The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . h thehunting parties of 1769 to 1771. In these years the Long Hunterswent into Kentucky through Cumberland Gap and hunted along theCumberland and Green Rivers in the southern part of EasternKentucky. At the same time Boone and his party went into Ken-tucky and hunted on the Kentucky River, and discovered thebeautiful plateau of Central Kentucky. This hunting party of 1769,headed by Boone, with five others, including John Finley, left theYadkin Maj^ 1st, 1769. It was later joined by Squire Boone, who Kol. James Knox headed The Long H
The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . h thehunting parties of 1769 to 1771. In these years the Long Hunterswent into Kentucky through Cumberland Gap and hunted along theCumberland and Green Rivers in the southern part of EasternKentucky. At the same time Boone and his party went into Ken-tucky and hunted on the Kentucky River, and discovered thebeautiful plateau of Central Kentucky. This hunting party of 1769,headed by Boone, with five others, including John Finley, left theYadkin Maj^ 1st, 1769. It was later joined by Squire Boone, who Kol. James Knox headed The Long Hunters according to Hulburt; and Henry Scaggs, according to Henderson. [10] The liodd to KciitKcki/ alternated with Boone in Kentucky until the sprini> of 1771. Thishunting party of 1709 to 1771 was the first ini])ortant explorationof the state. It did two ini])ortant things: It found the wonderfullyrich territory of Central Kentucky and it found a practicable way toreach it. Following the expeditions of 1709 to 1771, many hunters. Squire Boone Stone, inscritied witli hisname and the date 1770. Now in Rich-mond Court House Yard. Found nearBig Hill, Madison County, Ky. and land-lookers went into Kentucky and brought l)ack to the Col-onies glowing reports of the country. By 1775, accordingly, the Virginia and North Carolina frontiers-men were eager for the Kentucky country. In 1774 James Harrodand a party of 35, had already attempted to estahlisli a settlementat Ilarrodsburg, but had left it on receipt of the news from Booneof the danger of Indian hostilities. In 1775 Harrod and his party
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