Wilderness Road was one of two principal routes used by colonial and early national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. Although this road goes...
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western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. An important part of the Wilderness Road, it is now part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The...
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Wilderness Road was a rock band founded in 1968 by musicians Warren Leming, Nate Herman, and relatives Andy and Tom Haban. The group, which performed...
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western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone founded the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky, despite resistance from...
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36°38′2″N 83°31′25″W / 36.63389°N 83.52361°W / 36.63389; -83.52361 Wilderness Road State Park is a state park located in southwestern Virginia, near Cumberland...
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The Trans-Taiga Road (French: Route Transtaïga) is an extremely remote wilderness road in northern Quebec, Canada. It is 582 kilometres (362 mi) long to...
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through the dense underbrush of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, but Lee launched two of his corps on parallel roads to intercept him. On the morning of...
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Fort Watauga (present-day Elizabethton in Tennessee), carving the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, and established Fort Boonesborough. Boone...
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Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized...
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later lengthened to reach the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The Wilderness Road was steep and rough, and it could only be traversed on foot or horseback...
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Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park is a former state park located just south of London, Kentucky in Laurel County. It is now a city park under the auspices...
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frontier explorer Daniel Boone was hired by Henderson to establish the Wilderness Road going through the Cumberland Gap and into southeastern Kentucky to...
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400 acres (5.7 km2) on the Ohio River near Laconia, IN Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council serves 25,000 Girl Scouts in 67 Central and Eastern Kentucky...
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graduate. In 1956, Beatty made his stage debut at age 19, appearing in Wilderness Road, an outdoor-historical pageant located in Berea, Kentucky. During his...
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Carolina. Washington spent the remainder of June 1754 extending the wilderness road further west and down the western slopes of the Allegheny range into...
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the Wilderness Road northward into present day Kentucky and the Ohio Valley. Daniel Boone was hired by the Transylvania Company to cut the Wilderness Road...
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Bean Station, Tennessee (section Road networks)
due to its strategic location at the crossroads of Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road and the Great Indian Warpath, the town grew to become an important...
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Weapons Station China Lake borders the area to the east and a non-wilderness road bisects the area. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management...
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signed, frontier explorer Daniel Boone came northward to blaze the Wilderness Road, connecting the Transylvania Purchase lands with the Holston and Watauga...
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Braddock's Road, and Forbes Road. These were later improved as America's first National Roads, including Wilderness Road, Cumberland Road, Lincoln Highway...
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Hoover Wilderness. It comprises 48,601 acres (197 km2). Many trails lead into it from the east, from Walker Meadow (off the Sonora Pass road), Buckeye...
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National Scenic Byway (redirect from All-American Road)
Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 14, 2022. "Wilderness Road Heritage Highway". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration...
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His car became stuck where it was later found, on an unmaintained wilderness road. After trying to free it, it appeared he left the car in search of...
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above. The house was built "as a tavern or stagecoach inn along the Wilderness Road." This inn served travellers for some 22 years until 1864. It was listed...
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Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.: 29 It includes the area of the Wilderness Road running through the passage across the Cumberland Plateau and through...
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Henry Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia Battle of Kings Mountain Wilderness Road Wilderness Road State Park Thomas Sumter Benjamin Cleveland Richard Henderson...
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Correll is an American author, preservationist, and co-founder of Wilderness Road Hospitality. Angela has a bachelor's degree in communication from Georgetown...
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Association gaining popularity, and Boone was wanting to expand his Wilderness Road southward towards the Great Indian Warpath. The duo crossed the gap...
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The Mokelumne Wilderness is a 105,165-acre (164 sq mi; 426 km2) federally designated wilderness area located 70 miles (110 km) east of Sacramento, California...
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Blue Ridge Parkway (redirect from Blue Ridge Parkway Motor Road)
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is the longest...
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