. The Wilderness road to Kentucky, its location and features . (uiiiherland Gap(From (uinl)erlan(l (iap Village) The Importaucc of the Settlcinciit of Kcuiiickij [9] they carried their offensive across the Ohio River time and time again,and by the end of the Revohitionary War had demoraHzed theIndian settlements in the southern part of Ohio, and had preparedthe way for the settlement of that territory. The permanent settlement of Kentucky Ijcgan to take form The exploration of the state had begun much earlier. Trav-elers had gone down the Ohio River and touched the states borderfor mo

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. The Wilderness road to Kentucky, its location and features . (uiiiherland Gap(From (uinl)erlan(l (iap Village) The Importaucc of the Settlcinciit of Kcuiiickij [9] they carried their offensive across the Ohio River time and time again,and by the end of the Revohitionary War had demoraHzed theIndian settlements in the southern part of Ohio, and had preparedthe way for the settlement of that territory. The permanent settlement of Kentucky Ijcgan to take form The exploration of the state had begun much earlier. Trav-elers had gone down the Ohio River and touched the states borderfor more than a century. In Dr. Thomas Walker, for theLoyal Land Company of London, went through the mountains of thesoutheastern part of the state. In the same year Christopher Gist,for the Ohio Company, explorefl the northeastern part of the 175-2 and 1767 John Finley traded in Kentucky on the OhioRiver. In 1764 Henry Scaggs went through Cimiberland Gap andhunted on the Cumberland. In 1766 James Smiths party of fiveentered Kentucky by the same rou

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