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HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA

VOLUME 6




  [Illustration: CUMBERLAND GAP AND BOONE'S WILDERNESS ROAD]




  HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA
  VOLUME 6

  Boone's Wilderness Road

  BY
  ARCHER BUTLER HULBERT

  _With Maps and Illustrations_

  [Illustration]

  THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY
  CLEVELAND, OHIO
  1903




  COPYRIGHT, 1903
  BY
  THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




CONTENTS


                                      PAGE
  PREFACE                               11
    I. THE PILGRIMS OF THE WEST         19
   II. THE FIRST EXPLORERS              48
  III. ANNALS OF THE ROAD               78
   IV. KENTUCKY IN THE REVOLUTION      145
    V. AT THE END OF BOONE'S ROAD      175




ILLUSTRATIONS


    I. CUMBERLAND GAP AND BOONE'S WILDERNESS ROAD       _Frontispiece_
   II. PLAT OF BOONESBOROUGH                                        97
  III. FILSON'S MAP OF KENTUCKY                                    119




PREFACE


The naming of our highways is an interesting study. Like roads the world
over they are usually known by two names--the destinations to which they
lead. The famous highway through New York state is known as the Genesee
Road in the eastern half of the state and as the Albany Road in the
western portion