Historical Marker

Trading Path

US 521 in Pineville · Pineville · Mecklenburg

North Carolina marker

Inscription

Colonial trading route,

dating from the seventeenth

century, from Petersburg,

Virginia, to the Catawba

Indians in Carolina, passed

here.

Location

AddressUS 521 in Pineville
CityPineville
CountyMecklenburg
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.076370, -80.882770

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