The Shawnee Trail was later used by soldiers, explorers, cowboys, and pioneers. The deep meadows, now called the “Wagon Yard,” around Hall’s Branch made an ideal resting place for trail drivers to bed their cattle for the night and for pioneers to camp during their journey.
W.C. McKamy sold firewood and water to the settlers heading south along Preston Road, who would camp at the Frankford wagon yard. Some of the settlers stayed, bought land, and raised their families in the general vicinity of Frankford. Eventually, there was a small community of about 80 residents with a Masonic Lodge, blacksmith shop, general store, church, and post office.