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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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