tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post1567863965747546345..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: What Was the Narrow Strip of Wilderness? And Where Was it? – Part IIDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-39713637718368781312018-08-19T10:21:08.367-07:002018-08-19T10:21:08.367-07:00Del, it would be nice to get your take on the plac...Del, it would be nice to get your take on the place where one such pass through the wilderness seems to intersect what may have been a road from Zarahemla (west coast) to the more newly built east coast cities, like Nephihah.<br /><br />Alma 56:25 Neither durst they march down against the city of Zarahemla; neither durst they cross the head of Sidon, over to the city of Nephihah.<br /><br />Near the head of the River Sidon, it is "down" to Zarahemla, and on the opposite side is the road to Nephihah.<br /><br />Nephihah, as you've mentioned before, is a fortified city to which refugees of beaten east coast cities flee and important enough that its overthrow greatly distresses Captain Moroni.<br /><br />There is an ancient stretch of the Qhapaq Ñan from Pachacamac to what was later Xauxa (near what would have been original coastline). The road crosses impressive highlands where it would have been "down" to the west or to the east, and before the cataclysm, a likely place for the head of a river nearby. It could also be a place on the boarder where a group like the converted Lamanites might wait to find out if they are welcome into the land and where to go next, east or west on the possible road.<br /><br />I have an overlay of the trail on a Google Earth screenshot so you can see exactly how it moves through the terrain. It looks like a great candidate for a road that not only connects the two coasts after Nephite expansion, but would act as a borderline of sorts, and points to where the old east coast cities might have been before the cataclysm. Todd Durranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849004044712535542noreply@blogger.com