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Historical Accounts

Explore the people, places, conflicts, and discoveries that shaped the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail.

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The Cherokee and Shawnee Along the Wilderness Trail

The Indian tribes that were most concerned with the passage of settlers down the Boone Wilderness Trail and…

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Fort Frederick / Dunkard’s Bottom Fort

No river crossing on the entire Wilderness Trail had such historic significance as the New River Crossing at…

The Blockhouse at Natural Tunnel
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Colonel John Anderson, Builder of the Blockhouse

May 20, 2014 by William Anderson The Wilderness Road Blockhouse in Natural Tunnel State Park is a reproduction…

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