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Wilderness Road


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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Immediately after helping negotiate the treaty of S ycamore S hoals , Daniel B oone and eight axmen blazed this road from the Holston River in Tenn., via C umberland G ap , to the Kentucky River in spring 1775. Forking off from the G reat W agon R oad at Roanoke, Va., it was the southern route westward for pioneers who could not make the easy trip via the Ohio River. It was not improved to carry wagon traffic until 1795. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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