Native Americans lived along the Yadkin River and crossed at the Trading Ford thousands of years ago. The importance of this major river crossing continues to this day. In 2003, Rowan county celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding; old Rowan initially included most of western North Carolina and extended to the Mississippi River. This was a fitting time to begin the preservation of the historic Trading Ford area, which today stretches along both sides of the Yadkin River in Rowan and Davidson counties. Here you will find the story of this area, and the organization which strives to save it for the future.

National Park Service Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States gives highest national significance to the Greene's Crossing and other "Race to the Dan River" Revolutionary War sites.  read more ... Civil War Preservation Trust names Yadkin River Bridge among America's 25 most endangered 2008 and 2009 Civil War battlefields. read more ... Sign the NEW Petition to Save the Historic Trading Ford Area!

Trading Ford:  Ten thousand years of American History in Piedmont North Carolina Download in pdf format Please contact us if you'd like to receive email updates about the Trading Ford area: preservation at trading-ford dot org