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| link5=[[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Road]] | |||
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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 Company. When the trail opened in 1775 it became the route of 70,000 settlers who came to Kentucky on foot or horseback before the | |||
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 Company. When the trail opened in 1775 it became the route of 70,000 settlers who came to Kentucky on foot or horseback before the trail was upgraded to wagon road in 1796. <ref name="WildpediaRd">Wikipedia contributors, "Wilderness Road" in ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_Road (accessed August 4, 2010).</ref> | |||
[[Image:Wilderness Road Map.png|550px]] | |||
=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||