It grew into the Valley Turnpike after 1840, peopled by determined settlers following the great westward migration.

At 9 a.m Averell's force broke camp and set down the Valley Turnpike, fighting the Confederate skirmishers the entire way.

Byrd had gained a lot of related experience when earlier managing the Valley Turnpike.

The most prominent road traveled was an old Iroquois warpath and colonial wagon trail that became the Valley Turnpike in the 1830s.

The main north-south road transportation is Interstate 81, which parallels the old Valley Turnpike (U.S. Route 11) through its course in the valley.

The Valley Turnpike ran along part of this corridor, chiefly following the route of an old Native American trail.

The inn dates from 1740 and was a stagecoach stop for travelers on the Valley Turnpike; it's near Exit 72 off I-81.

Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's division formed the Confederate center along the Valley Turnpike.

To his left, future president Rutherford B. Hayes's brigade formed east of the Valley turnpike.

As Hayes's brigade advanced in support, Breckinridge marched Wharton's division to the northeast into a deep ravine that ran perpendicular to the Valley Turnpike.