. The Wilderness road to Kentucky, its location and features . IJdjkI. At I lie sImfI up cast side of (imil)crlaii(i (iaj) Ihroniih (nmherhnid (laj) and the monidains of Kentucky it wassimply a hridle path. The roail ha that lime the 100.()()() immigrants to Kentuckyo\er the roail had liaxcled most of its two hundrc(i nnlcs on foot oion horschack; and the hi-st (iirier of freiyht that could traversethe roail was the hor>c with ihc i)ack saddle, its entire leiiiilh wasihrouiih a country where the rock is on, or near, the surface, anil it isalwa\s rouf^h and stony. As one sees, f
. The Wilderness road to Kentucky, its location and features . IJdjkI. At I lie sImfI up cast side of (imil)crlaii(i (iaj) Ihroniih (nmherhnid (laj) and the monidains of Kentucky it wassimply a hridle path. The roail ha that lime the 100.()()() immigrants to Kentuckyo\er the roail had liaxcled most of its two hundrc(i nnlcs on foot oion horschack; and the hi-st (iirier of freiyht that could traversethe roail was the hor>c with ihc i)ack saddle, its entire leiiiilh wasihrouiih a country where the rock is on, or near, the surface, anil it isalwa\s rouf^h and stony. As one sees, for e\anii)lc. the lioiilders. Wilderness Road to Kanes (iaj> on Io\\<ll Mountain The General Course and Features of the Road [^•5] that are strewn along tlie road that succeeded the l)ridle path overCuniberhind Gap, he wonders how a wheeled vehicle ever negotiatedit. The worst sections of the road were bridle paths over which ahorse could make his way with difficulty. Speed and Hulhurt say that the pioneer in locating his roadsavoided the water courses. This is not true of the Wilderness pioneer traveler was not afraid of hills, and did cut across themto save distance, but for nearly its whole length the Wilderness Roadfollowed the streams. It went up Moccasin Creek, down Trouble-some Creek, up Clinch River, up Stock Creek, down Wallen Creekdown Station Creek, down Yellow Creek, along the CumberlandRiver. And when it left the water-courses and took to the mountains,it went up the mountains and down them along streams that madethe grades easier. The traveler over the road, therefore, had con-stantl
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