Settlement in the Backcountry May 8, 2010

Join 18th century settlers traveling down the Great Wagon Road into the rugged North Carolina Piedmont frontier. Learn about the challenges settlers faced, including having to build cabins for shelter, through displays which offer a glimpse into life in the southern colonial backcountry. See a full scale depiction of the original Mecklenburg County courthouse which made Charlotte the county seat. View Charlotte as it appeared in 1775 through an interactive diorama. Trace the establishment of Mecklenburg County in 1762 and the incorporation of Charlotte in 1768, to Mecklenburg's participation in the American Revolution.