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Through the Cumberland Gap |
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| In 1775 a North Carolina trading company hired Daniel Boone to establish a road to Kentucky. After clearing the Wilderness Road, Boone escorted parties of settlers to Boonesborough where he had built a fort. Here, he leads travelers through the Cumberland Gap. | ||||||
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| Gift of Nathanial Philips/Washington University Gallery of Art | ||||||
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| Boone, Daniel; Kentucky; Bingham, George Caleb | ||||||
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