The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . and the deer, and that the paths of theseanimals converged on them from all directions, that one understandshow they were once important landmarks. The pioneers had a short cut across Purchase Ridge from StockCreek to Little Flat Lick, called the Devils Race Path. It was sosteep and rough that it was only suitable for the hardiest foot trav-elers, but it saved two miles in distance. At Duffield is a marker ofthe road. One mile beyond Little Flat Lick, and half a mile beyond Duf-field, was the next pioneer landmark on the road, the f
The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . and the deer, and that the paths of theseanimals converged on them from all directions, that one understandshow they were once important landmarks. The pioneers had a short cut across Purchase Ridge from StockCreek to Little Flat Lick, called the Devils Race Path. It was sosteep and rough that it was only suitable for the hardiest foot trav-elers, but it saved two miles in distance. At Duffield is a marker ofthe road. One mile beyond Little Flat Lick, and half a mile beyond Duf-field, was the next pioneer landmark on the road, the ford of theNorth Fork of the Clinch, here a small creek. Half a mile beyond [1 ()•_>] The Wilderness Road to Keiifueki/ this point l)ean the steep dimb over Powell Mountain, which theroad crossed through Kanes (iap at an elevation of about 2,000 climb up to the gap was a hard steep climb of about four mileswith a correspondingly sharp descent on the western side. There arethe remains of a graded road through the Gap now, which is almost. J On top of Powell Mountain beyond use. Even with this once graded road, the way over the Gapis difficult. PVom the foot of Powell Mountain on the west the oldroad is represented by the present road down Wallen Creek toStickleyville. A short distance from the foot of Powell Mountain,on its west side, was situated Scotts Station. Beyond the presentStickleyville the road passed over Wallen Ridge and reached PowellAalley on Station Creek. The dim!) over Wallen Ridge was longand steep; not (]uile so long or so high, but otherwise like that overPow^ell Mountain. Five miles down Station Creek Valley fromWallen Ridge was situated Vallev Station.
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