Carolinas, a brief history, Anne Peden and Jim Scott

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Highway 25 in the Carolinas

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1231957504

Responsibility statement

Anne Peden and Jim Scott

Sub title

a brief history

Summary

"Traveling US 25 through the Carolinas is a much more pleasant experience than it was in the 1700s. Then, the road from the Tennessee Cherokee towns to August, Georgia, was a Cherokee trading path that followed a bison trace to the navigable port on the Savannah River. Drovers came from as far as Kentucky herding hogs, turkeys and mules. Lowcountry South Carolinians traveled by stagecoach and wagon to the foothills and mountains, staying for months. The Augusta Road, Saluda Gap and Buncombe Turnpike became the Dixie Highway Carolina Division and then US Route 25 by 1931. Authors Anne Peden and Jim Scott travel the trading path and concrete highway to explore this fascinating history"--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Conjuring the road. Early travel to Augusta : form trace to path to trail ; The dirt trail : opening the backcountry to road builders ; Growth along the road : the coming of mules, conestogas and stages ; Adversity : preparing the way -- Paving the way. Good roads : the push, the people and the politics ; The Dixie Highway : a plan to bring prosperity to all ; Paving the road politics : the issues ; Actually paving the road ; The new modern South : the Eisenhower connection -- For your travels. On the road again : the dirt and the concrete -- Stories of the road : stories, recollections and sagas. Dan's place ; Cousin Tempie ; Cousin Dave ; Joe McCullough comes to the road ; Meeting Street feud ; Ware Place crossroads ; The kingdom of happy land ; Hot Springs and Jewel Hill

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Highway twenty-five in the Carolinas

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