The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . was possible for Henderson to get his wagons asfar as Martins Station at that time. Beyond the point where thetrail was defined Boone marked the way by blazing the trees. Boone knew the route and the journey was made quickly. Theparty left the Holston on March 10th and on March 25th was at thesite of Fort Estill, within fifteen miles of the site of fifteen days they had covered the two hundred miles through thewilderness and marked the road. Through the moimtains of Ken-tucky the trip was difficult, and after they t
The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . was possible for Henderson to get his wagons asfar as Martins Station at that time. Beyond the point where thetrail was defined Boone marked the way by blazing the trees. Boone knew the route and the journey was made quickly. Theparty left the Holston on March 10th and on March 25th was at thesite of Fort Estill, within fifteen miles of the site of fifteen days they had covered the two hundred miles through thewilderness and marked the road. Through the moimtains of Ken-tucky the trip was difficult, and after they turned north towardsBoonesborough, leaving the trail to the Northwest near Rock Castle [20] The Wddcrness Road to Keiitucki/ River, they had, according to Felix Walker, to cut their way throughcane and brush for twenty or thirty miles of untraced wilderness. Atthe site of Fort Fstill, near Richmond, Ky., the party almost metdisaster from an Indian attack in the early morning of March this attack two men were killed, and one other, Felix Walker, badly.
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