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Joan & all,

An on-line book that mentions several stagecoach roads and early taverns in 
the Charlottesville area:
(Cut and Paste the entire URL below into your browser window if it is 
truncated.)

http://books.google.com/books?id=XSSUestFtpkC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=stagecoach+route+Albemarle+County+VA&source=web&ots=CjrlFni1qh&sig=Z7MTbyKpOF41m9eA0zqGB5XokF8#PPA16,M1

On-line history of early roads in Albemarle County area:
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/81-r36.pdf
(includes photo and location of Michie Tavern and others, etc.)

Hope these help a little.
Neil McDonald


From: "Joan Horsley"


Thank you. Yesterday I found the Michie Tavern in Charlottesville claims to 
have been built about 1784 in Earlysville (Albemarle Co.) on part of a 
stagecoach route from Charlottesville to Fredericksburg. Do you (or anyone) 
know of such a route that early? --Joan

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