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Wilderness Road
The
Wilderness Road
was the principal route used by settlers for more than fifty years to reach
Kentucky
from the East. In 1775,
Daniel Boone
blazed
a trail for the
Transylvania Company
from
Fort Chiswell
in
Virginia
through the
Cumberland Gap
into
central Kentucky
. It was later lengthened, following
Native American
trails, to reach the
Falls of the Ohio
at
Louisville
. The Wilderness Road was steep, rough, narrow, and it could only be traversed on foot or horseback. Despite the adverse conditions, thousands of people used it.
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