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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
In 1774 Judge Richard Henderson, | In 1774 Judge Richard Henderson, a land speculator of North Carolina, hired Daniel Boone to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. An estimated 70,000 pioneers followed the path on foot or horseback into Kentucky and beyond before it was reopened as a wagon road in 1796. | ||
=== Route === | === Route === | ||
*Bristol, Washington, Virginia | *Bristol, Washington, Virginia | ||
*Cumberland Gap | *Cumberland Gap at the juncture of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky | ||
*Boonesborough, Madison, Kentucky | *Boonesborough, Madison, Kentucky | ||
'''Later extension:''' | '''Later extension:''' | ||