The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . -««>S28s Cumberland Mountain Range, from Powell \ alley Journals of the Wildeimess Boad [39] the Road along down Powels ^ aley, nntill yon get to CnmberlandGap, is pretty good this Valey is formed hy Cnnil)erland Mo. on theN. W. and Powels Mo. on the S. E. and appears to bear from N. E. and is I supps. about 100 miles in length, & from 10 to 1*2miles in breadth, the land generally is good and is an exceeding wellwatered country, as well as the country on Holstein River abounding. The head of Dix River, Brodhead. Kentu
The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . -««>S28s Cumberland Mountain Range, from Powell \ alley Journals of the Wildeimess Boad [39] the Road along down Powels ^ aley, nntill yon get to CnmberlandGap, is pretty good this Valey is formed hy Cnnil)erland Mo. on theN. W. and Powels Mo. on the S. E. and appears to bear from N. E. and is I supps. about 100 miles in length, & from 10 to 1*2miles in breadth, the land generally is good and is an exceeding wellwatered country, as well as the country on Holstein River abounding. The head of Dix River, Brodhead. Kentucky with fine springs and little Brooks — for about 50 miles as you travelalong the Valey Cumberland Mountain appears to be a very highridge of white Rocks inaccessible in most places to either Man or Beastand affords a wild romantic prospect, the way thro the Gap is not verydifficult, but from its situation travellers mav be attacked in someplaces crossing the mo. by the enemy to a very great description of Powell Valley and Cumberland Mountain isin ever^^ way accurate. The only point where one might differ isupon the statement that the way through the Gap is not very difficult— but difficult is a relative term. [-to] The Wilderness lioad io Kentuchij from thence untill you pass Rockcastle River there is very littlegood Road this reach of country is very mountainous and Badlywatered along the trace especially for si)rings, there is some goodland on the watercourses — Just on this side Cumberland Riverappears to be a good t
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