Wilderness Road

The Wilderness Road was a trail made by Daniel Boone in 1769 through the Appalachian Mountains and through Kentucky. This road was used for more than 50 years for settlers to travel from the East into Kentucky.

Wilderness Road Media

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  The course of the Wilderness Road by 1785

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  The Logan Trace (in yellow) and the Wilderness Road

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  The first map of Kentucky, presented in 1784 by author John Filson to the United States Congress

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  Cumberland Gap height of land along the Wilderness Road