Daniel Boone Trail Marker in Kingsport, Tn.
N 36° 32.941 W 082° 33.485
17S E 360548 N 4045974
A Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Marker.
Waymark Code: WM9HAJ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2010
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This is one of the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Markers that was placed by the Tennessee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Road of Trail Name: The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail became known as the Wilderness Road or Trail, that opened up Westward expansion for early white settlers.
State: Tennessee
County: Sullivan
Historical Significance:
Daniel Boone and 30 ax men started blazing the trail at the Long Island on the Holston, just a few miles from here to Cumberland Gap. This became the wagon road to the West, later known as the Wilderness Road or Trail that early settlers used to migrate Westward.
Years in use: Parts of the old trail exist, but as for most of the trail is modern highways.
How you discovered it:
It is a quite well known part of early American history and Westward migration.
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone
By K. Randell Jones
Website Explination:
www.danielboone.com
Why?:
Emigrants heading West.
Directions:
In the historic Church Circle district of Kingsport, Tn.
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Visit Instructions:
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