The Great Wagon Road was no joyride. The route was narrow, rough and muddy. But it did provide hope for families looking for a fresh new life and inexpensive farmland. Most people walked the road.

The Great Wagon Road, as did its predecessors, had many variations. Dodson chose not to follow a major fork onto Route 116 to Spring Grove and Hanover that would eventually lead to Frederick and ...

The original Great Wagon Road was a super highway in Colonial America, swinging through Lewisville as it linked Philadelphia with Augusta, Ga. It was muddy, rutted and occasionally strewn with ...

A look at events in the past two months provides a sense of the energy behind the boom. It’s heard even as large numbers of summer-loving and disengaged York countians and expatriates are sitting on ...

Great Wagon Road Distilling Co. is opening a new location in downtown Waxhaw, adding to the company’s flagship location in NoDa and bar in Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Famous the world round for his golf books, Jim Dodson spoke at Weymouth Center on Tuesday, July 22, about his latest book, “The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim’s ...

LEWISVILLE — A long-planned road that would run parallel to Shallowford Road in downtown Lewisville has hit a speed bump, prompting town leaders to ask its residents for help. The Great Wagon ...

The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim’s Journey on the Great Wagon Road James Dodson. Avid Reader, $32 (416p) ISBN 978-1-4767-4674-6 ...

Throughout its history, this north-south thoroughfare has been called the Great Wagon Road, the Valley Pike and the Civil War Super Highway. But for today’s curious traveler, it is a wealth of ...