Yeah, I had heard about that Wire road, but not the Mt. Vernon road. Interestingly, the old "Price's Headquarters" in the Wilson Creek National Battlefield was also called Edwards Cabin. While doing that research I discovered the Wire road. Mike Flannigan > Subject: Re: [MOGreene] Edwards Spring - Greene > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:55:29 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Mike, Augustus or Arch Ward, the son of William Ward, married Eva Edwards, > daughter of William Carroll Edwards whom I mentioned in the previous e-mail. > > William W. Ward and L.D.F. Crenshaw were close friends and prominent > landowners south of Springfield along modern 160 and north of Nixa, and > several articles have been written on the old Crenshaw Mansion just off > Campbell Street Road or Route 160. They were said to play roles in the > Underground Railroad along with my ancestor, the Rev. James W. Edwards of > Nixa. All these families were intensively involved with the Macks of Maury > Co., who came to dominate politics and the Greene County Courthouse in the > years of the Civil War and Reconstruction. > > Randy McConnell > > P.S. The "Wilderness Road" also was used in conjunction with the Old Wire > Road through the Wilson Creek National Battlefield or with the old Mt. Vernon > Road that went through northern Christian Co.

Go to Google.com, type in "old wire road"---here is one of the replies: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gcmohs/wire.htm