To All: The person who wrote the story about the Great Wagon Road talks about the trees and bushes along the road brushing or scraping the wagons and ox carts as they came down the Valley of Va. and over the Blue Ridge Mountain on the way to Carolina.. The Indians used to burn the Shenandoah Valley to make grazing for Elk and Buffalo because that was part of their hunting grounds... By 1750 when people were moving down the valley and over the Blue Ridge to Carolina most of the land along the Wagon Road had been settled and cleared for farming..so it appears that the writers description of the roadside may not be correct! As many wagons as people had in those days, it would seem improbable that bushes were hanging out over the roads and giant trees all along it.. Much of the road was probably lined by rail and brush fences to keep cattle and horses in the pastures..and to keep stray animals out of the corn, wheat and other crops.. The British Army had built many roads for the transportaion of supplies during the French and Indian Wars.. These would have been quite a bit wider than a bridal path! So, go figure and imagine what it might have been like.. It was probably much different than we might think! G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.