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Daniel Boone lead settlers through the 'Cumberland Gap' to forge the 'Wilderness Trail' to open up travel to the west.
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.
Oregon Trail
The Wilderness road was a road made by Daniel Boone for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell in Virginia through the Cumberland Gap that went through the Appalachians (to trans-Appalachia, which went to the west) .It was among the first paved roads in the US and its name was changed to the US Highway 25. For a more complete history, see the related links.
The Chisholm Trail began in Austin (The Rio Grand) Texas, went through Oklahoma and ended in Abilene or Newton or Wichita Kansas.