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-The Wilderness Road led from Virginia through northern Tennessee and into Kentucky.
+''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[United States Migration Internal|Migration&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Wilderness_Road|Wilderness Road]]''
+The '''Wilderness Road''' started at Bristol, Virginia (splitting off the [[Great Valley Road]]) and headed west along the Virginia-Tennessee border to the Cumberland Gap, and then went northwest to Boonesboro, Kentucky. Eventually, an extension of the road would reach Louisville, Kentucky on the Falls of the Ohio River.
+=== Historical Background  ===
+??? hired Daniel Boone to blaze the trail. An estimated 70,000 pioneers followed the Wilderness Road across the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky and beyond.
+=== Route  ===
+*Bristol, Washington, Virginia
+*Cumberland Gap where Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky meet
+*Boonesboro
+'''Later extension:'''
+*Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
+=== Settlers and Records  ===
+For partial list of settlers who used the Wilderness Road, see .
+{{Wikipedia|Wilderness Road}}
+=== Internet Sites  ===
+*
 === Resources  ===
 *Johnson, Robert Foster. ''Wilderness Road Cemeteries in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.'' Owensboro, Kentucky: McDowell Publications, 1981. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=16866 FHL US/CAN Book 973 V3j].
+=== Sources  ===
+{{reflist}}
+{{Tennessee|Tennessee}}
+[[Category:Migration_Routes]] [[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads]] [[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Virginia]] [[Category:Kentucky]]