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Pioneer Roada
“The roads were laid off from Indian trails and the trails ,made by animals. You’ll notice now if you go through a field that the cattle go around the hills instead of over them. Our roads were very crooked: they followed the river beds because the rivers, of course, were on the lowest level, and you forded the river from one side to the other when to stay on the same side would require too much grading. The road going from Sperryville to Luray - when they widened it' they followed the animal trails completely. That whole long trail was made by deer going to salt lick near Roanoke for salt.
“Now, going the three miles from town (Washington) to my home you crossed the river seven times. So you can imagine how many times you couldn’t travel a rbad due to a river that would not be forded. Rivers were larger then than they are now because we had more woodland, and the rivers were fed constantly by the water that was held back by the trees on the mountain side.
Continued next week.
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