Alachua Trail

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The Alachua Trail was used by tribes in what is now Florida to transit areas from the Altamaha River in what is now Georgia south to what is now Alachua County. Much of it has been lost to time. [1]

It was used by hunters and traders. [2] An 1880 article in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine stated it "may well be the oldest and the most adventure-fraught thoroughfare in the United States." [3]

It ran north to south while the El Camino Real, succeeded by Bellamy Road, was east-west. The trails intersected. [4]

Construction of Kings Road by the British may have utilized sections of it. [5]

It was used to mark county boundaries in Florida. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vanderhill, Burke G. (1977). "The Alachua Trail: A Reconstruction". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 55 (4): 423–438 – via JSTOR.
  2. ↑ "Historic Highway Bridges of Florida". The Department. December 23, 2004 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine: A Popular Journal of General Literature, Science and Politics". J.B. Lippincott and Company. December 23, 1880 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Zettler, Francis William (May 1, 2016). "Biohistory of Florida". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Oguz, Terri (December 23, 2020). "The Mundens". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "A Digest of the Laws of the State of Florida: From the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-two, to the Eleventh Day of March, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-one, Inclusive". Printed at the Floridian Book and job Office. December 23, 1881 – via Google Books.
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