Wilderness Road ‑ Map, Daniel Boone, Cumberland Gap - HISTORY
2010年4月12日 · In 1775, the now-legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap–a notch in the Appalachian Mountains located near the intersection of …
Cumberland Gap - Wikipedia
The Cumberland Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains and near the tripoint of Kentucky, …
Park Archives: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
6 天之前 · In 1775 a longhunter named Daniel Boone was commissioned to blaze a road through the gap. Boone's trace evolved into the Wilderness Road, establishing his place in history as a …
Boone Trace 1775 | Preserving "That Little Road"
This web site is dedicated to the sole purpose of saving and preserving Boone Trace, the trail blazed by Daniel Boone and his thirty “axemen” in March and April of 1775 from North …
Daniel Boone, 30 Woodsmen Blazed Famed 200-Mile Wilderness …
During the spring of 1775, Daniel Boone and 30 expert woodsmen, in less than a month, marked a 200 mile trail which crossed the Appalachian Mountains at Cumberland Gap. This trail …
National Park Service - Founders and Frontiersmen (Cumberland Gap …
2005年8月29日 · Hacked out in 1775 into Kentucky by a party under Daniel Boone, this road was one of the main arteries used by the settlers who occupied the region between the …
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park - Middlesboro, …
Cumberland Gap was the first great opening to the American West. Famed frontiersman Daniel Boone was hired to open a road through the gap in 1775, clearing the way for settlers to start …
Cumberland Gap - U.S. National Park Service
2024年12月4日 · He told others of his journey and in 1775 land speculator Richard Henderson paid him to blaze a trail through the gap for settlement. This path known as the Wilderness …
Wilderness Road - FamilySearch
2024年1月5日 · Daniel Boone and 35 axmen blazed a trail called the Wilderness Road from Virginia through the Cumberland Gap and into central Kentucky for the Transylvania …
CUMBERLAND GAP: A NEW BEGINNING - U.S. National Park Service
Carved by wind and water, Cumberland Gap forms a major break in the Appalachian Mountain chain. Located at the point where the present states of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia …