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Wilderness Road

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noun

American History.
  1. a 300-mile (500-km) route from eastern Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, explored by Daniel Boone in 1769 and marked as a trail by him and other pioneers in 1775: a major route for early settlers moving west.


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Wilderness Road State Park is a 310-acre state park that educates and celebrates the westward expansion path through the Cumberland Gap known as Wilderness Road.

From Washington Post Oct. 15, 2020

The turnoff is about a mile north of Brodhead on Route 150, once known as the Wilderness Road.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2012

The main event, however, was the opening of a play called Wilderness Road, which was written especially for the occasion by Southern Author Paul Green.

From Time Magazine Archive

They came in on foot along Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road or down the Ohio River on flatboats.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were many, many travellers on the Wilderness Road now, and Colonel Dale’s prophecy was coming true.

From Erskine Dale?Pioneer by Fox, John

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