Wilderness Road at Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap, Middlesboro, KY 40965, USA
Kentucky, USA
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1775
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Wilderness Road at Cumberland Gap.
The National Park Service preserves Cumberland Gap’s mountain landscape, archaeological resources, and portions of the historic Wilderness Road. Trails, overlooks, reconstructed route segments, visitor exhibits, and protected forests interpret westward migration while limiting development across the corridor.
About Wilderness Road at Cumberland Gap
This mountain pass, blazed into the Wilderness Road by Daniel Boone in 1775, was the principal route by which thousands of Revolutionary War-era settlers crossed the Appalachians into the Kentucky frontier. The surviving place or marker keeps this historical association visible within its community.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Wilderness Road at Cumberland Gap
This mountain pass, blazed into the Wilderness Road by Daniel Boone in 1775, was the principal route by which thousands of Revolutionary War-era settlers crossed the Appalachians into the Kentucky frontier.
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