Yadkin

The Yadkin rises near the Blue Ridge and flows across the Carolina Piedmont, eventually becoming the Pee Dee River. The river was also known as the Sapona, after the people who lived along it. In 1701 John Lawson reached their town and fort near the Trading Ford, describing a wide river and a settlement standing in a great clearing. The crossing lay on a path used for travel and exchange through the interior.