The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . deavor was the location of the landmarks mentionedin W^illiam Browns journal. Until I went to Kingsport and foundthat the Block House was not there, but was five miles away, I wasunable even approximately to trace the road from his journal. Afterthe Block House was located in its correct position the approximatelocation of the road from the journal was easy. The definite loca-tions of the less known landmarks, such as Little Flat Lick, GladeSpring, Martins Station, the head of Dix River, and of points wherethe road crossed Powell Mo
The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . deavor was the location of the landmarks mentionedin W^illiam Browns journal. Until I went to Kingsport and foundthat the Block House was not there, but was five miles away, I wasunable even approximately to trace the road from his journal. Afterthe Block House was located in its correct position the approximatelocation of the road from the journal was easy. The definite loca-tions of the less known landmarks, such as Little Flat Lick, GladeSpring, Martins Station, the head of Dix River, and of points wherethe road crossed Powell Mountain, Powell River, Richland Creek, [80] TJw Wildcnicss Road to Kcniuclij Laurel River, and Kock Castle River were gradually developed,usually as the result of correspondeuce or personal iiujuiry when Iwas on the ground. It was surprising how nuich incjuiry was neces-sary before some of these landmarks could he located. With thelandmarks of the road found, the location of the road between themcan almost be inferred without the help of further information,. The abandoned Wilderness Road near Brodhead, Kentucky although this is usuallv available; for the road invariablv followedthe shortest practicable course, and the old road is nearlj^ always pre-served in a present road. The tendency of the original road to followthe shortest practicable course is striking. A number of times in myinvestigation of the road my first understanding was that the roadfollowed a course which turned out to be not the most direct onebetween known points on the road. Wherever this has been thecase, fuller knowledge has shown that this original impression waswrong, and that the actual course of the road proved to l^e themore direct one. Where the old road is preserved in a present road The Detailed Location of the Road [87] this is usually the main traveled road, although occasionally anotherroad has succeeded it as the thoroughfare. In many places the pre-sent road, while following the old route, has
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