Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone lead settlers through the 'Cumberland Gap' to forge the 'Wilderness Trail' to open up travel to the west.
because settlers used the road as they crossed the appalachian mountains of virginia heading west.
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It became a large water system for Indian's westward movement.
The Wilderness Road opened in 1775 when adventurer Daniel Boone blazed the trail the road followed. It went from Fort Chiswell in the colony of Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into part of central Kentucky.
Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone was noted for leading settlers into KY through the gap.
cumberland gap
Daniel Boone lead settlers through the 'Cumberland Gap' to forge the 'Wilderness Trail' to open up travel to the west.
the Wilderness road was built through the Cumberland gap
because settlers used the road as they crossed the appalachian mountains of virginia heading west.
The Cumberland Gap
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains.
Wilderness
They crossed it by riding trains or wagons over the mountains.
the cumberland gap was the name of the trail that the settlers used to travel west