A Moment in Kentucky History: Wilderness Road

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published October 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Wilderness Road, first cleared by Daniel Boone and his men.

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