Wilderness Road/Boone Trace Crossing-London, KY
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 37° 07.724 W 084° 05.020
16S E 759076 N 4113135
Located on the grounds of the Laurel County Courthouse
Waymark Code: WMR86X
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2016
Views: 4
Side 1
1775-1795
Boone Trace
Kentucky
Sesquicentennial
1792-1942
George Rogers Clark
<---Passed this way
1776 to Virginia
For help for
Colonists
Side 2
1775-1795
Wilderness
Road
Crossed
Boone Trace
Here
Laurel County
Established
1825
London 1826
Road of Trail Name: Boone Trace/Wilderness Road
State: Kentucky
County: Laurel
Historical Significance:
Boone Trace was the first road to travel through the wilderness of the Cumberland Gap and other areas in Kentucky thus opening it up to settlement.
Wilderness Road was the road settlers used to enter Kentucky form the East.
Years in use: Boone Trace 1775-1795 Wilderness Road 1775-1840
How you discovered it:
Found while searching the courthouse grounds for waymarks.
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
The Wilderness Road by Sarah DeCapua
Website Explination:
http://www.boonetrace1775.com
Why?:
Settlement in the wilderness of Kentucky was the main use for these roads.
Directions:
101 South Main St on the grounds of the courthouse.
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